Thoroughbred BEE co-ops debut at yearling sale
Years of hard work finally paid off for the beneficiaries of a thoroughbred industry transformation programme.
2nd April 2011
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Years of hard work finally paid off for the beneficiaries of a thoroughbred industry transformation programme.
Two colts by Silvano, one at R700k, the other R300k, make headlines at the Vintage Sale
Remarkably, averages at the Cape Regional sale were very much the same as at Vintage, two days later – as if the one flowed into the other.
Mike’s Cape sale topper was Lot 31, a half sister to Victoriana (trained by Bass), by Trippi, bought for R360 000 for Shirtliff, Ressell and Jooste. Bass was particularly pleased with his purchase of lot 207 from the Equimark Vintage Sale, a very smart grey Silvano colt out of Palace Bride and a half brother to the Dubai winner Silver Mist and Shades Of Indigo.
Everyone knows that there’s a full brother to international hero J J The Jet Plane on offer, and that his sire Jet Master is as unstoppable as ever.
Everyone knows that Trippi is riding crest
The overflow of yearling entires that didn’t make Book One find themselves, for the first time in 2012, in the Cape Yearling Sale Book Two.
The Equimark Vintage Yearling Sale has rapidly
acquired the reputation of being an outstanding source of top class winners. The sale’s roll-of-honour includes the likes of Victory Moon, Crimson Palace, Trademark, Bunter Barlow, Sun Classique and too many others to mention who have scaled the heights both at home and abroad. The 2011 sale will take place at Durbanville racecourse on Saturday 5th March (18h30 start) and Sunday 6th March (11h00 start), with 288 yearlings on offer.
The Equimark Vintage Yearling Sale has long-since had the reputation of being an outstanding source of top class winners. The sale’s roll-of-honour includes the likes of Victory Moon, Crimson Palace, Trademark, Bunter Barlow, Sun Classique and too many others to mention who have scaled the heights both at home and abroad. Mathhew Lips selects his pick of the bunch for the weekend’s yearling sale.
The ever popular Shongweni Ready To Run and Horses In Training Sale will be held at the Shongweni Polo Grounds in KZN on Wednesday 23rd February. As always run under the auspices of Michael Holmes Bloodstock, the sale commences at 10.30 a.m. and features 200 entries, no fewer of them 95 unraced two-year-olds.
After having cemented himself in Hong Kong, Lyle Hewitson now prepares to take up an Australian stint
The Hong Kong Jockey Club introduced the World Pool Moment of the Day in South Africa last year and the initiative rewards the Groom of the horse selected with a R100 000 prize
Longstanding owner Sabine Plattner celebrated victory in the World Pool Gr3 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday
The Barend Botes-trained Lance filly Quid Pro Quo overcame enormous odds to make it five in a row and galloped her way into the history books
