HORSE RACING
Douglas Macarthur may be sent to pasture in SA
Douglas Macarthur, prominent for such a long way in the colours of Markus Jooste in Saturday’s Investec Derby, could join SA’s stallion ranks at the end of his career. That was the word from Jooste after the son of Galileo gave the Steinhoff boss one of his biggest racing thrills to date, when his familiar green and yellow star colours were proudly to the fore in the world’s most famous horse race. "One would think he is good enough to win a grade1 race here and — if he did so — then he’d be a wonderful addition to our stallions back home." The Steinhoff boss nearly won the race with another runner, Cliffs Of Moher, who he owns in partnership with the Coolmore team. With 200m to run, Ryan Moore’s mount looked likely to land the £931,537 first prize but was overhauled close to home by his 40-1 stablemate, Wings Of Eagles. It was the best result in years for the bookies with gambles on Cracksman (Frankie Dettori), Cliffs of Mohir, Permian and Eminent all failing and most punters leavi...
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