High Hawaii On Cards For Rafeef’s Son
Trainer Corne Spies is quietly confident that 4yo William Robertson will acquit himself well in Saturday’s R400 000 WSB Gr2 Hawaii Stakes
2nd March 2023
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Trainer Corne Spies is quietly confident that 4yo William Robertson will acquit himself well in Saturday’s R400 000 WSB Gr2 Hawaii Stakes
There was a time when the ambition of every respectable breeder was to get their hands on a broodmare from the ‘Millie’ family
Owner Suzette Viljoen announced on Saturday that her star filly Captain’s Ransom is to retire from racing with immediate effect
If we breeders have confidence that we can at least be sure of recovering costs when we sell our yearlings, we’ll increase our broodmare numbers…
After an emotional and dramatic climax to the Hollywoodbets Kenilworth Summer Festival Of Racing 24 hours earlier, horseracing and breeding folk congregated under sunny skies at the scenic Southern Suburbs track for the BSA Cape Yearling Sale
It’s SplashOut Cape Derby week with the BSA Cape Yearling Sale on Sunday bringing the curtain down on a memorable summer down South
The late Dynasty has already exerted a considerable influence on the Gr1 Cape Derby and the son of Fort Wood’s Derby legacy looks set to continue in Saturday’s SplashOut sponsored race
The old Farm Sale has been re-invented as the Winter Sale – a Yearling auction open to all vendors
The exciting Blue Sky Thoroughbreds’ based New Approach stallion New Predator marked his third winner from just four runners
Five of the 15 yearlings are the first foals of their dams. Another four are out of young mares that already have 100% records of winners from runners. Who knows which of these mares will turn out to be our stars of the future?
‘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?’
