The KZN Breeders Awards takes place on 7 November at Bellwood Stud from 6pm. Thank you to our sponsors who have supported our Awards this year ... Read Further

Mogok achieved a hat trick at the Vaal on Tuesday when the first three races of the day with Magic, Supanova and Battle Of Arcole, two of them bred by Scott Bros the other by Alan and Robyn Bechard, and a double for Leon Erasmus. ... Read Further

Backworth-bred daughter of Kahal and Gr1 Allan Robertson winner Chocolicious has foaled a Fastnet Rock filly in Australia. The first foal from KZN-bred Chocolicious is a yearling filly by Frankel ... Read Further

KZN-bred Roy's Gold, a daughter of Horse Chestnut out of Western Winter mare African Gold, gave Yogas Govender his first win as an open trainer at Scottsville over 1950m ... Read Further

A beautifully decorated tent, red carpet and champagne set the tone for the day, the Gallops beginning sharply at 9:30 and featuring 172 horses from vendors Balmoral Stud, Far End Racing, Klawervlei and Summerhill Stud. The draft shown on the day included a number of siblings to Group winners such as Pierre Jourdan, the unbeaten Rabada and Royal Pleasure ... Read Further

The brilliantly fast Lazer Star has amassed an impressive race record - a previous winner of the Gr3 Magnolia Handicap by over three lengths from Winter Star, she has won seven of her nine starts and placed second once - a mere head off Sensible Lover in the Gr3 Three Troika's Stakes whilst carrying a hefty 8kgs more to the finish than the winner ... Read Further

With the running of the Cape Thoroughbred Sale Ready To Run Gallops on Wednesday at Summerhill, a horse that stood out was a flashy Australian colt - a first foal out of KZN-bred Gr1 winning Kahal mare, Noble Heir. The Unnamed colt selling as Lot 118 is being consigned by Jane Thomas' Far End Pretraining Stables ... Read Further

Former KZN resident Champion sire, the late Kahal is currently topping the National Sires Log by Stakes earned, almost R300 000 ahead ... Read Further

Redoute's Promise has had his first foals arriving at Bush Hill Stud. The first son of Australia's Champion Sire to go to stud in South Africa, the powerful stallion is out of the Gr1 winning South African bred mare both locally and in Australia, Perfect Promise ... Read Further

Crusade's half-sister named Seventh Heaven has placed in her second start for Ballydoyle at Newmarket, over seven furlongs (1408m) ... Read Further

You know when it’s “gallops” time at Summerhill: the first cherry blossoms in the vicinity of the stallion barn are already in profusion, and the early signs of spring are clothed in every hue of green imaginable ... Read Further

The son of legendary Sir Tristram, Zabeel, passed away peacefully overnight. Zabeel is the broodmare sire of Bush Hill Stud's young stallion prospect Curved Ball ... Read Further

Rathmor-bred Gypsy's Warning has produced her first winner, with her 2013 filly by Street Cry collecting her first win at Navan in Ireland for owner Flaxman Holdings and trainer David Bachman ... Read Further

The dam of South African Gr2 placed and Dubai winner Journeyman (by Trippi) hasn't had the easiest pregnancy, having contracted the potentially fatal Colonitis earlier this year which also brought on a bout of Laminitis, as well as Travel Sickness ... Read Further

The dam of South African Gr2 placed and Dubai winner Journeyman (by Trippi) hasn't had the easiest pregnancy, having contracted the potentially fatal Colonitis earlier this year which also brought on a bout of Laminitis, as well as Travel Sickness ... Read Further

Toreador's handsome son, three year old colt Unbelievable Chad gave his name sake his first win as a racehorse owner from the racing stable of Paul Lafferty at Scottsville in Pietermaritzburg over 1400m ... Read Further

The son of legendary Sir Tristram, Zabeel, passed away peacefully overnight. Zabeel is the broodmare sire of Bush Hill Stud's young stallion prospect Curved Ball ... Read Further

Rathmor-bred Gypsy's Warning has produced her first winner, with her 2013 filly by Street Cry collecting her first win at Navan in Ireland for owner Flaxman Holdings and trainer David Bachman ... Read Further

The dam of South African Gr2 placed and Dubai winner Journeyman (by Trippi) hasn't had the easiest pregnancy, having contracted the potentially fatal Colonitis earlier this year which also brought on a bout of Laminitis, as well as Travel Sickness ... Read Further

The dam of South African Gr2 placed and Dubai winner Journeyman (by Trippi) hasn't had the easiest pregnancy, having contracted the potentially fatal Colonitis earlier this year which also brought on a bout of Laminitis, as well as Travel Sickness ... Read Further

