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Ridgemont Highlands’ red-hot stallion Canford Cliffs has already established himself as a progressive broodmare sire and enjoyed the distinction of a joint chart-topper at the Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Sale at Newmarket
It gives insight to what to expect of the youngsters in terms of class, stamina, sale price
When Trippi’s athletic daughter October Morn stormed home at her second start to beat the fancied feature placed Golden Sickle in the second, Pippa’s day was made
Moutonshoek’s entire draft at this year’s National Sale were sired by The United States, and Bennie feels there are a few real gems here.
South Africa’s premier thoroughbred auction, the National Yearling Sale has a long and storied history, and its graduates continue to score at the highest level
You will have 19 chances at the BSA National Yearling Sale to get your share of the Rafeef action!
Some trainers prove to be dab hands at getting the best out of fillies. Duncan’s track record clearly places him in that category
Classic horses were the meat and drink of the Mauritzfontein breeding operation, underlined by its remarkable record as the birthplace of 15 Oaks winners, all but one of which carried the Oppenheimer silks to victory
While he may have turned 24 this year, there is no lessening of the impact of top US stallion Medaglia D’Oro.
The ink had barely dried on the news that her Gr1 winning son In The Congo is to embark on a stallion career, when her yearling daughter sold for a sale-topping A$1.8-million
Beautifully bred young stallion Heavenly Blue’s two-year-old son Zinovi romped home to win impressively
‘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?’
