The 2020 Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale, is South Africa’s oldest premier yearling sale, with the majority of this country’s leading breeders being represented. Usually, the sale is supported by a host of international buyers, headed by Shadwell, the Hong Kong Jockey Club, Bjorn Nelson, David Ferraris, Tony Millard, and James Bester among others. The lengthy list of champions purchased at the National Sale in recent years include all of Futura, Legislate, Legal Eagle and reigning South African Horse Of The Year Do It Again (above), as well as Kilindini and Missisippi Burning – the winners of this season’s G1 Cape Guineas and G1 World Sports Betting Cape Fillies Guineas respectively. ...

2019 The TAB Everest winner, Yes Yes Yes has been retired to stud due to injury, to stand at Coolmore Australia in 2020. The son of Rubick was spelled after winning the $14million Everest (1200m) back in October and had been training strongly for his projected return in the Gr.1 VRC Lightning Stakes. However, an exhibition gallop in early October was abandoned when the colt showed signs of inflammation in a foreleg. His trainer Chris Waller released a statement on Monday advising vets found the worst possible scenario, reporting the valuable colt had a small lesion in a tendon in his left front leg. Waller’s statement advised Yes Yes Yes would be off the scene for a minimum of nine months b ...

Bittersweet stories are part of every foaling season. This time we hear of a story from Holbrook Thoroughbreds. Owned by Bob and Sandra Peters, blue-blooded Redoute’s Choice mare Antique Rose was a full sister to their star producers Broadway Belle and Arcadia, who are the dams of Gr.1 winners Regal Power and Arcadia Queen. Antique Rose was in foal to their sire Pierro, so she was carrying a full sibling in the blood to that dynamic duo. Sadly, she suffered bad dystocia when foaling a filly, leaving both mare and foal near death. The mare sadly passed away, but the team at Holbrook and the Scone Equine Vets (David O'Meara) were able to save the filly after she was rushed to intensive care a ...

These past few months have been objectively different and perhaps difficult in everyone's lives. There might barely be anyone who can claim to have not been affected. Individuals and businesses alike. Tony Bott and his Evergreen Stud is also no exception. We came across quite a few innovations in the way business approached their strategies this year. Tony Bott too has a few ideas to share here. Tony Bott has been in the business for quite some time and is in tandem with the finer nuances of this world that an untrained eye might not be able to notice. However, Tony has a few things up his sleeve here and he does not mind us asking.

Eugene Freeman’s Boland Stud is a long time supporter of the National Sale. In 2020 Boland once presented an outstanding draft to this year’s Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale resulting in several sale toppers. We speak to Bolund Stud owner Eugine Freeman about his history with Boland and much more: