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A quality catalogue saw two days of enthusiastic bidding
Trainer William Haggas took the wraps off a promising Shadwell homebred at Newbury last Friday
Hemel ‘N Aarde Stud’s blue-blooded young sire Horizon got off the mark in eye catching style
Friday’s R2,4 million BSA National Yearling Sale Day 1 topselling Vercingetorix colt will join the 2023 Cape Premier Yearling Sale chart-topping R3,8 million Gimmethegreenlight colt as Hong Kong International Sale prospects
The BSA National Yearling Sale is being held over two days at the TBA Sales Complex in Johannesburg
‘Oldlands bred her dam Adorable and we always wanted her after she raced. But could not afford her – that is until she came up on an online sale during COVID…’
Blue Sky Thoroughbreds will be offering a well-balanced and exciting consignment
The Botha family’s Benmarne Stud will be bringing a small but smart draft to the National Yearling Sale
Leading breeders Maine Chance Farms will once again be showcasing a top-notch draft
The BSA National Yearling Sale – widely accepted as the holy grail of the South African sales programme
‘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?’
