You Aren’t Always Buying A Problem
With the National Yearling Sale around the corner, here’s some new light on an old challenge
11th April 2024
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With the National Yearling Sale around the corner, here’s some new light on an old challenge
The timing of the recent announcement by the SAEHP makes the BSA National Yearling Sale on 18 and 19 April a watershed two days
Just weeks ahead of the start of the 2024 SA Champions Season, which is set to offer all-time record stakes, Gold Circle and Hollywoodbets have announced that their groundbreaking Grooms Initiative incentive has been doubled
So what is it about females bred at the Wilgerbosdrift/Mauritzfontein operation that makes them such a force in South African racing?
Breeding top horses is as much about blood, sweat and tears, as it is good timing, and veteran Eastern Cape breeder Dr Ashley Parker proudly waved a National Yearling Sale flag for his longstanding home of champions
The National Horseracing Authority confirms that at an inquiry held in Johannesburg, Jockey Jason Gates was charged with a contravention of Rule 62.2.7
The Inquiry Board, after having considered Jockey Orffer’s record pertaining to this type of contravention and the status of the race, ruled that he be suspended and fined
The only living foal of champion mare Winx has been sold for a world record A$10 million
Varsfontein flagbearer Sandringham Summit reaffirmed his luminary status at Turffontein on Saturday when he became only the second 3yo in over two decades to win the R500 000 TAB Gr2 Hawaii Stakes
Lucky Sweynesse sealed consecutive HK$5.35 million Gr2 Sprint Cup wins on Sunday at Sha Tin for jockey Hugh Bowman and trainer Manfred Man
After nine months of riding at his first overseas venture in Singapore, young Brazilian jockey landed his first Group win
Finding the words ‘excitement’ and ‘insurance’ in the same sentence is as rare as breeding a Triple Crown winner!
As the clock ticks toward this year’s renewal of South Africa’s most iconic of races, the Hollywoodbets Durban July, it is only fitting that we return to the start of the new millennium and recall all the drama and splendour
