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The problem with the system of handicapping is that it is a highly emotive and subjective issue and if you have three racing enthusiasts sitting around a table you will probably get four different opinions as to a horse’s merit rating
Crusade held his own at the recent Nationals, averaging R280 000 in Session 1 and R150 000 in Session 2, for a combined total of 12 yearlings sold
The pity is that we have nowhere to complain or anybody to go to in order to raise our concerns – so says a punter in the Sporting Post Mailbag
Bush Hill stallion Redoute’s Promise celebrated his first winner at Fairview on Monday when the Piemonte Stud bred 2yo Aldo won readily
It’s been a while since Birch Bros’ Vogel Vlei Stud led the vendor list at auction
He is the July winner, from his first crop, for four time Gr1 winner and European champion Twice Over, but Do It Again is the first Mr Prospector line runner, since Ipi Tombe (Manshood) in 2002, to win South Africa’s most famous race
Ashburton trainer Louis Goosen went to R500 000 for the overall sales topper, Macallan (#252), a Birch Bros bred colt by Ideal World out of a National Assembly
Ashburton trainer Louis Goosen signed the chit at R320 000 for the top filly, with Highlands breeding the leading colt – a striking son of Jackson
A tantalising drawcard for buyers will be the early return incentive. Graduates qualify for the 2019 KZN Yearling Sale Million to be run on July day next year
Erupt (IRE) will join the Maine Chance Farm stallion roster this season, to stand alongside premier stallions Silvano and Querari
Skeleton perms, Drunk Uncle’s perms – whatever it takes to win the Place Accumulator on Vodacom Durban July Day!
‘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
