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News Archive - 2009

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9 December 2009	Bloodstock SA appoints new marketing manager
	In order to further strengthen the marketing and sales team at BloodStock S.A., Eamonn Cullen from Ireland has been appointed as the new Marketing Manager of BSA. This position has deliberately been ... /// READ MORE

26 November 2009	KINGDOM COME TOPS THE LIST OF ENTRIES FOR SUMMER MIXED SALE
	KINGDOM COME, third to Argonaut in the Grade 1 Premiers Champion Stakes as a two-year-old and a contender for several classic and major races since, is the choice Lot on offer ... /// READ MORE

9 November 2009	Ready To Run Sale results are again impressive and pleasing to all
	THE 2009 Emperors Palace Ready To Run Sale ended on a high note at the TBA Sales Complex, Gosforth Park, on Sunday night when last year’s phenomenal record aggregate ... /// READ MORE

8 November 2009	Lot 100 – UTHAWINI (AUS) – R2.1-million
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8 November 2009	Lot 89 – EMAKHAYA (AUS) – R900,000
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8 November 2009	LOT 78 – EMPEROR AUGUSTUS – R800,000
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8 November 2009	LOT 114 – IGUGU (AUS) – R1-million bought by Andre MacDonald
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8 November 2009	LOT 114 – IGUGU (AUS) – R1-million bought by Andre MacDonald
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3 November 2009	Emperors Palace Ready To Run Sale will crown a riveting weekend
	ONE of the most riveting racing weekends on the South African Calendar will culminate in Sunday’s Emperors Palace Ready To Run Sale at the TBA Sales Complex, Gosforth ... /// READ MORE

21 October 2009	Successful ‘Breezing’ weekend gives good pointers to 2009 Emperors Palace Ready To Run Sale
	THE seven-man panel at Summerhill Stud to view last Friday’s ‘breezing’ at the Mooi River Farm were somewhat divided in their individual choices of colts ... /// READ MORE

21 October 2009	Emperors Palace Ready to Run Cup 2009
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14 October 2009	The build-up starts to SA’s fastest-growing thoroughbred sale!
	NO other thoroughbred sale in South Africa has grown in stature at quite the same rate as the Emperors Palace Ready To Run Sale, due for 8 November at the TBA Sales Complex, ... /// READ MORE

16 August 2009	Ascot Stud Colt Top Lot on Day Two
	ASCOT STUD’s Tiger Ridge Colt Lot 179 Hollywood Ridge was the top lot and purchased by the Laird Racing Stable for R550,000 on Day Two of the National Two Year Old ... /// READ MORE

16 August 2009	Emperors Palace National Two-Year-Old Sale results exceed all expectations
	CHAMPION trainer Charles Laird and Singapore-bound Basil Marcus both purchased “exactly what they came for’’ at the three-day Emperors Palace National Two-Year-Old ... /// READ MORE

15 August 2009	Zaki secures the top lots at Emperors National Two-Year-Old Sale and figures are up
	TRAINER Dominic Zaki and his patrons were the keenest buyers on Friday evening during a surprisingly lively first session of the Emperors National Two-Year-Old Sale held at ... /// READ MORE

7 August 2009	A full-sister to Big City Life is one of many plums at Emperors Palace National Two-Year-Old Sal
	SOUTH Africa’s major vendors and all the top sires will be represented at the Emperors Palace National Two-Year-Old Sale, a three-day event at the ... /// READ MORE

5 August 2009	Three-day sale has a long roll of honour and realistic prices
	THERE is a belief that deceased stallions often produce champions from their remaining crops. The progeny of Victory Moon, who sadly died at Maine Chance Farms last ... /// READ MORE

29 July 2009	The South African Racing Factbook
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25 July 2009	Lot 103
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13 July 2009	Sibaya Yearling Sale holds its own
	The increasingly popular Sibaya Yearling Sale kept the buyers and auctioneers on their toes during the 2 days of selling at Sibaya Casino recently. Many expected ... /// READ MORE

