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HORSE CHESTNUT: A HERO HAS FALLEN

Horse Chestnut – South African Horse of the Year, Triple Crown Champion, and horse racing icon – died last night in his stall at the age of 19. The autopsy revealed the cause of death to be a heart failure. His passing will be mourned by racing followers around the country. Superlatives and hyperbole are […]

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TOP SIRE PROGENY FOR SALE

Yearlings by two of South Africa’s hottest sires go on offer this weekend at the TBA Val de Vie Sale under the consignment of Drakenstein Stud. It has been hard to keep Trippi and Philanthropist out of the news these past months and their progeny are set to be in high demand come Sunday afternoon. […]

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SPRINTING GROUP SUCCESS FOR THE DUKE

Australian-bred Willow Magic looked the deal in Tuesday evening’s R250 000 Gr3 Tommy Hotspur Handicap run over 1000m at Turffontein. But Mike De Kock pulled a 20 to 1 rabbit out of the hat in the form of the speedy Moofeed, to upstage the odds and rock the exotics. It is not every day that a […]

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MORE GRADE ONE GLORY FOR TRIPPI STAR

Drakenstein Stud’s resident sire Trippi is enjoying an unbelievable run of success in 2014-2015. The son of End Sweep’s progeny have already won no fewer than seven black type races this season, with another son of the sire, Zambezi River, landed the R2 million Lanzerac Ready To Run Stakes. The latest major feature race to […]