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Prospective buyers were spoilt for choice in the Cape this week with the Cape Mare & Weanling Sale held on Tuesday – and then today it’s the Moutonshoek Dispersal Sale
A daughter of Drakenstein Stud’s champion sire Trippi proved the star attraction at Tuesday’s Cape Mare & Weanling Sale
Hat Puntano joins a quintet of Group One-winning standouts on the Summerhill roster in Act Of War, Capetown Noir, Rabada and Willow Magic
Nobody’s suggesting times aren’t tough. But adversity is said to often present rare opportunity. And it may well be just the right moment to grab a golden flashlight, negotiate the scary end of the tunnel and head out into the bright sunshine of Mistico
Recent Gr2 Drill Hall Stakes winner Undercover Agent, who bids to win the Gr1 Tsogo Sun Sprint at Scottsville on Saturday, will join the Klawervlei stallion roster at the end of this season
Claiborne Farm’s prominent stallion War Front made headlines on Saturday when his son War Of Will landed the Gr1 Preakness Stakes
Legendary Canadian Broodmare No Class (Nodouble) continues to feature prominently in pedigrees of big race winners around the world
The Cape Breeders Club will be hosting their annual Stallion Auction Dinner at the Pearl Valley Golf Estate on 27 May
Are we pushing the envelope trying to count jockeys’ crop strikes – and what’s the margin for error?
The present system of commissions on reserve prices means that the sales companies financially benefit regardless of whether a vendor’s horse is sold or not
Just hours after the Springboks beat the All Blacks in Cape Town to lift the 2024 Freedom Cup, an equine speed merchant that first saw the light of day just 130km away from the DHL Stadium was announcing his arrival on the US racing scene
The South African bred former Equus Champion Sprinter Isivunguvungu made a terrific winning debut on US soil for trainer Graham Motion and confirmed his Prevagen $1million Gr1 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint aspirations
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
