Fastnet Rock Mares Make Their Mark
Fastnet Rock, Champion Sire in Australia in 2011-2012 and 2014-2015, has established himself as a truly top-class broodmare sire
22nd April 2024
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Breeding news from South Africa. Stallions, Mares Stud Farms and other essential information and news relating to thoroughbred horse breeding in South Africa.
Fastnet Rock, Champion Sire in Australia in 2011-2012 and 2014-2015, has established himself as a truly top-class broodmare sire
The half-brother to equine superhero Frankel got off the mark in promising style in Tuesday’s Alex Scott Maiden Stakes
Considering that his progeny have notched up no less than three feature races in the space of a week, Maine Chance stallion Vercingetorix is enjoying a purple patch to say the least
Good horses don’t know how much they cost and champions can arrive from any part of the market place
Champion Turf Sprinter of Ireland, France and Dubai, A Case Of You (Ire) touches down on Friday
Great value in a market set for take-off following the recent news of the opening of the EU export gateway
‘I called the owner and before I could even make the offer he excitedly told me that a certain South African bookmaker had just called 10 minutes earlier to make an offer of R5m’
Rafeef is fast establishing a fine reputation as a stallion who has the ability to sire stakes winners across the speed and stamina spectrum
With the National Yearling Sale around the corner, here’s some new light on an old challenge
So what is it about females bred at the Wilgerbosdrift/Mauritzfontein operation that makes them such a force in South African racing?
The success rate of exported mares at stud in other parts of the world has been very high – and greater than most breeders realise
Finding the words ‘excitement’ and ‘insurance’ in the same sentence is as rare as breeding a Triple Crown winner!
As the clock ticks toward this year’s renewal of South Africa’s most iconic of races, the Hollywoodbets Durban July, it is only fitting that we return to the start of the new millennium and recall all the drama and splendour
It’s time for our racing regulators to accept and understand that they are part of the game, and not outside of it, above it, or bigger than it
