Harry's Son

Big day for Lafferty and Son

PUBLISHED: August 10, 2014

27 July 2014
David Thiselton
Summerveld trainer Paul Lafferty landed the second Gr1 of his career at the Super Saturday meeting at Greyville this weekend when the richly deserving Harry’s Son won the Gr1Premier Champions Stakes over 1600m under Piere Strydom and the Australian-bred looks likely to land the Equus Award for Champion two-year-old male.

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Jet Master back on top

PUBLISHED: August 4, 2014

(4 August 2014)
Ada van der Bent

At Greyville on Saturday, Justin Snaith and S’Manga Khumalo were officially crowned the season’s champion trainer and jockey, while Klawervlei Stud finally ended Summerhill’s stranglehold on the champion breeders’ title. As for the champion stallion, add to that the name of Jet Master.

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Khumalo a true champion

PUBLISHED: August 1, 2014

(1 August 2014)
David Thiselton

S’Manga Khumalo will be officially crowned Champion Jockey just after 5pm today and it will be an achievement celebrated by all in the racing fraternity and many outside of it as he is not only the first black person to do it, but has also shown the hallmarks of a true champion.

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Gold Cup preview

PUBLISHED: August 1, 2014

David Thiselton
The Gr 1 eLan Property Group Gold Cup over 3200m heads the card on Super Saturday at Greyville tomorrow and is tough to analyse as there are so many horses that can be rated possible winners.

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Futura a rising star

PUBLISHED: July 30, 2014

MICHAEL CLOWER Champions Cup winner Futura has been raised 3.5kg to a new merit rating of 113 for last Saturday’s devastating performance and he is now second only to Vodacom Durban July hero Legislate (114) among the three-year-olds. Next season he will put his claims to the test over a mile in the L’Ormarins Queen’s […]