SOUTH AFRICA: Overseas Plans Deferred For Variety Bay 14/05/2012 Grade One winner Variety Club will stay in South Africa until after next year's G1 L'Ormarins Queen's Plate before a planned overseas campaign that will include racing in Dubai, Singapore and Hong Kong.
Weekend Winners 13/05/2012 Holy Roman Emperor; Galileo; Niello; General Nediym; Stratum; Zabeel; Keep The Faith; Hold That Tiger; More Than Ready; Thorn park; Danewin.
Honorius Goes Back-To-Back 12/05/2012 Honorius has some way to go before he matches his half-sister Igugu, the champion racehorse of South Africa including the 2011 winner of the Group 1 Vodacom Durban July at Greyville and the 2012 The J & B Met at Kenilworth, but he went some way to carving out his own career when winning the Balmsey Hill City Farm Juvenile Stayer at Rosehill on Saturday.
The Galileo Anomaly 1/05/2012 It's something of an anomaly that Galileo, the champion sire son of the great Sadler's Wells, has left only two Group One winners in Australia among the 500 foals he produced in Australia from his five seasons of shuttle service in the Hunter Valley.
SOUTH AFRICA: Igugu On Her Way To Dubai 23/04/2012 Horse of the Year Igugu will be among a team of stable stars trainer Mike de Kock has decided will begin a lengthy and circuitous journey to Dubai via the Cape Town quarantine station on May 6.
SOUTH AFRICA: Classic Next For Guineas Winners 16/03/2012 The male and female winners of the Gauteng Guineas races are among the entries for the G1 SA Classic and G1 SA Fillies Classic to be run over 1800m at Turffontein on March 31.
SOUTH AFRICA: Igugu Heads Challenge Entries 1/03/2012 Champion mare Igugu heads the list of entries for the R1 million President's Champions Challenge over 2000m at Turffontein on April 28.
Fastnet Rock On Top At Oaklands 27/02/2012 Buyer demand for quality yearlings pushed trade to more than $10 million on day one of the 2012 Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale at Oaklands on Monday.
SOUTH AFRICA: The Apache Goes To De Kock 22/02/2012 Dual Group One winner The Apache will join the Mike de Kock stable with a view to campaigning at the 2013 Dubai World Cup Carnival.
SOUITH AFRICA: Derby Winner Dodges Igugu 2/02/2012 Trainer Brett Crawford has ruled out a clash between impressive Investec Cape Derby winner and superstar mare Igugu.
SOUTH AFRICA: Igugu Outstanding In J & B Met 29/01/2012 There was high emotion at Kenilworth on Saturday when the outstanding mare Igugu produced a champions performance to win the feature of the 2012 Sizzling Summer Season in the Cape, the R2.5m, Grade 1, The J & B Met (2000m).
Igugu Kick Starts Galileo's Year 29/01/2012 Coolmore's super stallion Galileo sired his first G1 winner of 2012 when his Australian-bred daughter Igugu added the J&B Met at Kenilworth in South Africa to her superb record on January 28.
SOUTH AFRICA: Igugu On Show At Kenilworth 27/01/2012 The magic of Igugu is set to be on display once again when the Mike de Kock trained mare runs in the pinnacle of the Cape's Sizzling Summer Season, the R2.5m, Grade 1, J & B Met (2000m) at Kenilworth on Saturday.
SOUTH AFRICA: Locals Work Out Ahead Of J & B Met 20/01/2012 The local contenders for the major feature of the 2012 Sizzling Summer Season at Kenilworth, the R2.5m, Grade 1, The J &B Met (2000m), exercised on the course proper on Thursday morning giving the crowd in attendance a glimpse of what can be expected on Saturday week, January 28th.
SOUTH AFRICA: J & B Met Barrier Draw 20/01/2012 The draw for the R2.5m, Grade 1, J & B Met (2000m) at Kenilworth on January 28th was held at the course on Thursday with the South African Horse Of The Year Igugu drawing perfectly in barrier seven.
SOUTH AFRICA: Igugu Heads Strong Met Field 19/01/2012 There were few surprises when the final field was announced for the R2.5-million J&B Met to be run over 2000m at Kenilworth on Saturday 28 January with South Africa's reigning Horse of the Year Igugu heading a fantastic field of 16.
SOUTH AFRICA: Summer Season Countdown 11/01/2012 The countdown has begun for the highlight of South Africa's Sizzling Summer Season, the R2.5 million, Grade 1 J & B Met to be run over 2000m at Kenilworth, Cape Town, on January 28th.
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SOUTH AFRICA: Overseas Plans Deferred For Variety Bay
It's something of an anomaly that Galileo, the champion sire son of the great Sadler's Wells, has left only two Group One winners in Australia among the 500 foals he produced in Australia from his five seasons of shuttle service in the Hunter Valley.
Buyer demand for quality yearlings pushed trade to more than $10 million on day one of the 2012 Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale at Oaklands on Monday.
There was high emotion at Kenilworth on Saturday when the outstanding mare Igugu produced a champions performance to win the feature of the 2012 Sizzling Summer Season in the Cape, the R2.5m, Grade 1, The J & B Met (2000m).
The local contenders for the major feature of the 2012 Sizzling Summer Season at Kenilworth, the R2.5m, Grade 1, The J &B Met (2000m), exercised on the course proper on Thursday morning giving the crowd in attendance a glimpse of what can be expected on Saturday week, January 28th.
