Most Expensive Horse To Race In SA?

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Most Expensive Horse To Race In SA?

8 years 2 months ago

@ A$ 1,75 million Mustaaqeem in Turffontein race 1 tomorrow must be the most expensive 2 year old to ever put foot on an SA track?

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8 years 2 months ago

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I think about 5 to 10 years back Nodoubt Deja sold for about 3 million Aus Dollars and raced and made its debut in South Africa

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8 years 2 months ago

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Scary stuff 22 million

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8 years 2 months ago

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Would laugh if the R125k horse beats it

:lol: :lol: HORSES DONT KNOW THEIR PRICE

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8 years 2 months ago

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Many of our champs were "cheapies"

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8 years 2 months ago

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What confuses me and with no disrespect to Mike de Kock is why Sheikh Hamdan sends horses here ? If he was buying SA bred horses then I could understand. These horses are flown over from Australia and raced here. If any good they face ridiculous export protocols that take a huge chunk out there racing careers to get to Dubai.

Why not race them in Aus ? Better racing, better stakes and no worries in moving them anywhere in the world.

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8 years 2 months ago

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I don't understand why they go to Australia at all

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8 years 2 months ago

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johanm wrote: What confuses me and with no disrespect to Mike de Kock is why Sheikh Hamdan sends horses here ? If he was buying SA bred horses then I could understand. These horses are flown over from Australia and raced here. If any good they face ridiculous export protocols that take a huge chunk out there racing careers to get to Dubai.

Why not race them in Aus ? Better racing, better stakes and no worries in moving them anywhere in the world.

I have also asked myself that question - the other way makes much more economic sense - buy them here and then export if they show they will be competitive - obvious example SOft Falling Rain .... :huh:

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8 years 2 months ago

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.....The Sheik also leaves plenty of them back in Ozz......at least when MDK gets a good one they may do a bit of mileage but they turn out better than those he could send direct from there....