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Legendary Stayer Calls Time
Stradivarius recorded a peak official rating of 130, the highest on record for any staying horse in the UK this century, with notables like Subjectivist next on 128 and Yeats on 126
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Stradivarius recorded a peak official rating of 130, the highest on record for any staying horse in the UK this century, with notables like Subjectivist next on 128 and Yeats on 126
Based at Drakenstein, One World is a multiple Gr1 winning son of late South African sire, Captain Al
‘If all this leads to the collapse of racing in KZN, we may never see another child from KwaMashu rise in this industry again; nor from Umlazi, Ntuzuma or any of the province’s rural communities…’
This sale offers would be buyers the chance to acquire proven racing stock, exciting untested prospects, high-class fillies and mares, and potential broodmares
‘Bela’s first three foals were all Gimmethegreenlight fillies so we are ecstatic that she has produced her first colt!’
Sale is made up of attractive black type fillies, several Gold Rush candidates, BSA added stakes candidates and some exciting unraced prospect
Last season’s promising Gr2 Epol Umkhomazi Stakes winner Swing Upon A Star is on the market and will be sold as one of 65 lots
Due to an on-going issue at the Johannesburg quarantine station, the release of the shipment currently at the facility – including Digital Age – is being delayed
Champion owner Suzette Viljoen sent us this stunning image of Erik The Red’s son ex Popova born at Soetendal on 30 August 2022
There is a quote by pre-eminent local owner and breeder Sir Abe Bailey that “It’s said that all those who go racing are rogues and vagabonds. That may not be true. But it is true that all rogues and vagabonds go racing.”
A quality catalogue awaits prospective buyers at the 2022 Cape Racing Ready To Run and Unbroken Two-Year-Old Sale