Cape Thoroughbred Sales

Hitting The High Ground!

Breeder Mike Sharkey of Highlands Farm Stud watched his 21-strong consignment for Friday’s Emperors CTS Select Sale stretch their legs on Wednesday morning…

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Roll the dice

Rolling Dice At The Palace

Some 200 yearlings go under the hammer at Emperors Palace, the second year that this CTS Select sale takes place at the casino venue. Everything you need to get the roll of the dice in your favour is right here…

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Let The Games Begin

Yearlings from leading stud farms around the country have arrived safely at Emperors Palace and Casino for Friday’s CTS Select Yearling Sale, at which 189 choice lots will go through the auction ring

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March Yearling Sale Catalogue

The catalogue for the CTS March Yearling Sale to be held at Durbanville Racecourse on 19 and 20 March is now available online at www.capethoroughbredsales.com

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Million Dollar Baby

if anyone thinks that racing is rigged, there can be no more emphatic proof that it cannot be the case than Saturday’s result. If ever there was a day – certainly on the South African calendar at any rate – specifically designed to be about the In its magical way, racing prevailed and delivered a fairy tale – the little owners, from the little yard with the little horse and the little jockey won. It’s the sort of story that sells books and movie tickets and, more importantly, the sort of story that sells dreams.

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Coining It!

The South African record paid for a thoroughbred yearling at auction was smashed on the first day of the 2016 Cape Premier Yearling Sale on Thursday

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Tarry’s Bold Million Dollar Bid

With less than 48 hours to go to the announcement of the final field for the inaugural CTS Million Dollar, a number of connections are holding thumbs that their respective prospects will make it to the last 16 when declarations are confirmed for the richest race ever on the African continent

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Model Man – A Legend Of The Turf

Sunday’s  Hollywoodbets Greyville feature, the non black-type Model Man Mile, won by Mike de Kock’s Artist’s Model, paid tribute to one of South Africa’s greatest turf legends of the 20th century.

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