Around The Studs
Sporting Post’s resident breeding correspondent Sarah Whitelaw takes a brief look at news from a selection of stud farms and finds some exciting developments
10th February 2016
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Sporting Post’s resident breeding correspondent Sarah Whitelaw takes a brief look at news from a selection of stud farms and finds some exciting developments
Wilgerbosdrift’s exciting young sire Flower Alley received yet another significant boost to his stud career
Bloodstock South Africa hosts a top-class catalogue for the second Val De Vie Yearling Sale which will be held at the international award-winning estate situated just outside of Paarl on Sunday 14 February at 14h30
If we don’t respect ourselves, can we really expect anyone else to? Perhaps we should stop standing back for sponsors and start standing up for racing.
Songbird’s 11-year-old half-sister Wide Range has been purchased in Thailand by Team Valor International
I have attended racing festivals at almost every major racing jurisdiction in the world, some many times, and I have never seen anything like this before
300 horses will be accommodated at this year’s sale, (38 up on last year) when, for the first time, a selection process was applied
The Chinese New Year is upon us and we have been spoilt in terms of quality racing
Moutonshoek’s exciting young sire Marchfield, whose first crop are now yearlings, ended 2015 as the Champion 2nd Crop Sire in Canada
Over the centuries that man has been racing horses, there have been many special ones along the way. Each had some special quality that marked them out as different, a cut above the rest and it’s a quality that transcends time, borders and continents. These are horses that change lives and re-set the course of destiny. These are the magic horses.
The win of Smart Call in Saturday’s Gr1 J&B Met provided the recently deceased sire Kingmambo with yet another cornerstone in his career
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.
