HORSE RACING
Buyers spoilt for choice at Bloodstock SA sale
The first two hours of the Bloodstock SA National Two-Year-Old Sale that started at Gosforth Park, Germiston, on Thursday yielded several lots that sold for R15,000-R50,000, with one R1.2m filly bringing some early cheer to the hosts.Gary Grant of Bloodstock SA said on Wednesday: "The catalogue has a good spread of breeders and horses so there will be something to suit every pocket. We’re still in a buyers market and it’s the type of sale where you can find big value for smaller investments than what would be the norm."Leading Cape trainer Brett Crawford was the successful bidder on the expensive lot 37, an unnamed filly by Pathfork from Scented Samantha, bred by Highlands Stud, which is part of Ridgemont."She’s a lovely specimen, a good mover from a quality family," said Crawford of the filly, whose half-sister Sweet Sanette was exported to Hong Kong several years ago and was group1 placed there and in the UK.The sale continues on Friday and auctioneers Graeme Hawkins, Steve Davis ...
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