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The pedigree link uniting the two 2016 Epsom Classic winners comes via the great broodmare and former Arc winner, Urban Sea (Miswaki) – dam of both Galileo (Sadler’s Wells) and Sea The Stars (Cape Cross)
Asked for their opinion on seeing Monty Roberts, audience members produced a unanimous verdict: “bucket list”.
The Bloodstock South Africa 2016 Sibaya KZN Yearling Sale takes place on Thursday 30 June and Friday 1 July
His yearling sale results this year have largely been mid-range, which suggests that the market hasn’t yet fully priced the percentages being delivered by his first crop
Dubawi’s superb son Willow Magic arrives at the home of South Africa’s leading breeders of the 21 st century
Prospective buyers at this week’s CTS Mares and Fillies for Stud Sale should note that due to current movement restrictions, viewing arrangements are specified
Elisium, a sibling to Minding, the much-talked about odds-on favourite for today’s 2016 Investec Oaks at Epsom, will go under the hammer at the CTS Mare & Fillies For Stud Select Sale at Highlands Farm on 10 June.
A quite mesmerising range of international pedigrees are among the 73 lots up for auction
My brother has a small pub in London called the Sydney Arms and runs a syndicate called Chelsea Thoroughbreds, in which the Sydney Arms has a small share
The point of the article was misunderstood in some quarters and well received in most – but that is what comes with writing an opinion piece
Sunday’s Hollywoodbets Greyville feature, the non black-type Model Man Mile, won by Mike de Kock’s Artist’s Model, paid tribute to one of South Africa’s greatest turf legends of the 20th century.
