Perseverance Pays Off
Tara Laing shares the incredible story behind her 2017 Listed East Cape win with Normanz
23rd March 2017
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Tara Laing shares the incredible story behind her 2017 Listed East Cape win with Normanz
The former Gauteng based Var filly Star Burst Galaxy has settled in quickly at her new PE base and scored her second win in four local starts
2016 will also be remembered for a number of outstanding performances by both equine and human performers
Highest price of R1,2 million was paid by Mayfair Speculators for a beautiful Var filly consigned by Balmoral Stud
Table Bay’s facile victory under top weight in Saturday’s Gr3 Cape Classic follows in the hoofprints of Ramsden’s Gr1 performers Red Ray (2013) and Act Of War (2014)
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
The Monsun filly The Juliet Rose ran out an impressive start to finish winner on Saturday of the Gr2 Prix de Royallieu at Chantilly
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
Highlights of the 2016 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale include a half brother to Winx that went under the hammer for AUD $2,3 million
The South African record paid for a thoroughbred yearling at auction was smashed on the first day of the 2016 Cape Premier Yearling Sale on Thursday
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
SA horseracing needs strong leadership – today. Otherwise we are doomed. Stakeholders don’t need this kind of circus!
A former Bloemfontein champion trainer, Michael McLachlan was a popular character in the halcyon days of horseracing and now finds himself in dire need
