11th November 2016
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A half brother to exciting Rathmor stallion Noble Tune and Lane’s End stallion Honor Code, sold for $1.05 million
A horse’s ability to adapt with an open heart is truly extraordinary. If we’re lucky, they teach us how
‘A horseman’s pick, one that will take three to six months to come to hand but will reward his owner…’
When Arrogate downed favourite, California Chrome, to land Saturday’s Gr1 Breeders’ Cup Classic, he became the tenth Mr Prospector line horse to win the Classic
Sarahdane Stud’s Diz Buckler is closing the stud and dispersing the remaining stock
What on earth is the NHA up to – and where is all the money coming from?
La Roquette, the top priced lot sold at the 2015 National Two Year Old Sale, impressed when running out a facile debut winner at the Vaal on Thursday
In one of the biggest rationalisation moves in recent memory, leading South African owners Adriaan and Rika Van Vuuren have 135 lots going through the ring
I said all along last year that our 2 year olds looked a special bunch and they seem to have trained on to be nice 3 year olds…
The 2016 Breeders’ Cup World Championships are set to be held at Santa Anita this Friday and Saturday
Time has flown by and it’s been thirty years since the first issue of the Sporting Post hit the shelves in October 1994
The champagne corks were popping at the magnificent Owloon Horses in Paarl earlier this week when their 2024 Hollywoodbets Durban July winning broodmare Souk delivered a handsome and beautifully conformed Fire Away colt
Tragedy struck Suzette and Basie Viljoen’s fledgeling Wellington-based breeding operation Hopes And Dreams on Monday evening when the farm’s flagship mare and 2022 SA Horse Of The Year Captain’s Ransom reportedly died while giving birth
The 2025 World Sports Betting Cape Town MET is back on Saturday 25 January and tickets are now on sale
