Wilgerbosdrift’s well bred young sire Fire Away is a son of outstanding stallion War Front. The latter made headlines on Sunday when his son Annapolis became his 100th stakes winner when putting up a courageous …
Santa Barbara, who scored a pair of Grade 1 victories in the U.S. this summer, has died due to complications from a pelvic fracture.Santa Barbara, a 3-year-old daughter of Camelot, was trained by Aidan O’Brien,”Santa …
Brilliant three-year-old St Mark’s Basilica has been retired. His trainer Aidan O’Brien describing him as possibly the best horse he’s ever had at Ballydoyle and Coolmore’s most important stallion prospect since Galileo.St Mark’s Basilica will …
Two-time Eclipse Award winner and seven-time grade 1 winner, Monomoy Girl has been retired from racing after she was discovered to have sustained an injury during training Sept. 21 at Churchill Downs.Owned by MyRacehorse, Spendthrift …
2YO Colt:Good Traveller (Lammerskraal)2YO Filly:Desert Miracle (Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein)3YO Colt:Jet Dark (Drakenstein)3YO Filly:Captain’s Ransom (Moutonshoek)Older Male:Rainbow Bridge (Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein)Older Female:Summer Pudding (Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein)Sprinter:Rio Querari (Normandy)Middle Distance Horse:Rainbow Bridge (Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein)Stayer:Malmoos (Varsfontein)Stallion Of …
Top-class racemare Avantage has been injured and subsequently retired.The Jamie Richards-trained six-year-old, a nine time G1 winner, was favourite for Saturday’s Gr.1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) at Hastings, the first Group One of the New Zealand …
South Africa lost a stalwart of the thoroughbred breeding industry when Robin Scott passed away recently.A co-founder with his brothers Des and Neville of Highdown Stud in 1967, he was 86 and had been ill …
Sent off as part of an entry at just over 3-1, DJ Stable’s Adversity (Arrogate–Artemis Agrotera, by Roman Ruler) became the first winner for her late freshman sire (by Unbridled’s Song) with a second-out success …
