Oratorio Son Now Heads For Gr1
The horse who has finished closer to Winx than any other in the past year is now on target for his own Group One day in the spotlight
19th September 2016
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The horse who has finished closer to Winx than any other in the past year is now on target for his own Group One day in the spotlight
A truly eclectic group of stallions will be represented by their first South African two-year-olds this season
A single colt by in-demand stallion Oratorio will be sold at the CTS August Two-Year-Old Sale at Durbanville next Saturday
Military Attack, a son of Avontuur’s resident sire Oratorio, is one of four thoroughbreds up for the award of Hong Kong Champion Middle Distance Horse Of The Year this season
There are no fewer than nine stallions with their first NYS yearlings on offer at the Germiston sale
Avontuur-breds scooped the top prices and overall this remained a highly successful auction, retaining last year’s place as the sale with the second highest median in the land
Buyers get another bite at the internationally sought after Oratorio cherry with two sons of the globally respected stallion in the classy Avontuur quintet that make up ‘Pippa’s Picks’ for Friday’s Emperors Palace Select Yearling Sale
Oratorio isn’t a first season sire. Everyone’s heading off overseas trying to find the next big thing, but we’ve got one right here!
Avontuur’s first entry into the Emperor’s Palace Select Yearling Sale this year is happening in fine style with five excellent colts leading the charge for this prestige event. The group includes two Oratorio’s and a Var
Oratorio produced the salestopping colt, while his stablemate Var was responsible for the sales’ top priced filly
The son of Danehill ended up as the leading first crop sire by aggregate after two days of trading at the 2016 Cape Premier Yearling Sale
In one of the most high-profile in-race incidents of the past five years, former SA champion jockey Gavin Lerena was found guilty of four charges, while Jason Gates didn’t escape punishment
Glistian Events’ Joao da Mata chats to Cape Racing Chairman Greg Bortz about the path ahead for SA horseracing
At the age of 93, Mr Ferraris is still active in racing as a training consultant, and he takes great joy in following the career of his grandson, Luke Ferraris, a successful jockey in Hong Kong
The starting stalls stuck on the Fairview polytrack capped a mostly forgettable week for South African horseracing when the Nelson Mandela Bay Racing fixture ground to a dismal halt on Friday
