The stony faces belied the moment as the hammer fell on lot 244 – a magnificent Frankel colt out of the dual Group 1 winner Peeress, sold by breeder Cheveley Park Stud for 1.3 million and bought by MV Magnier, alongside Markus Jooste’s Mayfair Speculators
Since Form Bloodstock’s pioneering foray to Tattersalls in 2008, South Africa has become a force to be reckoned with in the sales ring. Tattersalls’ Nancy Sexton takes a look.
Growth-hungry Steinhoff International Holdings has gone on yet another shopping spree
South Africa’s leading owners Mayfair Speculators were active at the Arqana sale on Monday spending more than 2 million euros when buying two beautifully bred Galileo fillies within a matter of minutes of each other
Champion South African owners Ingrid and Markus Jooste have enjoyed another remarkable season
Top South African racehorse owner and breeder and CEO of Steinhoff, Markus Jooste has come a long way from his early years as a deeply indebted chartered accounting graduate.
It was a weekend for smashing records in South African horseracing and trainer Tara Laing and champion owners Ingrid and Markus Jooste got the ball rolling at Fairview on Friday
The Tattersalls October Yearling Sale drew to a close at Newmarket on Thursday with South Africa’s Mayfair Speculators having made a big impression with 12 lots bought for 4,075,000gns
Ingrid and Markus Jooste’s Mayfair Speculators added to their first day quartet when buying a further three yearlings for a gross 1 350 000gns
Champion SA owners Ingrid and Markus Jooste were active on day one of the Tattersalls October Sale in Newmarket, acquiring 4 beautifully bred lots for a gross 945 000 gns
Though Jooste says no one should go into racing to make money, he adds that he runs his racing operation like he does Steinhoff.He is not sure how many horses he owns – a racing manager deals with that – but he buys between 30 and 40 horses a year
Charl Pretorius writes in his Off The Record column on the 4Racing website that owners, trainers and racing fans are gravely concerned about the state of our industry
There has been a precipitous decline of betting on the Totalisator which gives cause for concern for the horseracing industry
