Imagine you’re a rival of Usain Bolt in an athletics final. You’re on the blocks, the starter gun goes off and away you go. At halfway there are people waving their arms to stop. You do and are told: “Sorry, Usain wasn’t ready – you’ll have to return to the start.”
ROSE LEHEUP: I returned from the UK just in time for the L’Ormarins Queens Plate day where I had the best days racing and most fun I have ever had on a racecourse.
Superlative Stakes winner and Classic-placed Gustav Klimt will stand at Heversham Park Farm in South Africa, having stood at Haras d’Annebault most recently
Despite a decrease in the horse population and the sale of just 305 lots – 39 fewer than last year – the sale rose to expectations, achieving an impressive aggregate of R171 975 000 and an exceptional average of R563 852 per lot sold
When the hammer fell shortly before 15h00 on Friday on lot 346, a beautiful grey Ascot-bred son of Heavenly Blue, the scoreboard reflected that 303 of the 316 lots had sold over the two days for an aggregate of R171 425 000
