SA Bred Mare Sells For R14 Million Equivalent
Under Your Spell (Capetown Noir) was knocked down in foal to I Am Invincible for AUS$1,2 million at last Thursday’s Inglis Chairman’s Sale
12th May 2025
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Under Your Spell (Capetown Noir) was knocked down in foal to I Am Invincible for AUS$1,2 million at last Thursday’s Inglis Chairman’s Sale
Bella Nipotina became the equal third-most expensive mare ever sold in the Southern Hemisphere when realising A$4,2m, the equivalent of R49 million, on a record-breaking evening at the Chairman’s Sale
Vercingetorix will follow in the footsteps of his own revered sire who garnered the coveted national title no less than five times. That feat has only been achieved once in modern times, when Captain Al landed the 2014 title, thereby emulating his sire Al Mufti, who was SA champion sire in 1999
Saturday’s Gr1 Betfred 2000 Guineas winner Ruling Court (Justify) has plenty going for him in terms of pedigree
The most successful Inglis Australian Weanling Sale in history concluded at Riverside on Tuesday with a record individual top price, gross and average
A longstanding racing man makes a case for four horses he feels should be in the Hollywoodbets Durban July entries
A new record price for the Australian Weanling Sale was set at Riverside on Monday when a Stay Inside x Sheidel filly offered by Noorilim Park sold for A$650,000
Good Cheer maintained her perfect record and provided Godolphin with a second Gr1 Kentucky Oaks in the space of three years
The 2025 Magic Millions Gold Coast National Yearling Sale line-up features 418 quality lots by a great spread of 119 individual sires – 19 of them with members of their first Australian crop
Better known as having raced iconic legend of the turf Pocket Power, the affable Marsh Shirtliff is fast making a name for himself in the breeding fraternity
Lady Laguna, one of the country’s toughest and most talented sprinting mares, is an early highlight for the 2025 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale supplementary catalogue
Was the last galloper to win a race on SA soil with a seriously hefty impost Buddy Maroun’s champion Golden Loom, aka ‘Goofy’, who lumbered 65 kgs under Anton Marcus to beat Fov’s Favourite 26 years ago?
In the late 80s, South African breeders were highly skeptical of sons of Mr Prospector. The main criticism was that he was ‘a dirt stallion’ and we race on turf
