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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
Park Appeal’s Al Quoz Sprint winning son Great Britain, a full-brother to Cape Cross, has gotten into the act this season, albeit as a broodmare sire
Heversham Farm is offering stallion incentives for the next two breeding seasons that are incomparable and unparalleled in the South African racing industry
Ridgemont stallions, established star Rafeef and newcomer Malmoos, emerged with sparkling credit as the curtain came down on Friday on the 2025 BSA National Yearling Sale in Johannesburg
A R1 million yearling at Nationals last week, and a maiden stakes winner on Sunday – Soqrat’s shares are on the up
When the in form Lotus Island won the Listed East Cape Oaks last Friday, she became the latest stakes winner for her venerable sire Ideal World
Superlative Stakes winner and Classic-placed Gustav Klimt will stand at Heversham Park Farm in South Africa, having stood at Haras d’Annebault most recently
Multiple champion sire Tapit has become an outstanding broodmare sire. This was underlined in no uncertain fashion last Saturday
Despite a decrease in the horse population and the sale of just 305 lots – 39 fewer than last year – the sale rose to expectations, achieving an impressive aggregate of R171 975 000 and an exceptional average of R563 852 per lot sold
When the hammer fell shortly before 15h00 on Friday on lot 346, a beautiful grey Ascot-bred son of Heavenly Blue, the scoreboard reflected that 303 of the 316 lots had sold over the two days for an aggregate of R171 425 000
Day 2 of the 2025 BSA National Yearling Sale starts today at 10h00
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
The businessman was served with an interim suspension of his Assistant Trainer licence on Friday afternoon and has spoken out about what appears to be mostly a misunderstanding based on a potential lack of communication and bureaucratic red-tape challenges
