Ten lots over R1-million – Day one
Ten lots in the first session of the 2014 Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale have fetched R1 million plus.
28th April 2014
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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
Varsfontein is a farm that patiently and carefully cultivates its broodmare band and it is a strategy that has been paying dividends.
Middlefield have a total of 6 yearlings (4 colts and 2 fillies). The one likely to draw the most interest is #111, a half-brother to Tippuana Moon by Var.
One of South Africa’s most consistent sires, Kahal has been represented by five stakes horses this season, including the top-class mare Classic Illusion. Currently eighth
Promising young sire Elusive Fort was represented by yet another first crop winner, when his son Elusive Shade won a good race at the Vaal
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
