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With a brilliant closure to what has been an outstanding two days of trading, New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale broke their own record in the final moments of Day Two
Potential purchasers are reminded that telephone bidding via a member of Tattersalls staff will be available
A successful owner and trainer whose string is virtually made up of horses he bred under the moniker of Graystone Stud. In addition, the majority are sired by stallions he also raced himself
Golden Touch has been a vendor at CTS sales since the inception of the company, with documented success
Brilliant Gr1 H Allen Jerkens Stakes winner Echo Town has been retired from racing and will stand at a fee of $10,000
Kevin Sommerville of Drakenstein Stud says that the Franschoek’s Farm’s Futura colt coming to the CTS Ready To Run And Mixed Sale is “the smartest Futura we’ve bred so far!”
Sorrento Stud’s Annabel Andrews is no less than over the moon with the farm’s draft for the 2020 CTS Ready To Run and Mixed Sale
Charismatic Vaal trainer Romeo Francis passed away last week after spending the best part of 45 years of his life around horses
Cape Thoroughbred Sales have introduced a R7,5 million race innovation loosely based on the successful The Everest concept, so popular in Australia
Normandy Stud will be bringing eight prized two-year-olds to the CTS Ready To Run And Mixed Sale, and they’ll be selling a further four quality colts and fillies as agent
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
