Better Than Ready Tops Day One!
A colt by Better Than Ready topped Day One of the 2024 Magic Millions Gold Coast March Yearling Sale with a phone bid from Los Angeles Airport coming up trumps
12th March 2024
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A colt by Better Than Ready topped Day One of the 2024 Magic Millions Gold Coast March Yearling Sale with a phone bid from Los Angeles Airport coming up trumps
With 21 less yearlings sold at the same sale last year, the aggregate on Sunday was up from R26 015 000 in 2023 to R27 085 000, with the average tag stepping up 20% to R206 756, and the median jumping 38% to R180 000
If you cannot make it to Hollywoodbets Kenilworth, then watch it here
The Raceform Buyers’ Guide is a detailed summary of the dam and siblings of the BSA Cape Yearling Sale yearlings
Long regarded as one of the best value-for-money thoroughbred auctions in South Africa, the BSA Cape Yearling Sale has been the launch pad for many outstanding thoroughbreds
There are three freshman stallions and four first-crop stallions represented at Sunday’s Bloodstock SA Cape Yearling Sale at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth
A beautifully related Playing God filly sold for A$625,000 on a record-breaking day of selling on Day One of the 2024 Magic Millions Perth Yearling Sale
Despite breeding between just 20 and 30 foals a year, Normandy Stud has produced a plethora of stars over the years including champions Aquanaut, Mother Russia, Rio Querari and Winter Solstice
Prosper Stud’s draft for the 2024 Cape Yearling Sale includes lots sired by in-form and popular stallions like One World, The United States and Willliam Longsword
Soetendal Estate has been associated with numerous top-class horses in recent years, with the boutique thoroughbred estate’s recent success stories including the likes of Rapidash, October Morn, Future Variety and Senso Unico
While Cape Town sizzled in the summer heat, the temperatures were also soaring in the sales ring, with the 119 lots achieving an aggregate of R64 895 000, an increase of 44,77% on 2023!
Big race sponsors Hollywoodbets have set the pace in the pre-nominations ante-post betting market for the 2025 Hollywoodbets Durban July with defending champion Oriental Charm topping the opening board
In our weekly column entitled Time Is Money, we look at some of the past weekend’s highlights, including some slow-run Grade 1 contests at Turffontein
