SA Mares in Aus Sale
SARAH WHITELAW: Looks at SA Mares strong in Aussie Sale, Shergar’s Legend and The Jallad Impact
14th February 2013
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SARAH WHITELAW: Looks at SA Mares strong in Aussie Sale, Shergar’s Legend and The Jallad Impact
SARAH WHITELAW: Martial Eagle, the longshot winner of Saturday’s J&B Met, is the latest Gr1 winner bred on one of the most successful cross in thoroughbred history.
SARAH WHITELAW: Champion sire for five consecutive seasons, Jet Master’s last crop of yearlings go through the sales ring this year.
Plenty has been written of the unrest in the farming community in the Western Cape. However one needs to be ask if this is a fair picture overall
SARAH WHITELAW: Following on a year which saw exceptional performances on the racetrack, 2013 sees a number of horses worth following.
With the year 2012 fast drawing to an end, it is a good time to take a look back at some of racing’s stars, who tend to be overlooked – the broodmares.
SARAH WHITELAW: So who are the young generation of stallions who could yet turn the tide for a weakened band of US sires?
SARAH WHITEALW: Frankel, the winner of all 14 of his starts, joins just a handful of great champions to retire unbeaten.
SARAH WHITELAW: Galileo is without question a great stallion, and is showing promise as a tremendous sire of sires. However, it is early days yet to concede that he is a better stallion than his sire, Sadler’s Wells.
SARAH WHITELAW: Does size count – theories regarding the height of successful racehorse; some Arc facts and Solemia’s win
2012 Ready To Run Sale – a large group of horses with tremendous international pedigrees and many by leading local sires are represented.
In this second of a new weekly column entitled Time Is Money, we look at some of the past weekend’s highlights
