Barbara Sanne’s Dream Weekend
Offered online last year, Barbara was quick to snap up Kommtedieding’s dam for a bargain R8 000
7th July 2021
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Offered online last year, Barbara was quick to snap up Kommtedieding’s dam for a bargain R8 000
Barbara Sanne’s Oldlands Stud will be offering four well related yearlings at this year’s Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale
The Selangor Cup result could well see Mike de Kock rubbing his hands in the exciting anticipation of unleashing a member or two of his current crop of big guns on the Cape Guineas
The fairer sex proved that there is still plenty of decent value to be found as the top three finishers cost a combined R155 000 – but banked a not to be snuffed at R925 000 between them!
The well travelled Indigo Magic gelding Prince Of Orange put his best foot forward under a peach of a ride by man-of-the-moment Gavin Lerena to give CK Racing a big victory
Owner Braam Van Huyssteen enjoyed a succesful feature afternoon at Kenilworth on Saturday. Three runners with three different trainers saw him enjoy a Listed winner, as well as seconds in a Gr3 and another Listed event
Justin Snaith’s steady take-off to better things to come in 2015 gained further momentum at Fairview on Friday when he saddled Cat And The Moon to score her first stakes win in the R150 000 Listed Breeders Guineas
It was a champagne moment for Barbara and Ian Sanne and their highest price achieved in 40 years of breeding high-quality thoroughbreds in South Africa
It is one of life’s pities that we reward marketing before we reward excellence and quality is so often overlooked in favour of quantity
Oldlands Stud has appointed Allan Bloodlines to promote the business of the farm, particularly its consignments and stallions.
No pace to speak of but a fair race in the end as Astro News gets the better of Gold Onyx to win the Umthombothi Stakes at a wet Scottsville
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!
JP van der Merwe is not the only guilty party in the matter. In simple terms, he is the only rider to have exercised the NHA’s offer of an Acknowledgement Of Guilt and moved on with his life
Andrew Fortune made it three winners on the Family Day public holiday as Tenango breezed home to win the Gr3 feature
The son of Master Of My Fate will likely side-step stablemate Eight On Eighteen in the Daily News and go via the Greyville 1900 and Cup Trial into the big one on 5 July
