Chocolicious Filly 2 From 2 In Australia
“Notation (Fastnet Rock), a filly out of Group 1 winning mare Chocolicious (SAF), was a 3.25 length winner of the opening race over a 1300m.”
Summerhill: Ready To Run Gallops 2018
Those that’ve made the annual pilgrimage will know that the Ready To Run gallops at Summerhill had evolved into a national institution over the first three decades of their existence. The dictates of a lower market have called for a more modest approach, now in the form of what one might term “private” gallops, where…
EQUUS CHAMPION WELL REPRESENTED IN SUMMERHILL DRAFT
The superbly bred Equus Champion Capetown Noir is strongly represented in the Summerhill Sales draft at the 2018 Emperors Palace Ready To Run Sale, which is due to take place at the TBA complex on November 4th.
The Best Ready To Run Draft Ever!
Nobody worth his salt in the sport of racing needs an introduction to Pat Shaw – he’s as much a totem of the game in South Africa as Vincent O’ Brien was to Ireland and Bob Baffert to America. You don’t reach those heights as a racehorse trainer without a gifted eye, an abiding intuition and dare we say it, a smattering of courage and “chutzpah”. While some of those legends might’ve chosen to be excluded from the latter category, there’s no escaping it for Mr Shaw.
Lola Crawford Racing: Interview With Taryn And Haley Crawford
We have a chat to Haley and Taryn Crawford of Lola Crawford Racing Stables, situated at Ashburton Training Centre. They are having a cracking new season, currently with 20% winners to runners percentage and 40% places.
Spring Valley Crusade Flies Home On Debut
Bruce Le Roux of Spring Valley Stud always breeds a consistently smart horse, and it seems he has another with impressive debut winner Silent Crusade, out of Silver Fantasy by Silvano.
Prince Of Kahal Takes Heritage 1200 Handicap
A product of Clifton Stud, he is a son of the ill-fated Kahal (Machiavellian) out of the top class winner producing Vogue – a five time winning daughter of champion Model Man. Vogue is the dam of the talented and ill-fated export and Gr2 winner Fort Vogue, as well as Gr3 winner Whatalady.
Flags Are Flying High
“However, Flying The Flag’s appeal lies not only in the fact that he is a son of the world’s premier sire, but also that he hails from a tremendously powerful female line.”
The Noble Tunes Are Coming!
As predicted by Rathmor Stud who have been emphasising that the Noble Tune’s will be at their best as 3yo’s and over sprinter-miler distances, he is off to a start with four winners in the new season and a winners to runners percentage of 25% and almost R300 000 earned to date. His stats make…
THE ROAD TO THE EMPERORS READY TO RUN CUP
“The BIG movers towards qualification for the tenth renewal of the world’s first Ready To Run sales race, turned up at Turffontein on the weekend. While the odds of getting a run this year are better than they’ve ever been (16 out of a catalogue of just 50 odd,) it’s getting hot at the top of the log, with the Group One performer, Railtrip, setting the benchmark.”