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Black type updates for fillies and mares are an essential way to highlight the quality of their pedigree and Mon Petit Cherie’s breakthrough at stakes level yet again underlines the excellence of this power-packed family
Vercingetorix, who has five sons nominated for the Gr1 Betway Summer Cup, is currently leading the South African General Sires premiership
The star studded catalogue of yearlings for the 2025 Gold Coast Yearling Sale includes progeny of 127 individual sires
Victory Moon’s story is marked by much joy, triumph and a poignant ending—reflecting the bittersweet fate shared by many equine champions throughout history
Isaac Shelby made his 3yo debut in a high-class running of the Gr3 Greenham – the race in which Night Of Thunder lost his unbeaten record to Kingman
All kudos to Willem Ackerman for investing in foreign stock at a time when South African buyers at British & Irish sales have become as rare as hens’ teeth
Cape Racing Sales have announced the forthcoming Thoroughbred Stud Mixed Sale, featuring the Nadeson Park Stud dispersal
The 2024 Breeders’ Cup World Championships recorded the third highest total turnover in the history of the event and a 1,7% increase over the 2023 total
The 2024 Gr1 SA Fillies Sprint winner October Morn will be winging her way to Australia soon after having been purchased by John Messara of Arrowfield Stud
Over the years, the mighty Ballydoyle outfit has enjoyed spectacular success with certain female lines, one of which being that of the Gr2 winning Pivotal mare Beauty Is Truth
Maine Chance kingpin Vercingetorix proved to be the buyers’ darling yet again, with the son of Silvano’s 16 offspring fetching a gross R9,8 million at an average of R612 500
The tongue-twistingly named sprinter was bred and is owned in South Africa, trained by a US-based Brit and will be ridden by a French-based Belgian
Big race sponsors Hollywoodbets have set the pace in the pre-nominations ante-post betting market for the 2025 Hollywoodbets Durban July with defending champion Oriental Charm topping the opening board
