Cape Thoroughbred Sales to host Million Dollar Sales Race

I thought the NHRA now blocked these exclusive races (except the RTR).?

Muhtiman Wrote:

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> ?......nothing but a money spinning racket ......I
> for one was always in favour of the RTR concept as
> horses are sold later in the year and are schooled
> and broken in and one can spot a bad mover and
> avoid the obvious....
> ?....well with the bigger purse offered for
> graduates of this sale the quality seems to be on
> a downward spiral
> ?.....past gems Pierre Jourdan and Igugu who went
> on not only to feature in the actual race but went
> on to bigger things.....more recent winners and
> close up placed horses would be lucky to
> participate in a graduation plate.....in other
> words the eye on the prize has pushed up the sales
> value of very mediocre sorts just to participate
> in an ordinary race...
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> ?.....now take this concept to an earlier time in
> the year where horses have hardly been weaned
> ....have not yet grown .......have not had time in
> the open fields where they were born.....already
> shoved on the trucks bundled into boxes in the big
> city .......all so they can qualify to run in
> Africa's richest race .....brilliant keep the eyes
> on the prize.....and the average sales price is
> bound to rise.....have them come early and never
> race again.....just what we need to breed
> ......horses with shorter racing careers only to
> get the big tom when they are young.....turnover
> more horses .....no turnover more tom......:

Muhtiman, I could not agree more with you .

Focus is purely on Money ,Money , Money . .It will be interesting to see how many millionares make it to the track !!

I think that CTS has been fantastic in raising the bar and in the outcome improving this part of the industry to benefit all. Shows what competition can do. Well done to them again!

?......breeders are going to become uber farmers......selling crops before the fruit is even ripe......win win on the spin spin......you now put money in his/her pocket and transferring the early risk directly to the buyer
?......once the hammer drops you the owner are now responsible for insurance and future boarding......because these horses are no where ready they have to go back to farms to grow up and play in the open fields......here is where things can go wrong......but hey who cares horse insurance companies are a plenty....

good luck to the small owner who is try buy a decent horse on these sales it become the jooste van niekerk show again

Flash Harry Wrote:

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> good luck to the small owner who is try buy a
> decent horse on these sales it become the jooste
> van niekerk show again

History has a way of repeating itself and in the past david defeated goliath and will continue to do so going into the future, just need a bit of luck and even if you come in 5th you get a cool 400k

bc 95% of people pay serious elevated price and dont qualify. what you think jooste and v niekerk dont now who the top lots are off klawervlei? i agree any one is get chance but dice is very heavy favour for the boys who pull the puppet string

It was a well attended function and a good night had by all another step in the right direction for the promotion of racing and I am sure we will put a syndicate together to try the luck of the draw

Flash Harry Wrote:

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> good luck to the small owner who is try buy a
> decent horse on these sales it become the jooste
> van niekerk show again

?.....Flash no matter how much money one can throw at a flashy pedigree sales like these it is the seller that is the winner......all the buyer has is an overpriced lotto ticket......

So slim are the chances becoming that one would hardly notice a standout type of horse like a Variety Club......

Flash Harry Wrote:

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> bc 95% of people pay serious elevated price and
> dont qualify. what you think jooste and v niekerk
> dont now who the top lots are off klawervlei? i
> agree any one is get chance but dice is very heavy
> favour for the boys who pull the puppet string

True what you say so we don't buy from klawervlei , I don't think that anybody who buys from klawervlei will have a chance! Anyway I don't mind running second to jooste for 2.5 million

Anyway I'm firm believer in luck , if cj lensley can win the nursery with an unraced baby from kim , if ml pappas can have two winners in one month and if flash harry can defeat the death angel then anything is possible!

scotia Wrote:

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> It was a well attended function and a good night
> had by all another step in the right direction for
> the promotion of racing and I am sure we will put
> a syndicate together to try the luck of the draw

Count me in Dave, 20 guys at 30k per head will give us a fair chance

bad company Wrote:

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> Flash Harry Wrote:
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> > bc 95% of people pay serious elevated price and
> > dont qualify. what you think jooste and v
> niekerk
> > dont now who the top lots are off klawervlei? i
> > agree any one is get chance but dice is very
> heavy
> > favour for the boys who pull the puppet string
>
> True what you say so we don't buy from klawervlei
> , I don't think that anybody who buys from
> klawervlei will have a chance! Anyway I don't mind
> running second to jooste for 2.5 million
>
> Anyway I'm firm believer in luck , if cj lensley
> can win the nursery with an unraced baby from kim
> , if ml pappas can have two winners in one month
> and if flash harry can defeat the death angel then
> anything is possible!

BC the winners you mention ,How many come from CYS ,? Flash maybe ??