Middle Market Revival – An Encouraging Sign
Fresh faces around the ring was heart-warming and what the game needs
7th November 2018
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Fresh faces around the ring was heart-warming and what the game needs
The Thoroughbred Breeders Association and Bloodstock South Africa held a seminar for the KZN Breeders Club recently to discuss the scoring of mares for the National Yearling Sale
Rocket Man has been released from quarantine and is getting acclimatized to life in South Africa at Jane Thomas’ Far End Farm in the Natal Midlands
Lady breeders are making their mark in the South African bloodstock industry and are well represented at Friday’s CTS Ready To Run Sale at Durbanville
Jane Thomas of Far End Stud believes that she has a ‘money horse’ for Sunday’s Emperors Palace Ready To Run Sale hosted by CTS at the Inanda Club in Sandton, and not without good reason!
‘Fortune favours the bold, so kudos to Peter de Beyer for retaining Sylvie, a moderate race filly many breeders would have shunned as a broodmare’
A race steeped in history, previous winners include champion sires Jet Master and Gimmethegreenlight, as well as multiple Equus award winning champions Pocket Power, Do It Again, Jet Dark and Charles Dickens
There was a unique South African connection in the background as the Ralph Beckett-trained Bluestocking charged to victory under Rossa Ryan to win the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe on Sunday
