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A brilliantly fast son of Ridgemont’s resident standout Rafeef, the four-year-old Thunderstruck most recently emulated his sought after sire when he claimed top honours in the Gr1 Computaform Sprint
The champion farm have decided to retire their home bred son of Frankel
The catalogue, now online, comprises 393 lots (plus supplementaries) to be offered across two days – June 4 and 5
Gr3 Champagne Stakes winner Winter Cloud’s female line may be totally British, yet it has enjoyed a good deal of success in this country
Fastnet Rock, Champion Sire in Australia in 2011-2012 and 2014-2015, has established himself as a truly top-class broodmare sire
The curtain came down after two days of frenetic National Yearling Sale bidding on Friday evening as economic challenges, and the memory of the dark days of the Covid-19 pandemic, felt well and truly buried
The quality packed 2024 edition of the Magic Millions Gold Coast National Weanling Sale is now online
The half-brother to equine superhero Frankel got off the mark in promising style in Tuesday’s Alex Scott Maiden Stakes
‘A day that surpassed all expectations and a tangible barometer of the positivity that is sweeping South African horseracing’
Historically South Africa’s most successful yearling sale, the National Yearling Sale has a long and impressive honour roll
‘The prize monies are huge, racing opportunities are ample and the exposure is excellent’
Big race sponsors Hollywoodbets have set the pace in the pre-nominations ante-post betting market for the 2025 Hollywoodbets Durban July with defending champion Oriental Charm topping the opening board
In our weekly column entitled Time Is Money, we look at some of the past weekend’s highlights, including some slow-run Grade 1 contests at Turffontein