Toreador's handsome son, three year old colt Unbelievable Chad gave his name sake his first win as a racehorse owner from the racing stable of Paul Lafferty at Scottsville in Pietermaritzburg over 1400m ... Read Further

The criteria for the KZN Breeders Awards is based on horses born in KZN (it also includes horses registered with the KZN Breeders Premium Scheme who are born in and out of KZN) who have achieved Black Type in the past racing season from 1 August 2014 - 1 August 2015 ... Read Further

Scott Bros' resident sire, Gr1 Middle Park Stakes winner Crusade, will have his half-sister by Galileo make her start in Ireland today for trainer Aiden O' Brien. Crusade's first crop are yearlings and they will be on sale in 2016 ... Read Further

Amongst Green Desert's great progeny, KZN has reaped the great rewards of his grandson, the multiple champion KZN sire Kahal owned by Shadwell Stud, who passed away early last year ... Read Further

Yellow Star Stud have welcomed the first foal for The Assayer last night, a lovely big colt with plenty of quality and substance about him. The colt is out of Flying Minstral, a daughter of Lord Balmerino in turn out of Gone West mare Happy Mondays (USA) ... Read Further

As Noble Tune's first impressive foals arrive this season, his grey sire Unbridled's Song collected another two Gr1's in a week after Unbridled Forever won her second start of the season in the Gr1 $500,000 Ballerina Stakes at Saratoga, and Liam's Map winning the Gr1 $600,000 Woodward on Saturday ... Read Further

Meteor Mike, a nine year old son of Mogok bred by Scott Bros has his last race in Singapore for trainer David Hill and Singapore 2012 Champion owners Dennis and Gael Evans of Newbury Racing Stable ... Read Further

The KZN Breeders Awards takes place on 7 November at Bellwood Stud from 17:30. Please join us to celebrate the KZN Thoroughbred, tickets are R350 per person and tables, seating 10 people each, are available on a first come first serve basis ... Read Further

Lee and Dino Scribante's young Piemonte Stud have had their first Award success from their first crop of yearlings to be sold in Piemonte's name, with Kalamain collecting the East Cape Racing Award for Champion Three Year Old ... Read Further

Toreador continues great form and with just three days into September, he has had two winners and three places with two talented colts - Rikitikitana and Thrust at Scottsville and the Vaal respectively ... Read Further

Yellow Star Stud held their Annual Farm Sale on the first day of Spring which was reflected by the blue skies and a beautiful day in the Midlands with buyers coming from far and wide to inspect the horses. It was another beautifully organised sale by Michael Holmes Bloodstock at the picturesque Yellow Star Stud, assisted by the brilliant auctioneer Graeme Hawkins. ... Read Further

Clifton Stud's young sire A.P. Answer has found good recent form, with six winners in two weeks across five tracks nationwide, with a double at Flamingo Park ... Read Further

Sad news has filtered through that recent Gr1 Gold Cup winner Wild One has passed away after complications following surgery ... Read Further

In a repeat performance of the Equus Awards, KZN's Futura and Wild One were both honoured at Gold Circle's glitzy KZN Racing Awards, which took place last week Thursday at the Elangeni Hotel ... Read Further

KZN Breeders' Dr Carla Langley and her husband Grant Langley have bred their first winner, with the beautifully named Autumn Encore winning at Flamingo Park on Monday by an incredible 10.50 lengths over 1400m ... Read Further

Notice has been issued by The Crusade Syndicate for their AGM taking place on 29 September at Highdown Stud at 2pm. The AGM's for Miesque's Approval and Eightfold Path will also be taking place on the same day. ... Read Further

Lisa Barrett writes about the great La Troienne, of which Summerhill Stud's Traffic Guard is a descendant: "After a failed career at the track, Boussac decided to that she was not a mare that he wanted to breed with at his Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard stud, so he sold her to the flamboyant American breeder Edward Riley Bradley, nicknamed the “Colonel” and she was imported to stand in America". ... Read Further

Racing Association’s Northern Cape Awards saw the super-consistent Tienie Prinsloo trained Black Minnaloushe gelding Black Pepper was crowned Horse Of The Year for the 2014/15 season ... Read Further

The two day National Two Year Old Sale has concluded and saw Bruce and Delia Le Roux's Spring Valley Stud top the KZN priced Lots over both days, followed by the Scott Bros ... Read Further

"It is with disbelief that we share the death of Dillyn, our trusted manager, after succumbing to a short illness." ... Read Further

