Backworth Sale Attracts Interest
The Backworth Stud Dispersal Sale was hosted by Bloodstock SA and held at the magnificent KZN farm on Monday 10 April
11th April 2017
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The Backworth Stud Dispersal Sale was hosted by Bloodstock SA and held at the magnificent KZN farm on Monday 10 April
The catalogue of 106 mares includes 40 Black-type winners, performers or Stakes producers and 74 siblings to Stakes horses. And for the first time in years, there is a weanling entry of 80.
Backworth has long been established as one of KwaZulu Natal’s truly boutique stud farms, and, from a small number of runners, has bred a lengthy list of high class performers
The 2017 CTS March Yearling Sale came to an end after two sessions at Durbanville Racecourse this past weekend
Graduates of past National Yearling Sales continue to shine throughout the country, with their ranks including current Horse Of The Year Legal Eagle, Equus Champion Marinaresco and the uber game Gr1 winner Captain America
A buyer’s market prevailed at the BSA Cape Yearling Sale held in the horse friendly surrounds of the beautiful Mistico Equestrian Centre near Paarl
Starting life as Book 2 of the Cape Premier Yearling Sale, this well patronised sale gravitated to its own slot in 2014 and has grown in stature and popularity, having produced a host of decent performers.
Graduates who win a Maiden Juvenile Race during their Two Year Old career will receive an added stakes bonus
An insight as to what to expect of yearlings in terms of class, stamina and sale price
Illustrious names from yesteryear of the ilk of Pocket Power, Mother Russia and Irridescence will reverberate through the impressive venue as buyers bid for tomorrow’s champions
A final field of 17 will face the starter at the Hollywoodbets Kenilworth 2000m marker on Saturday 25 January for the 163rd renewal of the R5 million World Sports Betting Gr1 Cape Town Met
Two past winners of the Cape’s premier summer speed clash are in the fifteen strong line-up
