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The time honoured platform of champions held up remarkably well in the circumstances, but with more Zoom than boom, stakes floundering and racing leadership in disarray, there is the cliched long hard road that lies ahead.
A reminder that a live webcast of the Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale is being broadcast on day 2 today
The outstanding Hawwaam’s full-brother Celestial City topped the charts at R7 million
Whether the mating which produced Belgarion can be regarded as logical, a huge stroke of luck or a work of genius, it is no consequence that both his parents carry multiple lines of one of the most influential families of the previous century
A further delay in publishing a business rescue plan for the embattled Phumelela Gaming & Leisure Limited is adding to the uncertainty and speculation and is doing nobody any favours – least of all the sport itself
The long awaited Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale will be held over two days
A standout on paper is Celestial City (Lot 185), the Silvano full-brother to multiple Gr1 winning champion Hawwaam
In all, twelve stallions will complete the season with progeny earnings of A$10 million or more
Champion mare Sunlight (Zoustar) smashed the all time Magic Millions auction record when she sold for A$4.2 million on a spectacular Day 1 of the National Broodmare Sale on the Gold Coast yesterday.
Services to a number of the country’s top and most exciting stallions can be bid on via the www.equineonlinesales.co.za site from 1 to 5 August
The evergreen hero travelled to Vereeniging on Thursday for a 100% strike rate from two rides that saw him bring up his recordbreaking 5555th winner milestone
‘The Breeders Cup Distaff is definitely still on the cards and Beach Bomb will probably have one more race before then’ – Gaynor Rupert
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
