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HAIL OUR EQUUS CHAMPIONS

NOTWITHSTANDING the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic, the 2019/20 racing season will forever be etched in our memories for the heights reached by our stallions and their progeny. Read all about it in our October Newsletter

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JULY WINNER BRED AND RAISED ON VARSFONTEIN

Regardless of who owns the horses bred and raised on Varsfontein Stud, all are subject to the same "winning recipe". So our excitement is no less when our clients taste success on the race course as it adds "proof to the pudding". This recipe of success has proven...

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JULY 2ND FOR GOT THE GREENLIGHT

Sporting Post reports: The trainer of Vodacom Durban July runner-up Got The Greenlight says his 3yo was beaten fair and square in a very fair race by a horse that always looked the one to beat. He has only one gripe about a terrific day ‘that all involved can be...

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Newsletter for May

MUCH to our delight, trainer Geoff Woodruff is planning to return to Cape Town following a successful 20-year stint on the Highveld. Remarkably, Geoff's relationship with Varsfontein stretches back to the late 80s when he ventured out on his own and we sent him the...

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A TIME FOR REFLECTION

WHILE many of our readers will find themselves with extra time of their hands during the lockdown, it's been pretty much business as usual here on the farm. For many though, this has been a time of reflection, even nostalgia. Others have been delving into racing...

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