Vercingetorix Tops The Charts
Maine Chance Farms’ outstanding stallion Vercingetorix dominated proceedings at the recent August Two Year Old Sale
26th August 2024
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Maine Chance Farms’ outstanding stallion Vercingetorix dominated proceedings at the recent August Two Year Old Sale
‘I am writing this as an older, small breeder and in our language, Markus, because this is our war. If I phoned you, I’d be overwhelmed by business jargon within a minute. What makes you so angry that you don’t care what you are doing to our shaky industry? How do you deal with this in your inner, quiet self?’
Bloodstock South Africa’s beautiful balloon of post-covid sales results continued its flight to the stars when the curtain came down on the final day of the August 2yo Sale at Germiston on Friday
On what could prove to be a red-letter day in the years ahead for KwaZulu-Natal horseracing, two of Thursday’s top-priced BSA August 2yo Sale Day 1 chart-toppers are set to enter yards at the Summerveld Training Centre
He is a half-brother to dual Listed Memorial Mile winner Marmara Sea and fell to the R2,8 million bid of Rakesh Singh
Sandown will be offering an excellent draft at the BSA August Two-Year-Old Sale which commences today
Two days of sale action live from the TBA Sales Complex
Speed and stamina – Elusive Fort He carried this versatility to his progeny
Dr. Ashley Parker will be bringing a top-class draft to the BSA August 2YO Sale
Winterbach Stud will offer an attractive draft from champion sires at the upcoming 2yo sale
Sensational six winners at the Vaal on Thursday for former SA Champion!
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?
The Ndoro Stud-bred son of Wilgerbosdrift’s War Front stallion Fire Away, Alec Laird-trained Fire Attack dominated the 2025 Highveld Feature Season Awards
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
