With 21 less yearlings sold at the same sale last year, the aggregate on Sunday was up from R26 015 000 in 2023 to R27 085 000, with the average tag stepping up 20% to R206 756, and the median jumping 38% to R180 000
There are three freshman stallions and four first-crop stallions represented at Sunday’s Bloodstock SA Cape Yearling Sale at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth
Described as a top-class horseman, a great human being, and a man who would give his last cent to help others, tributes have continued to pour in for multiple Grade 1 winning trainer Darryl Hodgson who passed away at the age of 74
Star 3yo Main Defender emptied his manger this morning and is 100% sound, according to reports from the Tony Peter Stable, while trainer Roy Magner says that Melech has a slightly stiff shoulder and a swollen right eye, ‘but nothing that a few days off can’t sort out’
Tony Peter’s top-class 3yo Main Defender suffered what appeared to be a dreadful bit of bad luck after coming under pressure in the closing stages of a race that he was expected to win at Turffontein on Thursday
‘We don’t view our investment in the 140 ha new farm as a vanity project. It’s a serious attempt to run a successful enterprise on business principles, focused on the aim of producing top end Graded Stakes winners.’
If officials err, we never seem to hear anything. On the other hand, trainers and jockeys have their indiscretions heavily punished and splashed all over the media
“I have trained many Gr.1 winners and several champions, but never one with this level of constitution or versatility” – Sean Tarry
While the crop use debate inevitably rages on, and 1 or 2 over can be classed a misjudgement, an excess of 40% over the permissible level of strikes has to be regarded as a bridge too far
Newmarket-based visitor Daniel Muscutt became the first overseas-based jockey to win the R2 million World Sports Betting Gr1 Cape Town Met
While Cape Town sizzled in the summer heat, the temperatures were also soaring in the sales ring, with the 119 lots achieving an aggregate of R64 895 000, an increase of 44,77% on 2023!
After dedicating herself fully to the role for four challenging years, the increasing demands on her time and personal life have led her to reassess her career direction
Two South African star performers in Dean Kannemeyer’s Gimme A Prince and the Vaughan Marshall champion 3yo One Stripe, who runs in Sunday’s HSH Princess Charlene Big Cap, feature in the first edition of the LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings for 2025
The tongue-twistingly named sprinter was bred and is owned in South Africa, trained by a US-based Brit and will be ridden by a French-based Belgian
