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The SA Champions Season starts with fireworks at Greyville on 3 May when a host of South Africa’s top horses, including Sun Met winner Rainbow Bridge and dual Gr1 star 3yo Soqrat, will step out
The colt, named Ficksburg, is out of Equus Champion and SA Triple Tiara heroine Cherry On The Top. He was bred by Mauritzfontein stud
A webcast of the 2019 National Yearling Sale will be transmitted for the duration of the sale.
When it comes to yearlings, to name, or not to name – that is the question
Despite the ongoing restrictions on exports, a strong foreign bench is expected at the 2019 National Yearling Sale when the bell rings at 11h30 today to hail a well-related Master Of My Fate filly who opens the bumper catalogue.
An amazing, detailed summary of dam and siblings of Bloodstock SA National Yearling Sale yearlings
Ascot and Official Partner QIPCO have announced a three-year digital content series following eight foals born at Tweenhills Farm.
This is the dream game – and the majority of buyers in the game dream of being on the right side of the next successful sire
A National Yearling Sale final bid that was to change so many lives forever
South Africa’s highest priced yearling with a price tag of R4 million back in 2010, the beautifully bred Divine Jet endured an injury interrupted track career
A son of Invincible Spirit was the star turn on the second day of the Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Sale The half-brother to the Maine Chance Farms based Gr1 winner Erupt was purchased by Godolphin
‘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
