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Press Release: Plum For Plumtree We all know John Plumtree, who’s just about as good a rugby coach as there is anywhere. You only have to look at the record of the Sharks since he came to the helm, to know that this is a man who understands that good people don’t need managing, they…

Consider Your Verdict Racing’s constitutional court handed down its verdict on the Emperor’s Palace Ready To Run Gallops on Friday afternoon, and while they were split in their choices of the outstanding performers on the day, they were universally at one on the depth and the quality of what they saw. The novel thing about…

Gran Blanco Entered For 2013 National Yearling Sale A visit to Rathmor Stud to see their famous white colt, Gran Blanco, reveals a very well-grown and mature yearling colt. He is a standout from the crowd, immediately catching your eye in the beautiful landscape of Rathmor Stud’s rolling green paddocks and his fellow paddock mates….

Emperors Palace Ready-To-Run Gallops At Summerhill Stud The Emperors Palace Ready-To-Run Sale Gallops took place on a magnificent blue skies at Summerhill Stud. In typical Summerhill fashion, it was a superbly organised day together with Bloodstock South Africa, with the who’s who of racing present from breeders to trainers and owners, including many VIP’s such…

Main Man Striking Timing is everything, no doubt about it. Who would have thought that a stallion of Admire Main’s pedigree and aptitude would be a sire of quality juveniles. It just goes to show, class counts. While Admire Main ran off with his juvenile debut over 1400m by some seven lengths, it was late…

Is Igugu In The Next Ready-To-Run Draft? We’ve had a couple of queries about whether the next Igugu is in this draft. Here is our response to that question: “I guess the answer is “you never know”, because they often come from “left field.” What I can tell you is that this is probably the…

Press Release: There’s A Horse For Everyone There’s something about a racehorse auction that you find nowhere else. Not at Sotheby’s nor Christie’s, nor anywhere. By the nature of the beast, a racehorse evokes a greater passion, considerably more ego, and there’s nothing a rich man wants more than something another rich man wants. You…

From The Horses Mouth We penned a piece yesterday on those “magnificent men and their flying machines“, and we were talking about our judges panel for next week’s Emperors Palace Ready To Run Gallops (at Summerhill on Friday 19th October 11 am). Summerhill’s inauguration of the Ready To Run was initiated by the belief that…