Thoroughbreds are sold throughout the year in South Africa in the following sale categories:

• Yearlings
• Broodmares and weanlings
• Breeze Up sales (Ready to Run)
• Horses in training
• Dispersal sales

Horses are sold by private sale or at public auction. There are two major auction companies who organise and run the sales. Catalogues provide a preview of lots and conditions of sale, and can be obtained by contacting the sales companies direct: Bloodstock South Africa (http://www.tba.co.za) and Equimark (http://www.equimark.co.za).