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Long regarded as one of the best value-for-money thoroughbred auctions in South Africa, the Cape Yearling Sale has been the launch pad for many outstanding thoroughbreds
When Nile The Boss won at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday, she became the 21st winner to have emerged from her sire Potala Palace’s current crop of three-year-olds
Newly-minted Hollywoodbets Cape Guineas winner Snow Pilot fittingly describes the adage ‘Breed the best to the best and hope for the best’. After all, he is by War Front’s Gr1 winning son Lancaster Bomber out of dual Gr1 winner Snowdance
The Robertson-based breeding operation sponsored the Ridgemont Gr3 Peninsula Handicap and celebrated four winners on the major race day
The 2024 Cape Premier Yearling Sale will be hosted for the second time under the auspices of Cape Racing and powered by Tattersalls, Europe’s leading bloodstock auctioneers
Winner of the Listed Schweppes Cape Oaks earlier in the year, Saartjie added further gloss to her resume when landing the first graded win of her career at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday
History shows that the Cape Guineas has a deserved reputation as a ‘sire making’ race
A stakes winner at two, three and four, One World has seven lots on offer at the 2024 Cape Racing Premier Yearling Sale Powered By Tattersalls
Marianne has long been a small breeder whose horses tend to surprise – for she breeds warriors aimed at the racetrack if not for the sales ring
Avontuur’s well-bred young stallion Talk Of The Town got off the mark when his two-year-old daughter Famous Lady won the second race at Turffontein on Tuesday
Champion Sandringham Summit will return to his birthplace Varsfontein Stud for stallion duties at the conclusion of his racing career
A Pick 6 carryover of R2 million is set to take the exotic pool to R15 million, while the World Pool Gr3 Gold Cup sees a Quartet carryover of R1 million and a likely pool of R5 million
The former Tellytrack ace suggested that the 2024 Hollywoodbets Durban July experience had been one of his most enjoyable yet
