Clifton Stud nabbed another Gr1 for their records when their plain chestnut star filly, Mrs Geriatrix, put a quality field to bed in the Gr1 Allan Robertson on Saturday at Hollywoodbets Scottsville. A proud moment for the Clifton team of Peter and Jenny Blyth along with long time manager Christine Quinn, the filly who looks…
Matador Man flew home under Lyle Hewitson on a very hot and humid Wednesday at Greyville to give the South African Champion Jockey and Apprentice Jockey his third win in the Christmas Handicap, now a Listed race.
Sean Tarry’s maiden Viva Pipa shattered the Gary Alexander Racing Team’s dreams of winning another Emperors Palace Ready To Run Cup when she flashed home late to catch the free-striding Chijmes in the shadow of the post. It was a 1-2-3 for Summerhill who either bred or raised the first three past the post. A…
It was a big day for the Kwazulu-Natal breeders at Greyville on Sunday and particularly for the Scott Bros that bred the winner of the KZN Breeders Million Mile, Matador Man, and the winner of the “Level the Playing Fields” series final, Mark My Card.
Three of our KZN resident sires flew the flag high for our small province with three winners from the four Gr1 races on the day – two of them from from sires Brave Tin Soldier and Toreador, and the other from broodmare sire Spectrum with Sand And Sea, and Just As Well’s handsome son Zodiac Jack placed in the Gr3 Cape Of Good Hope Nursery Stakes, just a length off the winner for breeder Roski Stud.
Another daughter of last season’s national leading freshman sire Visionaire, added to his Graded Stakes winning accolades as a sire with the aptly named Summerhill-bred Heaps Of Fun, winning the Gr2 Wilgebosdrift Gauteng Fillies Guineas yesterday for her owner Mr Nchakha Moloi
A Shadwell-bred daughter of Kahal out of Mentalite, Chennai Babe owned and trained by Champion Trainer Sean Tarry, won the Indigo Handicap (Non Black Type) at Greyville on Friday evening by half a length.