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A colt from the first Southern Hemisphere crop of former Champion European juvenile Pinatubo topped the 2025 Magic Millions Gold Coast March Yearling Sale on Tuesday when selling for A$290,000
A colt by Golden Slipper winner and Newgate Farm sire Capitalist topped Day One of the 2025 Magic Millions Gold Coast March Yearling Sale on Monday
Exciting filly Marhoona, who hails from the same female line as Avontuur’s resident sire Talk Of The Town, provided her stellar female line with yet another boost when she won the TAB Gr1 Golden Slipper
Record-breaking sprinting mare I Am Me (I Am Invincible) is the latest headline act confirmed for the Inglis Chairman’s Sale
A lovely filly by champion sire Written Tycoon topped Day One of the 2025 Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale on Monday when selling for A$260,000 to international interests
A gelding by I Am Invincible returned the highest price at the 2025 Hong Kong International Sale at Sha Tin after fetching a bid of HK$5 million
Due to ongoing weather implications Magic Millions advises the decision has been made to delay the Gold Coast March Yearling Sale by two weeks
The 2025 edition of the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale continued to defy the pre-sale apprehension amongst participants on Monday with the results from Day 2 of the sale showing further gains on the promising start to the sale on Sunday
A trio of fillies by Gold Standard topped the 2025 Magic Millions Tasmanian Yearling Sale at Quercus Park on Monday
The all time record price for a colt at the Magic Millions Perth Yearling Sale was broken on Thursday with a youngster by Playing God topping proceedings when selling for A$450,000
The Dundeel colt topped another strong day of trade at Monday’s Classic Yearling Sale
The starting stalls stuck on the Fairview polytrack capped a mostly forgettable week for South African horseracing when the Nelson Mandela Bay Racing fixture ground to a dismal halt on Friday
‘The actions of the jockeys on the day have given South African racing a black eye in the international horseracing community and have caused considerable reputational and financial harm to our industry in general and Cape Racing in particular’
When Grant van Niekerk opened his mouth after the second race, the complexion of a raceday was turned on its head…
In this business, none of us should overestimate our powers of prediction and our best tools are experience and context, couched in all the humility we can muster
