The Green Desert Oasis
Monks Hood’s devastating win in the Gr2 Gauteng Guineas on Saturday was a timely reminder of the strength of the Green Desert male line
5th March 2018
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Monks Hood’s devastating win in the Gr2 Gauteng Guineas on Saturday was a timely reminder of the strength of the Green Desert male line
The dual world champion and ten-time Gr1-winning son of Galileo has made a blistering start with his first crop of runners
On the opening day of the 2014 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1, a total of 107 lots were sold for 20,185,000 guineas at an average of 188,645 guineas and a median of 140,000 guineas. The average represented the second highest opening day average for the sale, whilst the median, which was up 19% was a new opening day record for the sale.
It is time to look at the leading sires and promising, up and coming sires whose progeny should be worth watching in 2014.
Are there any modern day leading sires who never won a feature race?
Exciting days for Avontuur as their champion sprinter produces magnificent filly foal and heads for a date with the greatest
SARAH WHITELAW: Everyone has a different idea as to who the world’s very best stallions are. Here are my choices.
Maim Aim, a son of Oasis Dream, was a top-class racehorse, who achieved a Timeform Rating of 123
R7 million rand! The first foal out of UAE and South African champion Sun Classique is off to Hong Kong
‘Fortune favours the bold, so kudos to Peter de Beyer for retaining Sylvie, a moderate race filly many breeders would have shunned as a broodmare’
A race steeped in history, previous winners include champion sires Jet Master and Gimmethegreenlight, as well as multiple Equus award winning champions Pocket Power, Do It Again, Jet Dark and Charles Dickens
