Futura (SAf) (Dynasty {SAf}), the winner of two of South Africa's most important races, the G1 L'Ormarins Queen's Plate and G1 J&B Met in January, has been transferred from trainer Brett Crawford to Justin Snaith following an ownership dispute.
In a press release issued by Snaith Racing, Futura's majority owners, Jack Mitchell and John Freeman, explained that they were presented with an ultimatum by their partner to buy him out or sell Futura to an overseas buyer, or the third partner would force the horse to be sold at auction within days.
The statement said the third partner's offer to sell had been accepted, the ownership group no longer wished to continue in a stable bearing close ties to their former partner.
Not a subscriber? Click here to sign up for the daily PDF or alerts.
