A P Indy’s growing influence can be seen at the 2014 National Yearling Sale. His half brother, Tiger Ridge has 11 yearlings while no fewer than 40 yearlings on the sale are by sons of A P Indy, while another 15 are by A P Indy’s champion grandson, Jay Peg.
Something in the order of 130 of the 537 yearlings catalogued for the weekend’s National Yearling Sale are unnamed. If classic names are your thing, rather buy one of those as we believe that changing a horse’s existing name is bad luck.
In what looks an exceptionally strong catalogue, a number of yearlings entered on the 2013 Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale number G1 winners as siblings.
Jet Master has now been represented by over 100 black type performers. He has 27 yearlings on sale in the 2013 National Yearling Sale.
LANCE BENSON: Champions Day punctuates the National Yearling Sale and reflects the glamorous, shiny and happy side of the sport of kings. But the sport also brings out the worst in mankind.
ROBYN LOUW: No compromise on quality at the National Yearling Sale
Gr1 races won by South African sales graduates in the last decade throw up a total of 134 individual winners. Of these, no less than 75 are National Sale graduates – that’s 55%. No other sale gave more than 18 Gr1 winners.
And he did it again – at 10! The South Africa bred, Tiza scored his 13th career win in France last week
It is a well documented fact that a good horse can come from anywhere. Many top horses have been imported into this country, while others are raced by their breeders, or sold privately.
SARAH WHITELAW: There is a saying in racing that if a stallion dies his progeny comes good. Like many sayings, it is rather tongue in cheek.
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