Capitalist Colt Tops Day One Of Gold Coast Yearlings
A colt by Golden Slipper winner and Newgate Farm sire Capitalist topped Day One of the 2025 Magic Millions Gold Coast March Yearling Sale on Monday
24th March 2025
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A colt by Golden Slipper winner and Newgate Farm sire Capitalist topped Day One of the 2025 Magic Millions Gold Coast March Yearling Sale on Monday
Exciting filly Marhoona, who hails from the same female line as Avontuur’s resident sire Talk Of The Town, provided her stellar female line with yet another boost when she won the TAB Gr1 Golden Slipper
One of the most striking aspects of the first session of last week’s CRS Premier Yearling Sale was the dominance of a handful of stallions
Like the tide, the fortunes of many thoroughbred female families tend to ebb and flow
Record-breaking sprinting mare I Am Me (I Am Invincible) is the latest headline act confirmed for the Inglis Chairman’s Sale
Ridgemont’s red-hot five-time Grade 1 winning stallion Canford Cliffs maintained his extraordinary season with two of his talented progeny bringing it home for their sire
A lovely filly by champion sire Written Tycoon topped Day One of the 2025 Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale on Monday when selling for A$260,000 to international interests
Records fell and new benchmarks of excellence were established as the curtain came down on the select first session of the 2025 CRS Premier Yearling Sale at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on a vibrant Thursday evening
After the champagne and big numbers of the CRS Premier Sale Day 1 on Thursday, Day 2 on Friday gave a wider spectrum of buyers a realistic opportunity
It is no secret that the South African racing programme is not geared towards catering for middle distance horses and with so few staying races for fillies & mares, one cannot help but feel that Poplar Park has been robbed of a chance at black type
A reminder to register for remote bidding should you wish to follow the sale for bidding purposes
Just 48 hours after Cheeky Wink’s smart win at Tipperary, the Kieswetter and Heffer families enjoyed another champagne moment at Sandown
Ridgemont’s Rafeef fairytale received more endorsement on the Championships Finale at Turffontein on Saturday when his daughter, Chasing Happiness, ran her eight opponents off their feet to register her second stakes success when winning the TAB Gr2 Senor Santa Stakes
The number of entries compares favourably in quantum with recent years, with 58 first entries received in 2024, 60 in 2023, 68 in 2022, 53 in 2021, 52 in 2020, 49 in 2019, and 69 in 2018
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!
