Out Of The Blue!
The well performed Heavenly Blue was one of the best of his generation as a three-year-old, but unfortunately a knee chip curtailed his career.
1st May 2019
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The well performed Heavenly Blue was one of the best of his generation as a three-year-old, but unfortunately a knee chip curtailed his career.
Perhaps South African horseracing’s powers-that-be should be making adjustments to our proliferation of black-type races before we come under pressure to reassess and reassign our graded races
Wilgerbosdrift’s proven international Gr1 producing sire Flower Alley opened his South African account
The 2019 Emperors Palace Yearling Sale came to a close on Friday with Antony Beck signing for a Gimmethegreenlight filly at R650 000 to top the final day charts
Two colts consigned by Wilgerbosdrift proved the joint star attractions at the second day of the 2019 Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale
The 43rd renewal of South Africa’s best established complete yearling sale will be held at the TBA Sales Complex in Germiston over three days, starting today
The power of the foreign buying bench has always been a strategic balancing factor in the thoroughbred sales scheme of things.
Dynasty, whose passing shocked the industry last month, produced the top-selling filly on an historic Day One
The first day of the 2019 Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale ended with a memorable record moment
Shadwell South Africa went to R4,4 million to lead the charts with Day 1 of the 2019 National Yearling Sale still in progress on Wednesday.
‘We want to deliver the best quality racing on a consistent basis. That’s what we are striving for. We do not want to host the most racemeetings for the sake of it’
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
