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One of South Africa’s leading thoroughbred breeders and an astute businessman, Hassen Adams is known as the man with the midas touch and besides being bullish and excited about Nadeson Park’s high quality draft for Friday’s CRS Winter Mixed Sale, he also has some exciting plans to develop his stud farm
It was the best of times…these words famously open Charles Dickens’ historical novel A Tale Of Two Cities and more than define the success enjoyed this season by Drakenstein Stud
Gimmethegreenlight registered his 55th stakes winner on Saturday when his son won the Listed The Sharks Gatecrasher Stakes
It’s been a wet week down in the Cape but the sun is forecast to shine on Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Friday when the Cape Racing Sales Winter Mixed Sale gets underway at 11h00
Extending a brilliant campaign Vincent Ho raises hopes of reaching a century of winners in a season
Volmoed Stud has a broodmare in foal, and a well-bred yearling to go through the ring at the CRS Cape Winter Mixed Sale on Friday, 16 June
The handsome bay colt boasts a pedigree that equals his good looks and race record,
South Africa’s highest-rated sprinter at his peak, the 2022 Gr1 Computaform Sprint winner Master Archie becomes the first son of Ridgemont’s boom Redoute’s Choice stallion Rafeef at stud
When Auguste Rodin (Deep Impact) won Saturday’s Gr1 Betfred Derby, he became the first Epsom Derby winner for his sire, and also the first English Derby winner produced by a daughter of 2001 Derby winner Galileo
Australia-bound trainer Ashley Fortune declared herself happy with the prices achieved at the BSA Fortune Racing June Sale
‘I am writing this as an older, small breeder and in our language, Markus, because this is our war. If I phoned you, I’d be overwhelmed by business jargon within a minute. What makes you so angry that you don’t care what you are doing to our shaky industry? How do you deal with this in your inner, quiet self?’
