7th November 2020
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For a fifth year in a row, champion sire Tapit headed the sires list at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale
The man claimed to have deposited $7 million in a Keeneland account and said they were aiming to break into the lucrative UK and US markets
Sheikh Mohammed’s Darley Bloodstock was the biggest buyer, closely matched by the American couple, Gary and Mary West, who signed for 29 head at $7.805 million. To put that into a local context, South Africans Markus Jooste and Bernard Kantor’s spend at the Arqana sale in France last month, was not far short in Euros
A bay half sister to two-time champion Beholder was purchased by Bridlewood Farm for $1.1 million to become the first offering to reach seven figures during early portion of the Sept. 8 session of the Keeneland September yearling sale
Team Valor’s Animal Kingdom showed his class and character with a superb win in the Gr1 Dubai World Cup run over 2000m at Meydan on Saturday
LANCE BENSON: A few leading local owners have stepped forward and put theirweight behind sponsoring feature races in this Cape’s Sizzling Summer Season.
An Ipi Tombe colt by Medaglia D’Oro comes up for for auction on Thursday at Keeneland
SARAH WHITELAW: Former top SA racemares are represented on the Keeneland September Sale; Main Aim moves to the Karoo and America’s Best!
It’s “Gallops” week for the Emperors Palace Ready To Run Sale, and so the performance of Bloodstock markets around the world was always going to be of topical interest to South African horsemen.
The foundation you have to build on is what the modern sports fan demands.
‘I called the owner and before I could even make the offer he excitedly told me that a certain South African bookmaker had just called 10 minutes earlier to make an offer of R5m’
It’s clear that eight incidents of crop excesses is unacceptable for a sport keen to maintain a good public image, and the time appears to have arrived for a review of the crop rules for work riders on the Highveld
Rafeef is fast establishing a fine reputation as a stallion who has the ability to sire stakes winners across the speed and stamina spectrum
