Reaching For The Stars
Sea The Stars has a single sire son at stud in South Africa in the form of the once beaten Gr3 Bavarian Classic winner Quasillo
4th October 2021
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Sea The Stars has a single sire son at stud in South Africa in the form of the once beaten Gr3 Bavarian Classic winner Quasillo
Owned and run by Warwick and Karin Render, the stud has been a successful commercial operation for over forty years
The sale will be held at the TBA Sales Complex in Johannesburg
Sorrento Stud will be offering two colts and two fillies at the 2021 De Grendel CTS Ready To Run and Unbroken-Two-Year-Old Sale
‘Only the best horses win the biggest races. Just one or two of such winners in a hundred sets you way apart from the also-rans in the great genetic lottery’
Var may be retired from active duty – however if the success of both Via Africa and his Avontuur-based daughters is anything to go by, his legacy as a broodmare sire looks assured
This week’s mover on the 2021 De Grendel Ready To Run Stakes log is Johan Janse Van Vuuren-trained Quantum King (Querari)
In a relatively short stud career, the late Scat Daddy more than made his mark
Last year’s European Champion Two-Year-Old and the highest-rated horse in the world this year, St Mark’s Basilica, has been retired from racing
‘I grew up with stories of the Kosters, the Girds, and a reverence for Karoo breeding, which led the industry for a long time’
Former SA Champion jockey Andrew Fortune’s six month quest to be relicenced to ride again reaches something of a watershed
