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RACING GOES AHEAD

The National Horseracing Authority confirms that following President Ramaphosa’s address to the Nation last night and the effected change to Adjusted Level 4, it has deemed it appropriate to institute the following measures to contain …


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CHARLATAN RETIRED

Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms at Xalapa announced June 24 the retirement from racing of multiple grade 1 winner Charlatan , who will take up stud duty at the farm’s newly restored stallion complex near Paris, …


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TOP CLASS SIRE PENSIONED

Stormy Atlantic (Storm Cat–Hail Atlantis, by Seattle Slew) has been pensioned from stud duty, Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms announced Friday. The Arthur Appleton homebred won six of his 15 starts, including two stakes, and earned …

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FIRST WINNER FOR POSTPONED

Four-time G1 winner Postponed sired his first winner on Sunday, 20 June when his daughter Almohandesah was victorious at Pontefract. Making her second career start after a promising debut second, she tracked the leaders before …

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FIRST WINNER FOR HIGHLAND REEL

The Mark Johnston-trained Highland Premiere (2 c ex Forthefirstime by Dr Fong) provided his Swettenham Stud shuttle sire, seven time Group 1 winner Highland Reel (Galileo), with his first winner when he broke his maiden …

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HAWWAAM TO WILGERBOSDRIFT

Image by Chase Liebenberg Photography Champion Hawwaam, one of the very best sons of five times champion South African sire Silvano, is set to retire to Wilgerbosdrift for the 2021 breeding season.  Shadwell, who raced …

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FIRST WINNER FOR PRACTICAL JOKE

Ashford Stud’s freshman stallion Practical Joke   was represented by his first winner from his second starter when Tom Durant’s homebred Catchusifyoucan  won on debut May 22 in the fifth race at Lone Star Park. Catchusifyoucan was second-to-last early in a six-horse field …

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MALIBU MOON DIES

Malibu Moon  , the foundation sire of B. Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift Farm, died suddenly May 18 in his paddock of an apparent heart attack, according to a release from the Lexington operation. The distinguished son …

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