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TURFFONTEIN - INSIDE - 25 Apr 2024
Races at TURFFONTEIN - INSIDE - 25 Apr 2024
- MR 84 HANDICAP over 1450m, RAN 68,750 SIMPLE SIMPLE (SAF) 2019, wins by 0.3 length(s) in 88.39 secs...
- MR 84 HANDICAP over 1450m, RAN 68,750 THE PLAYBOY BOMBER (SAF) 2020, wins by 0.8 length(s) in 88.15 secs...
- FM 90 HANDICAP (F & M) over 1600m, RAN 68,750 HEART PEAKS (SAF) 2020, wins by 1.6 length(s) in 98.14 secs...
- MR 96 HANDICAP over 1000m, RAN 87,500 DREAMLAND (SAF) 2020, wins by 1 length(s) in 56.1 secs...
- MAIDEN PLATE over 1200m, RAN 84,375 WAHEED (SAF) 2021, wins by 0.1 length(s) in 72.57 secs...
- MAIDEN PLATE (F & M) over 1200m, RAN 59,375 FROZEN FANTASY (SAF) 2021, wins by 5.5 length(s) in 72.84 secs...
- MAIDEN JUVENILE PLATE over 1200m, RAN 62,500 COSMIC SPEED (SAF) 2021, wins by 2.25 length(s) in 72.64 secs...
- WORK RIDERS MAIDEN PLATE over 1500m, RAN 50,000 IRISH LOVE (SAF) 2020, wins by 0.5 length(s) in 96.15 secs...

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152 stakes winners for Deep Impact

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SOUMILLON SMASHES RECORD

Christophe Soumillon became the most successful jockey in French history at Compiegne on Wednesday. Soumillon, 38, won his 3315th race in France aboard the Aga Khan-owned Valeya in a 2400-metre four-year-old conditions race, surpassing the …

FIRST MARES IN FOAL TO WALDGEIST

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MIDDLE PARK STAKES WINNER DIES

Bahamian Bounty, winner of the 1996 G1 Middle Park Stakes, has died. A son of Cadeaux Genereux, Bahamian Bounty won the Group 1 Prix Morny on only his third start, defeating subsequently successful sire Zamindar. …

CHAMPIONS CHALLENGE ENTRIES

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HALFWAY TO HEAVEN –A MARE IN A MILLION

When Golden Ducat powered home to land the G1 ARF Commemorative Cape Derby on Saturday, he became the third G1 winner, from as many foals, produced by Wilgerbosdrift’s remarkable broodmare Halfway To Heaven. South Africa’s …