“Pocket” by Gary Lemke I recall going to the 2010 Vodacom Durban July, hoping that Pocket Power would win, this after witnessing his dead-heat with Dancer’s Daughter in 2008. I will never forget watching him come around the corner into the straight at Greyville after he was caught wide, the race had not gone well…
Rapid Redux Equals Citation’s Record Blood-horse.com has reported that Rapid Redux tied the modern-day United States record for wins in a single season as of 13 December, as he went wire-to-wire in a $5,000 starter allowance race at Laurel Park. The 5-year-old son of Pleasantly Perfect won his 19th race in 2011, tying the legendary…
First Supplementary Entries For J & B Met 2012 To view the first entries click here. DR HORSE A/S WGT M/R TRAINER 0 GOLDEN SWORD (GB) (6H) 0.0 117 Mike de Kock 0 IGUGU (AUS) (4F) 0.0 117 Mike de Kock 0 DANCEWITHTHEDEVIL (5M) 0.0 116 St John Gray 0 PIERRE JOURDAN (5G) 0.0 116…
Hong Kong Racing Over The Weekend South African jockey Jeff Lloyd won the US$2.6 million Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Mile (1600m) Group 1 at Sha Tin on Sunday aboard 9-year old Able One(NZ) (by Cape Cross out of Gardenia by Danehill), winning by a neck from Cityscape. This is an incredible feat considering the horse…
Unusual Foal Born At Milkwood Stud Ian Robertson, Chairman of the Thoroughbred Breeders Association, had an unusually-coloured foal born at his Milkwood Stud in Port Elizabeth on the 9 November. The filly, by Black Minnaloushe, is black in the front half of her body and bay on the rest. The foal, out of White Oleander…
Gran Blanco Update Rathmor Stud’s white colt Gran Blanco is now just over a month old and we have recieved an update from the farm owner Mike McHardy about the colt’s progress. “Gran Blanco – as do all our foals – saw a farrier for the first time at 1 month old. The reason for…
Igugu(AUS) Captures Nineth Career Win In Ipi Tombe Challenge As expected, Summerhill’s raised and grazed champion filly Igugu(AUS) swept to a 5.25 length victory over Queen’s Bay in the Grade 2 Ipi Tombe Challenge over 1600m on Sunday afternoon at Turffontein, steered to victory by Anthony Delpech. This brilliant filly, in her nineth career win,…
New Foals From Bush Hill Stud Bush Hill Stud have a number of beautiful new additions to their farm from well-bred mares this season and we have a look at few of them. Done Roamin’, a daughter of Rambo Dancer(CAN) out of Gone Home by Badger Land(USA) has a lovely Fort Beluga colt at foot….
KZN-Breds Top Of The List In First Entries For J & B Met It’s an exciting time for the KZN-Breds in the first entries for the J & B Met to be run on the 28 January 2012. With Dancewiththedevil coming off a spectacular finish in the Sansui Summer Cup Grade 1, she has silenced…
New Foals From Far End Stables Jane Thomas of Far End Stables has welcomed some beautiful foals with lovely pedigrees this season. We have a look at a few of them. The first is a beautiful A.P. Answer filly out of the mare Swala. The mare is by Alami out of Sovereign Wonder by Sovereign…