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With BSA auctions having enjoyed some wonderful results already in 2022, hopes are high that those upward trends will continue at the November Two Year Old Sale on Sunday
‘She was an orphan foal and perhaps that’s why she has an attitude, one that is very much in your face. She thinks she’s a person and we are her mates’ – Roy Magner
This week the beautiful farm’s General Manager Pippa Mickleburgh proudly showcases a magnificent Futura (Dynasty) colt born just over a week ago on 14 November
Three years on, with their racing careers a fading memory, a new generation of young sires will have their first crop on the racetrack
‘We’ve raised our standards year on year and we have a nice base of supporting clients’
The latter, also an outstanding broodmare sire, has become a highly successful sire of sires thanks to the likes of his top-class sons Siyouni, Farhh and Kyllachy to name but three
Pearls Galore is by Invincible Spirit out of the Group 3 winning Pivotal mare Pearl Banks
Exciting filly Ciao Bella, an impressive winner of the Gr2 Western Cape Fillies Championship at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday, certainly lacks nothing in terms of pedigree
One of KwaZulu-Natal’s biggest thoroughbred stud farms is set to conduct a dispersal sale early next month.
For decades now, people with an interest in horse racing have had opinions about furosemide, commonly referred to by its trade name of Lasix or Salix
Ashwin and the two Johns put together a captain of a deal that sees the 5yo racing for his new syndicate of owners in the Gr1 L’Ormarins King’s Plate and Cape Town Met before retiring
A springboard for top horses over the decades, the R500 000 Gr3 Langerman throws up its share of drama and Saturday’s renewal stayed true to form with an objection by the rider of the 50 to 1 runner-up
Sean Tarry’s scratching of SA Derby winner Legend Of Arthur has reduced the Hollywoodbets Durban July queue to 27 entries
Varsfontein Stud boasts a stallion roster which is arguably the envy of every breeding outfit in South Africa
The excitement builds as the countdown to the R5 million Gr1 Hollywoodbets Durban July continues
