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Julia Pilbeam’s Soetendal Estate has been an industry leader in the Ready To Run sales domain for over seventeen years and will be represented for the first time at the Cape Premier Yearling Sale next week
Star 4yo Charles Dickens has been retired and will take up stud duties at his place of birth, Drakenstein Stud from the 2024 season
Leading Victorian trainer Danny O’Brien has turned back the clock to secure the top seller on Day Six of the 2024 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale
Owned by Sidney Leung Kwun Wa, Super Commander has now won five times in Hong Kong
Continues to race for Drakenstein Stud for the rest of this season
The first foal of former champion New Zealand based racemare Avantage was the star act
The festive season is over, a new year has commenced, and John Everett of Narrow Creek Stud and Hendrik Winterbach Stud chat about the upcoming sale
When Charles Dickens won the 163rd renewal of the L’Ormarins Gr1 King’s Plate on Saturday it was the 187th Stakes Win and 23rd Gr1 win for Drakenstein’s famous Champion Foundation Sire Trippi (USA)
A stunning Too Darn Hot colt led the way as eight yearlings sold for A$1 million or more on Day Two
When Charles Dickens romped home to win Saturday’s L’Ormarins Gr1 King’s Plate, he continued the tremendous run of form enjoyed by his sire Trippi
The late, great son of Danehill could continue to enjoy posthumous success at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth this weekend, with Redoute’s Choice a feature in a number of runners’ pedigrees on L’Ormarins King’s Plate day
Finding the words ‘excitement’ and ‘insurance’ in the same sentence is as rare as breeding a Triple Crown winner!
As the clock ticks toward this year’s renewal of South Africa’s most iconic of races, the Hollywoodbets Durban July, it is only fitting that we return to the start of the new millennium and recall all the drama and splendour
