9th May 2014
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Ruler Of The World might not quite have lived up to his name, but his sire Galileo certainly deserved that title in the stallion world.
Graham Beck’s 27.000 guineas purchase of the Alzao-mare Alignment at the 2006 Tattersalls mare sale was an inspired one.
Those of us with long memories may remember Mike de Kock’s campaign in Dubai, back in 2006.
‘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’
