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A total of 320 lots have been finalised for the 2025 Great Southern Weanling Sale, which will be held at Oaklands on Friday 13 June
After falling just short at the Kentucky Derby two weeks earlier, 3-year-old colt Journalism won the 150th Preakness Stakes in a photo finish at the old Pimlico Race Course
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
When Selukwe carried Sabine Plattner’s familiar silks to victory in last weekend’s World Sports Betting 1900, he added further lustre to a female family which stretches all the way back to the fine racemare Arctic Sweep
The build up to this month’s Magic Millions National Weanling and Broodmare Sale continued on Thursday with the release of the completed supplementary catalogues
Cape Racing Sales has announced that entries are now open for the highly anticipated Cape Racing Sales Two-Year-Old Sale
It’s the end of an era in South African breeding with the news that Avontuur Estate has officially closed the stud operations
The ARQANA Breeze Up Sale confirmed its place as the leading sale in Europe of its kind with the 2025 edition establishing new records
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
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