It was a proud evening for KZN as recent Gr1 eLan Gold Cup winner Wild One took home the Equus Champion Stayer Award whilst Futura grabbed three Equus Awards - Champion Older Male, Champion Middle Distance Horse and the supreme achievement of Equus Horse Of The Year ... Read Further

Noble Tune's half-brother Honor Code caught early leader Liam's Map in the final strides to win the $1.25 million Whitney Stakes (Gr1) on 8 August at Saratoga Race Course ... Read Further

Noble Tune's first foal has been born at Rathmor Stud to Australian mare Silent Nights, a two time winner by Catbird out of a Palace Music mare ... Read Further

Warwick Render welcomed the guests before introducing the stallions, with Curved Ball, Irish Flame, King's Chapel, Toreador and Redoute's Promise all making an appearance. "For us this day is not only about showcasing our stallions but also about saying thank you to all of you who have supported both Bush Hill and our stallions in the past year, and as such we will as always, endeavour to make it worth your while in attending today." ... Read Further

A list of the KZN-bred Two Year Olds that will be available from the National Two Year Old Sale at the TBA complex. The sale runs over two days, 13 and 14 August in Johannesburg ... Read Further

Fastnet Rock, sire of Klawervlei’s promising young sire Curved Ball who stands at Bush Hill Stud, became Champion Sire in Australia for the second time recently. ... Read Further

Amongst the Scott Bros' draft are 5 colts that were erroneously left out of the main catalogue and can be found in the Supplemented pages - amongst them Lot 339, a full brother to unbeaten and previously named Corpus Christi, now renamed Angel's Power ... Read Further

The Breeders Education Seminar organised by the TBA took place at Gowrie Village on 29 July, where Prof Martin Schulman, Dr Kate May and Dr Emma Alsop presented a fascinating course on Veneral Diseases and endometritis in the mare, Contagious Equine Metritis and Foal Care ... Read Further

Futura concluded a hattrick for the KZN-breds taking home three Gr1's on Gold Cup day, winning the Gr1 Champions Cup for the second year running ... Read Further

Providing one of the three Gr1 victories for KZN-breds on Super Saturday at Greyville, Mogok added yet another Gr1 winner to his list after Wild One took the Gr1 eLan Gold Cup in dominating fashion over the marathon 3200m, defeating Balance Sheet, Savage Wind and Storm Warning ... Read Further

Summerhill are riding the crest of a wave at the moment, beginning with Visionaire taking the honours yesterday as South Africa's new Champion Freshman Sire, followed up by another of Summerhill's resident stallions - the magnificent bay Brave Tin Soldier capturing his first Gr1 victory with the as yet unbeaten Rabada in the Gr1 Premiers Champions Stakes earlier today for owners Ingrid and Marcus Jooste ... Read Further

Team Valor International and Summerhill Stud's big magnificent son of Grand Slam has been crowned Champion Freshman Sire for the 2014/2015 racing season. Querari, Warm White Night and another of KZN's young sires, Spring Valley and Roski Stud's Just As Well, finished in fourth position ... Read Further

The Scott Bros stallions, Mogok and Miesque's Approval have the only KZN horses represented in the eLan Gr1 Gold Cup to be run on Saturday at Greyville. Mogok is represented by the Scott Bros-bred Wild One, whilst priort Gr2 winner J's Outsider by Miesque's Approval was bred by Avalon Stud ... Read Further

With 160 guests gathered under magnificent blue skies at Rathmor Stud, Andrew Bon introduced the most exciting stallion prospect to come to South Africa, in Lynton Ryan's opinion - since the arrival of Fort Wood ... Read Further

Two year old King Of Kings colt, King's Knight, sauntered home deservedly to take the Gr2 Umkhomazi Stakes by over three lengths from Oriental Tiger and Vous Et Var, after being perfectly positioned midfield under Anthony Delpech ... Read Further

Bush Hill Stud will be hosting their stallion day on 2 August, presenting stallions Redoute's Promise, Toreador, Irish Flame, Curved Ball and King's Chapel ... Read Further

The TBA will be hosting a Breeders Education Seminar at Gowrie Golf Club on 29 July. Follow the link for the day's schedule and form to download ... Read Further

Olympic and World Champion swimming hero Chad Le Clos is “very excited” ahead of the debut of the first racehorse he has ever owned, the Paul Lafferty-trained Unbelievable Chad by Toreador, and will be on course at Scottsville on Wednesday to cheer him on. ... Read Further

The TBA's KZN Mare, Weanling, Horses In Training and Yearling Sale took place at Aldora Stud on 6 July and incorporated the dispersal of Mr Des Scott's broodmares, two of whom topped the sale and both half-sisters to Vodacom Durban July winners - Dancer's Daughter and Hunting Tower ... Read Further

