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
The South African bred former Equus Champion Sprinter Isivunguvungu made a terrific winning debut on US soil for trainer Graham Motion and confirmed his Prevagen $1million Gr1 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint aspirations
The evergreen hero travelled to Vereeniging on Thursday for a 100% strike rate from two rides that saw him bring up his recordbreaking 5555th winner milestone
‘The Breeders Cup Distaff is definitely still on the cards and Beach Bomb will probably have one more race before then’ – Gaynor Rupert
It will be good news for South African racing fans that, despite a number of offers from abroad, Gerald and Karen Kalil’s multiple champion Quid Pro Quo will continue her 3yo season on African soil
