Recordbreaker Doesn’t Disappoint
Mike de Kock’s Ghaalla showed some classy fight and ability to win on her 2yo debut at Turffontein on Saturday.
17th March 2018
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Mike de Kock’s Ghaalla showed some classy fight and ability to win on her 2yo debut at Turffontein on Saturday.
South African interests Mayfair Speculators and Form Bloodstock were active at the Goffs Orby Yearling Sale in County Kidlare
The fairer sex held centre stage at the TBA Sales Complex in Germiston with a beautifully bred Captain Al filly topping the session charts at R1,8 million
Form Bloodstock signed the chit at R4 million for the early sales topper in the first session of the Bloodstock SA National Yearling Sale
While eyebrows were raised in some quarters when the R1 million HSH Princess Charlene Of Monaco Gr1 Empress Club Stakes was delayed a week to fit into the royal schedule, the climax of a thrilling sentimental win for South African horseracing’s own ‘royal families’ dominated matters on a big day
Leading South African owner-breeder Mary Slack enjoyed her biggest winner in the UK to date
The public should be advised not to be fooled into thinking that he’s just a speed horse
Since Form Bloodstock’s pioneering foray to Tattersalls in 2008, South Africa has become a force to be reckoned with in the sales ring. Tattersalls’ Nancy Sexton takes a look.
Ingrid and Markus Jooste’s Mayfair Speculators added to their first day quartet when buying a further three yearlings for a gross 1 350 000gns
The annual ‘great trek’ to Germiston is a rite of passage for breeders and a pilgrimage for those in search of their next champion at South Africa’s sales Mecca.
‘I called the owner and before I could even make the offer he excitedly told me that a certain South African bookmaker had just called 10 minutes earlier to make an offer of R5m’
It’s clear that eight incidents of crop excesses is unacceptable for a sport keen to maintain a good public image, and the time appears to have arrived for a review of the crop rules for work riders on the Highveld