Summerhill Stud held their Stallion Day on Sunday, traditionally after the Vodacom Durban July where the winning colours of Lady Laidlaw's Khaya Stables crossed the winning post of Africa's most illustrious horse race, were again presented on Sunday when Capetown Noir was introduced ... Read Further

Lady Christine Laidlaw’s Khaya Stables emerged victorious in the 2015 Vodacom Durban July with Silvano colt Power King trained by Dean Kannemeyer, a previous winning combination for Dean with the yellow and black silks previously carried by Summerhill's exciting young new stallion acquisistion, Capetown Noir, and we warmly welcome Khaya Stables who recently registered with the KZN Breeders Club ... Read Further

The top-priced colt KZN-bred colt on the second day went to Clifton Stud, with the aptly named He's A Var (Lot 216) being knocked down for R340 000 to Leon Erasmus. As the Vodacom Durban July day unfolded, three graduates of the Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale have emerged once more, with previous KZN Yearling Sale Million winner and Gr1 Thekweni Stakes winner Same Jurisdiction taking home the Gr1 Garden Province Stakes ... Read Further

The top-priced colt went to Spring Valley Stud who had an outstanding Kahal colt, Lot 147, an unnamed colt out of Gr1 and Gr3 placed Miss Zummerudd by King of Kings, who sold for R340 000 to Ian Van Schalkwyk ... Read Further

The KZN-bred graduate of the Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale 2015, who wins the 2016 KZN Yearling Sale Million on Vodacom Durban July day will win an extra R200 000 over and above the current stake, making it the richest race for two year olds in the country ... Read Further

As of the 1 July, Lee Scribante of Piemonte Stud will be taking over the Chairmanship of the KZN Breeders Club, whilst previous Chairman Koos De Klerk steps down into the position of Vice-Chairman ... Read Further

With over 600 entries received for the KZN Breeders Series of races, and over 250 for the two juvenile races, the day's concept has been firmly embraced by the owners and trainers and we thank them for their support and we are encouraged by the growth of this day every year since the KZN Breeders 1600 become the Million Mile, and saw over 350 breeders, owners and trainers together in the Durban View Room for a sumptous lunch and a great day's racing ... Read Further

Full results of the KZN Breeders Series and Million Mile. ... Read Further

Congratulations to Bradley McHardy who scored 43 to win overall, and his team consisting of Devon McHardy, Mike McHardy and Wayne Badenhorst took home the beautiful silver floating trophy donated by Ben Jonsson in 2013 for the top team of the day ... Read Further

The final field of the Vodacom Durban July with weights and draws ... Read Further

The final field of the Vodacom Durban July with weights and draws ... Read Further

The final fields for the KZN Breeders Race Day taking place 28 June 2015, including the KZN Breeders Series of races for R200 000 and the Million Mile ... Read Further

Those of us who’ve attended the School Of Equine Management Excellence’s annual Winter Workshop will know what it means for the South African racing and breeding industries ... Read Further

Rathmor will be hosting a stallion day for Noble Tune on 19 July 2015. Click on the link for more details of this exciting young sire being presented to the breeders ... Read Further

Scott Bros' resident sire Mogok dominates the KZN Breeders Million Mile field to be run on Sunday at Greyville on the turf, with five of his progeny represented out of the 12 entries ... Read Further

The race for a R1-million on Vodacom Durban July day over 1300m will become the richest race for Two Year Olds in the country next year, with the KZN Breeders adding in additional R200 000 bonus stake to the KZN-bred that takes home the race in 2016 ... Read Further

See all the stars in action at the annual Vodacom Durban July gallops at Greyville from 07:00 on Thursday morning, June 25 ... Read Further

Trainer Gavin van Zyl will be out to win the KZN Breeders Million Mile for the second consecutive year when he saddles the five-year-old Kahal gelding No Worries for the race at Greyville in Durban on Sunday ... Read Further

The KZN Breeders Million Mile meeting at Greyville in Durban on June 28 has been strongly supported with the R1-million race itself drawn 24 entries including some top horses like the Alec Laird-trained Bezrin gelding Bezanova that ran a tremendous third behind Legislate in the Grade 1 Rising Sun Gold Challenge last weekend. ... Read Further

KZN-bred Futura, fourth in last year’s R3 million Gr1 Vodacom Durban July but on a roll since, was allotted top weight of 60kg for this year’s running on the first Saturday in July ... Read Further

The first KZN Yearling Sale Million Log is out for the 2014 Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale graduates, competing on Vodacom Durban July day for a stake of R1-million. ... Read Further

