A Rare Chance For A Charles Dickens Service
A must-attend event for all breeders looking to acquire a service to the right stallion this season
17th May 2024
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A must-attend event for all breeders looking to acquire a service to the right stallion this season
Given South Africa’s racing programme, which favours speed and precocity over stamina, it is somewhat of a mystery that no local breeders ever climbed on the Acclamation band wagon
‘You can have the most beautifully bred horse and the most beautiful mover, but if he doesn’t want it, it won’t happen, because when you really want it, he’ll say no’
Bloodstock South Africa are proud to announce that the catalogue for the 2024 KZN Yearling Sale is now online and can be viewed at www.bsa.co.za
Sandringham Summit has only once in his 11 starts finished out of the first two places and has nothing more to prove as he looks forward to his stud career
Outstanding sire Invincible Spirit enjoyed a remarkable last weekend
The build up to this month’s Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale on the Gold Coast has intensified with the release of the first supplementary lots
‘In seven seasons in SA, Time Thief has sired an average of less than 30 foals per crop, a sad indictment and just another example of a stallion who has fallen through the cracks’
Winterbach-based sire Master Archie, the first son of Rafeef to retire to stud, has seen two of his half-brothers win in just over a week of each other
Last Saturday’s TAB Listed Gold Bowl winner Crimson King (Dynasty) hails from one of the most enduring families in the studbook
The law of averages dictates that not every filly will end up a champion or stakes winner
James McDonald closed a highly successful short-term stint in Hong Kong with a quartet at Sha Tin on Sunday
