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SARAH WHITELAW: With the European flat season having just got under way for the 2012 racing season, it is a good time to look at sires who are likely to make their presence felt this year. It is a look at some of the potentially prominent stallions in the Northern Hemisphere for the racing year.
The stallion roster at Coolmore Australia will be boosted in 2012 by the addition South African champion and leading international performer Musir
Sirecam Europe’s footage for the 2012 Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Sale
American mare Hidden Light, a dual G1 Oaks winner in her native land, was much in the limelight in Australia last weekend.
Mike de Kock said on Saturday morning that he’d be happy to come away from the world’s richest race meeting with a pair of seconds, he got exactly that. Mike de Kock’s stable enjoyed another good Carnival.
Nominations for Singapore’s two International Group 1 races on 20 May have brought together an impressive array of talent.
Internationals splurged $1,426,000 on 19 lots during the first session and yesterday secured another 25 lots for $1,604,000, bringing the sale total for internationals to $3,030,000.
One of the early features of the 2012 Melbourne Premier Sale was the large contingent of South African owners, trainers and agents in attendance
One of the last links to the great Nijinsky – and to his equally great trainer Dr Vincent O’Brien – came to an end with the death of his son Royal Academy
Attendance at British racecourses rose for the third year running in 2011, despite the continuing gloom in the economy, and pushed beyond six million for the first time since 2004
The Dubai World Cup Carnival begins its 16-day meet on January 5 at Meydan Racecourse and culminates on March 31 with the $10-million Emirates Airline Dubai World Cup
SA Champion trainer and big race title-holder Justin Snaith has nine entries in the early stages of the R5 million World Sports Betting Gr1 Cape Town Met class of 2025 that was unveiled earlier today
