Racing set fair after 2YO Sale
Big spenders The top price of R6 million – a sale record – was paid on Friday evening for a colt named Ragazinno, a son of champion sire Vercingetorix out of Gimmethegreenlight mare Ciao Bella, bred by Varsfontein Stud and bought by Form Bloodstock.
Diverse buying benches In an ultra-luxury goods market, the August 2YO Sale has a tradition of value for money, with the sales house using the slogan “a horse for every buyer”, so buoyancy of the mid-lower segment is especially encouraging for the industry.
If you look at horse sales for signs of which way economic winds are blowing, you’ll have got a fair-weather forecast from Bloodstock SA’s August Two-Year-Old (2YO) Sale in Germiston last week.
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