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The KZN Yearling Sale has proved a constant source of top-class thoroughbreds, with the sale unleashing high-class gallopers each and every year
Sadler’s Wells’ deceased son Casey Tibbs looks poised to continue his impact on the Hollywoodbets Durban July this year,
‘If we want to keep the population up, then a steady trickle of events is much better than clumping a bunch of races in distant and expensive months to come, while a local off-season is catering to Graduation and Progress plates rather than to the majority of the horse population’
Every practitioner of the dark art of pin-hooking has stories of their greatest successes, whether turning a fabulous profit, or finding a graded stakes-winner
This is an auction of exceptional strength, reflected in the representation of several leading stud farms, and mares from a host of proven, high-profile broodmare sires
Gr1 Gold Medallion Sprint winner Chimichuri Run, conditioned by multiple champion trainer Sean Tarry, will be returning to his KZN pedigree roots
A filly by South Africa’s reigning champion sire Gimmethegreenlight proved the star attraction at Sunday’s CTS Farm Yearling Sale
Maine Chance Farms, leading breeders for many a decade, will present a quality draft at Sunday’s CTS Farm Yearling Sale at Kenilworth Racecourse
The Hollywoodbets Gold Challenge last Saturday proved yet another Gr1 triumph for the Shadwell racing empire when homebred Al Muthana announced his arrival in the upper echelons
Four stallion shares have become available, and will be sold after the CTS Mare and Weanling Sale to be held at Kenilworth Racecourse on 24 June 2022
