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Gr 1 CAPE GUINEAS FOR KILINDINI

Article courtesy of Sporting Post: Trainer Brett Crawford saddled his second Hong Kong-connected Cape Guineas winner when the Varsfontein-bred Kilindini stormed to an impressive victory in the R1 million Gr1 classic at a sunny Kenilworth on Saturday 21 December....

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NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER

This month our newsletter is jam packed with racing action, including a stakes win for Yulong Prince (Surcharge) in Australia, two grade 2 victories for Gimmethegreenlight in Third Runway (home-bred) and Barahin and more impressive wins for Blackball, Kilindini and...

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GIMME ON A GREEN STREAK

(Article courtesy of Cape Breeders website) Varsfontein Stud’s red hot sire Gimmethegreenlight,  whose progeny have won graded races in South Africa the last two weekends running, was back in the limelight on Tuesday when his top-class son Yulong Prince won the...

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News for the month of August

THE 2019 foaling season is well under way and with 102 mares due, Carl and his team will be pretty busy over the next couple of months.  We have already welcomed over a dozen new foals into the world and the farm has a definite look of spring about it! Read full...

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STAKES SUCCESS IN THE NEWS

Our June/July newsletter is jam packed with stakes successes of not only horses bred at Varsfontein but also progeny of our two resident stallions Gimmethegreenlight and Master Of My Fate. Eden Roc established himself as top two year old colt when following up his...

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