‘Power Catalogue For Breeders!’
There are some striking pedigrees on the auction sheet for Thursday 20 May at De Grendel Estate
27th April 2021
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There are some striking pedigrees on the auction sheet for Thursday 20 May at De Grendel Estate
Arrowfield Stud has announced it will be standing Japan’s Champion 2YO Colt Admire Mars
Fresh from a record-breaking Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, Vinery Stud has raised the bar again with a list of stallions
The unbeaten colt Kommetdieding drew 11 in the WSB Guineas where he is likely to stay out, but he drew 14 in the Drill Hall, between Rainbow Bridge and Golden Ducat, where he should end up closer to the rail after final acceptances
Cape Thoroughbred Sales (CTS) has announced the date for the 2021 Ready to Run/Unbroken Two-Year-Old Sale.
Irish-bred filly Good Queen Bess was the first South African runner and winner for prominent British sire and former Cartier Horse Of The Year, Kingman
Magic Millions has announced the star- studded catalogues for the breed shaping platforms
The burden at the current time is being carried by South African breeders who started on the road to this week’s catalogue when Covid-19 and its impact on the world was still in the realm of science fiction
The 2021 BSA National Yearling Sale completed the first session on a positive note on Thursday
Last week Riverton boss Duncan Barry and Hemel ‘n Aarde’s David Hepburn-Brown drove the long road to the National Yearling Sales talking up a storm about their shared passion, horses and their new business ventures into self-catering cottages
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
