Ethanicity Research

08/09/2026

Due to a lack of interest/support.

08/09/2026

There is no rule that dictates that in order to be a sire of good racehorses, the sire must have raced or been a Graded Stakes winner. That is a self-sufficing human rule.

THE KING WHO NEVER WON A CLASSIC — BUT WON THEM ALL🐎
Mr Prospector never ran in a Triple Crown race. Too fragile, too valuable to risk, he was retired to stud early. Yet his blood would go on to dominate the very three races he never touched.
Fusaichi Pegasus won the Kentucky Derby in 2000. Tank's Prospect won the Preakness in 1985. Conquistador Cielo won the Belmont Stakes in 1982 and was crowned Horse of the Year. Three direct sons, three American classics, one father who never won a single one himself on the track.
But it's in his male progeny that his true legacy takes shape: Fappiano, Forty Niner, Gone West, Seeking the Gold, Kingmambo, Smart Strike. Not just champions — sires of sires, each the root of a bloodline that still dominates today, from Curlin to Dubai Millennium.
Speed is run. Blood is passed down🐎

07/09/2026

06/09/2026

URGENT - help give this magnificent Sire a 2nd chance to show what he can breed and, if you are a passionate follower of SA Horseracing, yourself an opportunity of a lifetime.

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05/09/2026

What a wonderful opportunity for the SA Horseracing Public, especially those resident in KZN. You know what they say about "when opportunity knocks....."

30/08/2026

A BEIWACHT scorching - the nature of this horse's solid win in the G1 Memsie Stakes in Australia yesterday was impressive. What might the reasons be?

Admittedly the competition were older horses but they were quality with multiple graded stakes winners. But that is not the take-away, what is interesting is this.

BEIWACHT's breeding shows a pedigree pattern that we have observed to be showing up frequently in top racehorses and its one we are following closely.

It is our firm belief that statistics do not lie and, provided they are accurately analysed and confirmed, that they are a reliable data set with which to conclude future racing performance on a probability scale. Because there are many unpredictable factors that can come into play the data is not a guarantee but is dependable in terms of a horses probable future performance assuming that negative unpredictable factors do not come into play.

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28/08/2026

Its a story that we hear of repeatedly but seldom learn from. How come?

27/08/2026

Is it truly over for Last Winter, who it seems will be retired from Stud Duty due to a complete drop in support. Is this really what SA does to horses and bloodlines like this?

A sire with a race record of 6-4-2-0 in his SA racing career that included a scintillating run in the 2019 G1 Cape Met and an equally impressive narrow loss in the Premier's Challenge!

Havana Moon (Last Winter x Seek Moon Magic) reeled off another emphatic victory in Mauritius last week taking his race record to 12-6-3-1. A strong front running son of Last Winter, who seems to have unrivalled stamina to burn.

Here in SA, he has a rather nifty daughter Last Margarita (Last Winter x Diamondsandpearls) that is now 5-2-1-0 in the care of Garth Puller with more to come. She is also a good front runner with a liking to the Polytrack.

MJO Racing Stables snapped up this beaut of a c**t, Bishop Of Limerick (Last Winter x Athassel Abbey by Fastnet Rock) see pic below - at the 2026 BSA KZN Yearling Sale for a song that buyers looked straight past. A flashy, strong, early maturing sort that goes into full training in September may just be one that slipped under the radar.

23/08/2026

SA Horseracing, so what is our response?

27/07/2026

We agree with the direction of the article however we suggest that Pedigree AND Conformation are equally important. One without the other increases the risk considerably.

Our belief does not say that one without the other will not produce a good racehorse. It simply warns that the risk of getting a good racehorse diminishes to a lower probability.

And in looking at pedigree, the names are not always critical. Rather the compatibility of the bloodlines in the background are. Too many good horse are overlooked because of a blinkered fixation on the names involved.

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