Fortune Filly Targets Rich Sales Race
The Ashley Fortune Racing machine continues to produce the winners with some astutely acquired second-hand purchases
29th September 2018
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The Ashley Fortune Racing machine continues to produce the winners with some astutely acquired second-hand purchases
There has always been great interest in the prospects of Ridgemont Highlands well-bred stallion Potala Palace
Leading Cape farm Highlands Stud part of Ridgemont will be looking to continue the great run of success they have enjoyed at the KZN Yearling Sale
Highlands Stud stallion Potala Palace got off the mark in the very first juvenile race of the new season at Fairview on Friday when his daughter, his first runner, Watsonia bounded through late
Emotion and sentimentality are two familiar trademarks of the Mike Azzie racing machine and the victory of the Australian-bred filly Mella Maria in the Greyville opener on Friday evening brought back some gloriously memorable flashbacks to the Gr1 Premier’s Champion Stakes run at the same venue, four years ago
The 2013 Gr3 Joburg Spring Challenge winner Potala Palace and Highlands Farm’s beautifully bred new young sire Potala Palace recently covered his first, test mare, and performed well.
A number of Cape based stallions received pedigree boosts following the running of some major European feature races this past weekend
Graham Beck’s 27.000 guineas purchase of the Alzao-mare Alignment at the 2006 Tattersalls mare sale was an inspired one.
Michael Azzie feels it would be remiss of him not to reply William’s comments re: Potala Palace’s tactics for the Dingaans
Considering Mr Azzie’s aspirations for his Champ to be 100 % ready for The South African Derby, surely it would have been wiser to teach Potala Palace to settle a bit and let him learn to run past horses?
‘I called the owner and before I could even make the offer he excitedly told me that a certain South African bookmaker had just called 10 minutes earlier to make an offer of R5m’
