Met and Queen’s Plate dates move sees yearling sale shifted
Cape Thoroughbred Sales will be hosting several pre-sale events for guests and buyers
19 June 2019 - 17:17
CEO of Cape Thoroughbred Sales Wéhann Smith has announced that the 2020 Cape Premier Yearling Sale will be staged a week earlier on Thursday January 16, two weeks before the Sun Met.
Having previously been held during the week leading up to the Sun Met, Smith said there were a number of reasons for the earlier date. “The Cape racing calendar has seen the 2020 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate (LQP) and Sun Met moved out by a week and it made sense to host the sale during the week after the LQP Festival,” he said...
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