Captain Al & Dynasty shine
Thoroughbred Group’s eNews: An Equus award for Captain Al; Dynasty the 2yo sales topper; Two-Year-Old Sale refelcted a healthy market contrary to TBA comment
17th August 2011
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Thoroughbred Group’s eNews: An Equus award for Captain Al; Dynasty the 2yo sales topper; Two-Year-Old Sale refelcted a healthy market contrary to TBA comment
A filly and colt by Dynasty made top prices at the National 2yo sale where the average prices for colts and fillies were down, but median prices showed that the middle and lower end of the market recovered from last year’s drop.
NATIONAL 2YO SALE: If any reminder was needed about the significance of National 2yo Sale graduates, then The Apache provided a timely reminder last Sunday at Greyville. Sold in August 2009 for R80k, just under the overall sale average for colts, the son of Mogok stands every chance to collect Equus Champion 3yo Colt honours. That’s apart from the multiple Gr1 winner’s current earnings, which stand at a solid R1.6 million. And he’s not alone.
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
