Booming Start to Gold Coast March Yearling Sale
Leading local trainer John Morrisey went to A$370,000 to secure Lot 69, the Spirit of Boom colt from Chroma who was offered by River Junction
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Leading local trainer John Morrisey went to A$370,000 to secure Lot 69, the Spirit of Boom colt from Chroma who was offered by River Junction
Former National Sale graduates have been enjoying an excellent season in 2020-2021 thus far, with the likes of Captain’s Ransom, Jet Dark, Malmoos and Rainbow Bridge all excellent advertisements
Fourteen prospectors for the inaugural CTS Gold Rush were drawn out of the hat just prior to the commencement of the Cape Premier Yearling Sale
The Cape Thoroughbred Sales Cape Premier Yearling Sale commences at 14h00 at the De Grendel Wine Estate and Restaurant
Saturday’s big feature winner Vars Vicky’s sire Var, whose progeny also include five Equus Champions, has five lots on today’s Premier Sale
The 2021 renewal of the CTS Cape Premier Yearling Sale, to be staged for the first time at the elegant De Grendel Estate, has produced an impressive 42 Gr1 winners
Pippa Mickleburgh is always a wealth of information on her Avontuur-breds
“They’re all exceptional, with good legs, a very pleasing draft for us,” said Paul
‘We’ve been around long enough to know that the next Gr1 winner could be just around the corner, and it may not be the most expensive yearling of the year’
It gives insight to what to expect of the youngsters in terms of class, stamina, sale price
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