Avontuur Thoroughbred Farm, whose alumni include such champions as dual South African Horse Of The Year, and National Sale buy, Legal Eagle will be offering a superb draft this year’s National Yearling Sale
Duncan Barry’s Riverton Stud, a long time supporter of the National Sale, will be bringing a small but very select draft to this year’s Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale next month
Sales programme undergoes a shuffle after state of disaster announcement
The sale made history last year, when the Silvano colt, Masaki, was knocked down to Shadwell South Africa for R9 million
The 2019 Emperors Palace Yearling Sale came to a close on Friday with Antony Beck signing for a Gimmethegreenlight filly at R650 000 to top the final day charts
Two colts consigned by Wilgerbosdrift proved the joint star attractions at the second day of the 2019 Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale
The power of the foreign buying bench has always been a strategic balancing factor in the thoroughbred sales scheme of things.
Dynasty, whose passing shocked the industry last month, produced the top-selling filly on an historic Day One
The first day of the 2019 Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale ended with a memorable record moment
Shadwell South Africa went to R4,4 million to lead the charts with Day 1 of the 2019 National Yearling Sale still in progress on Wednesday.
The colt, named Ficksburg, is out of Equus Champion and SA Triple Tiara heroine Cherry On The Top. He was bred by Mauritzfontein stud
Just 48 hours after Cheeky Wink’s smart win at Tipperary, the Kieswetter and Heffer families enjoyed another champagne moment at Sandown
Ridgemont’s Rafeef fairytale received more endorsement on the Championships Finale at Turffontein on Saturday when his daughter, Chasing Happiness, ran her eight opponents off their feet to register her second stakes success when winning the TAB Gr2 Senor Santa Stakes
The number of entries compares favourably in quantum with recent years, with 58 first entries received in 2024, 60 in 2023, 68 in 2022, 53 in 2021, 52 in 2020, 49 in 2019, and 69 in 2018
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!
