The Simonsig Wine Estate holds a very special place in the world of winemaking in the high quality wine region Stellenbosch for several reasons - the late owner, Frans Malan, was one of the first to ...

Star-crossed stallions Simonsig and Triolo D’Alene enjoyed a tragic relationship worthy of any Shakespearean romance after meeting in their stable A PAIR of champion male racehorses shared a romance ...

Dual Cheltenham Festival winner Simonsig has been put down after suffering a a broken leg during a race at the course where he won his biggest races. The accident happened just moments after his much ...

Third-generation winemaker, Michael Malan has taken the reins of cellarmaster at Simonsig. He follows in the footsteps of his grandfather, Frans, and father Johan, who established Simonsig as one of ...

Jump racing regularly tests the fortitude of its followers but rarely has the sport put them through a day like this one, when the shock retirement of Sprinter Sacre on Sunday was followed within a ...

The bookies took a battering in the second race of the day at Cheltenham as red-hot favourite Simonsig was made to pull out all the stops to claim the Racing Post Arkle Challenge Trophy at the ...

Simonsig, who has not raced since winning the Arkle Trophy in March 2013, will miss the King George VI Chase at Kempton Park on Boxing Day after Nicky Henderson, his trainer, admitted defeat in his ...

A PAIR of champion star-crossed stallions were shunned by other horses after falling in love in a Brokeback Mountain bromance. Star-crossed stallions Simonsig and Triolo D’Alene — who both ran in the ...

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