SARAH WHITELAW: One of South Africa’s best performed and well bred young stallions is the Kingmambo horse Mambo In Seattle. Now standing at Moutonshoek, Mambo In Seattle’s sale to South Africa was greatly assisted by leading US bloodstock agent, Alistair Roden.
SARAH WHITELAW: Chatting with Emily Jones – the voice of GBI – on a trip to the Cape Sales.
SARAH WHITELAW: The curtain comes down on National Assembly but his son and grandson fly the flag in the sales ring this year.
SARAH WHITELAW: Every South Africa racing enthusiast is waiting with bated breath to watch Saturday’s G1 Cape Flying Championship, where champions J J The Jet Plane and Val de Ra take on the superb sprinter What A Winter.
SARAH WHITELAW: Legendary North American sire, Storm Cat, was retired from stud duties back in 2008. His remarkable influence on the modern thoroughbred, however, shows no sign of waning.
SARAH WHITELAW:There are a number of really exciting horses and sire prospects worth following over the next 12 months. Selected are a mixture of local and international, excluding such obvious superstars as Igugu, Frankel, What A Winter, etc.
SARAH WHITELAW:The horse racing year of 2011 was dominated by the progeny of Galileo, sire of Igugu, South Africa’s Horse of the Year.
SARAH WHITELAW: One of the many unanswered questions in the world of breeding revolves around stallion temperament. The majority of stallions can have an off day and experience one incident which results in them being labelled as vicious. But what is the most dominating factor in creating difficult stallions – genes or incompetent handling?
SARAH WHITELAW: Pocket Power stole the show, and he clearly has taken to show jumping like a duck to water.
SARAH WHITELAW: John Kramer is one of the best known and well respected judges of yearlings in South Africa. He has been inspecting and selecting yearlings for the country’s sales for over 20 years.
In this second of a new weekly column entitled Time Is Money, we look at some of the past weekend’s highlights
