KZN Yearling Sale Cancelled
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on 15 June 2021 that Adjusted Alert Level 3 will be in place from 16 June 2021
18th June 2021
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President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on 15 June 2021 that Adjusted Alert Level 3 will be in place from 16 June 2021
Horsemanship is as natural to the Irish as breathing (or so it seems). It’s important for us to connect with what this horse thing is all about, and why we do it. The social side of things – especially when John Koster is around – is important for that
Cape Thoroughbred Sales (CTS) has announced the CTS Select Fillies for Stud Online Sale, to be held via the Meerkat Platform
The farm sale catalogue is made up of broodmares, yearlings and weanlings, with a number of the lots on offer hailing from exceptional families
Ridgemont Highlands triple Gr1-winning sire Jackson will be transferring to Heversham Park Stud on the Highveld has been welcomed by Advocate Nigel Riley as a great opportunity and a boost for the Northern region
The winner of the 2013 Tibouchina, Louvre (Doowaley) who was saddled by Duncan Howells, hit the headlines last week
If successful, he will become the first Australian Gr1-winning 2yo by his Champion Sire
The Ridgemont Highlands broodmare band has received a boost with the news that the Brett Crawford-trained dual graded stakes winner Pretty Young Thing has been retired
A son of five times champion South African sire Silvano, is set to retire to studn.
The 2021 Magic Millions Gold Coast National Sale has become the highest grossing breeding stock sale in Southern Hemisphere history
The well-bred Straight Shooter (Frankel-Straight Lass, by Machiavellian) took the honour overnight of becoming the first son of his Champion Sire Frankel (Galileo-Kind, by Danehill) to sire his own winner
It will be good news for South African racing fans that, despite a number of offers from abroad, Gerald and Karen Kalil’s multiple champion Quid Pro Quo will continue her 3yo season on African soil
The son of Twice Over has been gelded and will be aimed at the Betway Gr1 Summer Cup, the L’Ormarins King’s Plate and the WSB Cape Town Met
Former SA Champion jockey Andrew Fortune’s six month quest to be relicenced to ride again reaches something of a watershed
The Ridgemont’s Kieswetter and Drakenstein’s Rupert families are major players in our horseracing and the Monmouth Park feature thus held more than a passing interest for many of us
