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When we set out to stage The Goffs London Sale in association with QIPCO we did not dare dream of the sort of results and level of interest that we enjoyed at The Orangery at Kensington Palace last night.
With Cape racing fans battening down the hatches for winter, CTS, The Lanzerac Hotel & Spa and KUDA insurance have collaborated in the creation of a 4-day event to keep Cape fans going with the prospect of a spring festival
Average and median prices up, more big prices, and a strong middle market. Foreign money, and lots of local big spenders. When the buyers admit it’s hard to buy a nice yearling, then the sale is a success.
The National Yearling Sale saw the aggregate, average and median prices all rise significantly.
CEO Tom Callaghan is pleased with double digit growth, but admits smaller vendors have struggled
Ten lots in the first session of the 2014 Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale have fetched R1 million plus.
Pleasing day at the sales after Louis The King provides the pre sale kicker with his Triple Crown thriller on Saturday
The 2014 National Yearling Sale has it all
Catalogue and physical checklists on how to buy a horse – for prospective buyers of thoroughbred racehorses.
Mary Slack: “I was a real horsey girl, a riding loony and my primary interest was riding. Racing came later, and the breeding later still.”
It is one of life’s pities that we reward marketing before we reward excellence and quality is so often overlooked in favour of quantity
Aldo Domeyer grabbed his second feature success on the sunny afternoon at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth as Mucho Dinero found the winner’s box in the opening leg of the exotic after a year plus absence
A considered decision to split the longstanding traditional January Premier Yearling Sale into two defined sales platforms has reaped rich rewards for vendors and the Cape Racing Sales team
‘Go watch the L’Ormarins King’s Plate day replays as they narrowed the course and a few didn’t get runs’
Get the full story as told by those who watched every stride, as well as Richard Fourie’s personal insights of the season in his own words
