The Value Stallions
If only 3% of foals become stakes-winners and 0.5% become Gr1 winners, Oscar Foulkes looks at where and how to find stallion value
8th May 2015
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If only 3% of foals become stakes-winners and 0.5% become Gr1 winners, Oscar Foulkes looks at where and how to find stallion value
Phillipi trainer Brett Crawford drew first blood in the KZN Champions Season 2015 feature programme when Delma Sherrell’s Dynasty filly Alexis lowered the colours of some serious Gr1 fillies
The annual ‘great trek’ to Germiston is a rite of passage for breeders and a pilgrimage for those in search of their next champion at South Africa’s sales Mecca.
Lot 221 Savannah Cat, a filly by Fort Wood out of Kapen Cat, was consigned by Lammerskraal Stud and became the most expensive filly ever sold in South Africa when the hammer fell at R4,75 million
Justin Snaith enjoyed a start of mixed success to his 2015 KZN campaign at Greyville on Friday evening with Jackson’s full-brother Heartland showing he will be a force to be reckoned with in the next few months
The outstanding J&B Met and L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate winner Futura is highly ranked in the Longines World Rankings
Is it loyalty? Is it friendship? Is it love for a special horse? Or are some heroes just simply ‘made different’?
After winning the race for the first time 12 years ago, trainer Brett Crawford put two recent blank Met bids well behind him as he produced the lightly-raced Futura in fighting fettle to win one of South Africa’s greatest races
New SA record at Cape Premier Yearling Sale for magnificent Maine Chance Farms bred colt
His fine pace judgement, competitive streak and powerful ‘cross-mane’ style power-riding make him a demon to bury in any tight finish and young Grant Van Niekerk had to play second fiddle in a thrilling climax to the supporting feature.
Part owner of the Kenilworth first race winner Princess Royal and a past winning owner of 2009 Sceptre Stakes winner Lady Windermere, Peter De Beyer has enjoyed plenty of success in horseracing
It is no mean feat to win at feature level from 1400m to 2400m, but My Best Shot proved equal to the task and set himself up for East Cape Horse Of The Year honours – and maybe a Hollywoodbets Durban July supplementary entry?
An investigation into betting patterns, both locally and internationally, has been launched by the National Horseracing Authority
The highly anticipated first race on the revamped Hollywoodbets Greyville polytrack on Wednesday was well received by stakeholders, but was not without its drama