3 July 2009	Kahal colt fetches R240 000 on first day of Sibaya Sale
	CHAD Cooke’s Intercontinental Bloodstock paid the top price of R240,000 for a son of Kahal on the first day of the 2009 Sibaya Yearling Sale being held at the Sibaya Casino ... /// READ MORE

18 June 2009	Sibaya Sale heralds SA’s greatest week of racing
	THE Sibaya Casino and Entertainment Kingdom near Umhlanga Rocks has in recent years become synonymous with the festivities that take place in Durban during “Durban July” ... /// READ MORE

3 June 2009	Sibaya Yearling Sale Preview
	Notwithstanding the fact that it precedes the high-profile Durban July race meeting, BloodStock SA’s Sibaya Yearling sale isn't glamorous. It comes at the end of the ... /// READ MORE

5 May 2009	Ambiance Stud will disperse its bloodstock on 20 May
	Dr. Marianne Thomson of Ambiance Stud near Worcester has decided to retire from the breeding industry after 16 successful years. Bloodstock on the farm, including 42 mares/fillies ... /// READ MORE

7 April 2009	Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale yields a pleasing outcome
	ALTHOUGH the provisional three-day aggregate of R152,12 million recorded at the end of the 2009 Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale on Monday was 24% down ... /// READ MORE

6 April 2009	National Sale steadies after buoyant buying at Sunday session
	THE optimistic spirit prevalent among buyers at Friday night’s first session of the 2009 Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale carried forward into the second session ... /// READ MORE

5 April 2009	Friday results at National Yearling Sale in line with expectations
	WHILE there was an impressive turnout of buyers on the first night of the 2009 Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale at the TBA Sales Complex, Gosforth Park, the aggregate ... /// READ MORE

2 April 2009	Old-timer Thomas Zulu gets Achievement Award
	THOMAS ZULU (69), will be receiving the Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association (TBA) Long Service Award at the start of the second day of the 2009 Emperors Palace National ... /// READ MORE

31 March 2009	A mouthwatering draft at 2009 Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale
	WHILE the bearing of the prevailing economic conditions on the outcome of this weekend’s 2009 Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale has been the subject of discussion ... /// READ MORE

17 March 2009	Astute buyers have a great opportunity at Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale
	WHEN the curtain came down on the Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale of 2008, Team Valor International’s Barry Irwin described the annual Gosforth Park auction ... /// READ MORE

11 March 2009	Return of the King
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23 February 2009	A First Glance of Yearlings on Offer……
	The countdown to the 2009 Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale has begun and BloodStock SA will be more than hopeful that the local market remains strong enough to weather ... /// READ MORE

9 February 2009	GrandWest Sale reaches a pleasing R12 million aggregate
	THE aggregate of R12 million recorded at Sunday’s GrandWest Yearling Sale in Cape Town was down 9% on last year’s R13,217 million, but Bloodstock SA’s Chief ... /// READ MORE

4 February 2009	A Champion to suit every Pocket!
	THE illustrious Pocket Power was sold for only R190 000 at the equivalent of BSA’s GrandWest Yearling Sale in 2004 and buyers at this Sunday’s renewal at the ... /// READ MORE

28 January 2009	GrandWest Sale is moved forward and promises lively bidding
	THE 2009 BloodStock SA GrandWest Sale has been trimmed to a single day for yearlings and one for mares, as opposed to 2007 when the sale opened with a day dedicated to the ... /// READ MORE

26 January 2009	Sundays BSA Horses-in-Training Sale will be a
	BLOODSTOCK SA’s 2009 Summer Horses-in-Training Sale on Sunday 25 January is headed by 21 entries from John and Dianne Spence’s Kopjeskraal Thoroughbred Stud. /// READ MORE

14 January 2009	KOPJESKRAAL SUPPORTS BSA SUMMER MIXED SALE
	The catalogue for the Summer Mixed Sale, to be held on Sunday, 25 January 2009 is headed by 21 entries from Kopjeskraal Thoroughbred Stud. Kopjeskraal Stud is owned by John and Dianne Spence, ... /// READ MORE

6 January 2009	BLOODSTOCK SA CAPE GUINEAS
	GRADE 1, R1-million, 1600m, KENILWORTH SATURDAY 20 DECEMBER 2008 /// READ MORE

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