Brave Tin Soldier’s impressive colt Rabada notched up two notable milestones when cruising to an impressive victory in Saturday’s R135 000 Listed Gatecrasher Stakes at Greyville. Crowned a first stakes winner for his beautifully bred sire, but also a maiden feature success for Ingrid and Markus Jooste, as patrons of Gauteng trainer Mike Azzie ... Read Further

The drought is mercifully over. In the 37th year after Affirmed swept the classics in 1978, American Pharoah won the $1.5 million Gr1 Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park to take the Triple Crown, with South Africa's Mubtaahij finishing fourth for trainer Mike De Kock ... Read Further

Rathmor Stud had great success with the half-siblings of their first season sire Noble Tune including a Gr1 win for Honor Code, as well as local news from the Gatecrasher Listed run at Greyville on Saturday ... Read Further

After winning her maiden in a serious fashion by more than seven lengths, Lady Serena followed this up with a strong second win at Belmont over 1600m from just four career starts. ... Read Further

Qualify caused a huge upset in the Oaks on Friday when staying on from the rear to nail favourite Legatissimo in the shadow of the post and become a first European Group 1 winner for her sire Fastnet Rock, whose son Curved Ball is the first to go stud in South Africa, specifically KZN's Bush Hill Stud ... Read Further

"This year sees yet another attempt by a horse to capture America’s elusive Triple Crown. If he wins the Belmont Stakes, American Pharoah will become the first horse since Affirmed [pictured below] in 1978 to win America’s fabled crown." ... Read Further

The TBA's Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale kicks off once more on 2 and 3 July amidst the hype of the Vodacom Durban July, a sale fast developing a reputation for producing a number of Graded Stakes winning horses each year since the sale relocated to the beautiful Durban winter venue of Suncoast in 2011 ... Read Further

A top breeding and racing journalist both locally and internationally, Sarah Whitelaw visited a few of our breeding establishments in KZN, from Eston to Mooi River last week in unusually warm weather for the KZN Midlands winter ... Read Further

The talented chestnut filly who has won three of her four starts for freshman sire Visionaire, is followed by Just As I Said - another representative of first crop sire Just As Well with 19 points, followed by Red Hot Poker (by Brave Tin Soldier) from the Charles Laird stable with 17 points ... Read Further

Fire The Rocket continues to lead the KZN Breeders Series Log for 3YO's and up, the Yellow Star-bred son of Kildonan in the lead with 38 points ... Read Further

Nine KZN-breds will be competing in the four big Gr1's on Saturday in Scottsville, amongst them our young sires' Visionaire and Just As Well are well represented. Summerhill's son of Grand Slam has got off to a cracking start at stud, with a number of juveniles not only winning but anihilating the opposition in the process ... Read Further

This is the first notice of the planned Breeder Education Seminar in late July focusing on Venereal Disease and Foal Care. ... Read Further

The KZN Breeders Dressage Challenge, being run in conjunction with KZN Dressage is currently being lead by African Drum Beat, ridden by Jennifer Smith for owner Vanessa Gilks, in the lead by seven points ... Read Further

Please join us for our KZN Breeders Race Day luncheon from 11am on 28 June 2015, Durban View Room. A day exclusively dedicated our KZN-bred horses and their connections. Follow the link for further details. ... Read Further

"There’s an old saying in this game, that “class will out”, and the testimony for the truth of it lies in Linngari’s four Stakes winners and seven Stakes performers already, alongside a lengthy schedule four, five, six and eight time winners. Those runners excelled enough to have Linngari second only to the emerging star of French breeding, Le Havre, by 3 year old earnings in 2014" ... Read Further

"Capetown Noir was born into equine royalty. A son of the stallion Emperor, Western Winter, his mother is a former Broodmare of the Year by champion sire, Fort Wood. His grandmother was a Guineas winner by Summerhill’s own Champion, Northern Guest, from a daughter of yet another champion, Jungle Cove. He didn’t disappoint" ... Read Further

The St John Gray bred, owned and trained KZN-bred Yer-Maan, with Quinton Riddle up, won the Gr1 $50 000 Castle Tankard run over 2000m at Borrowdale Park on Saturday ... Read Further

The Gr2 Betting World 1900 runs at Greyville on Friday night and sees KZN horses and Vodacom Durban July entries, Double Clutch, Solar Star and It Is Written making a start ... Read Further

KZN's star juvenile filly, the brilliant unbeaten daughter of Visionaire, Royal Pleasure, leads the Juvenile log of the KZN Breeders Series over 1200m, for a stake of R200 000 each. A race each for colts and fillies is on offer, with 194 juveniles entered competing for just 28 places ... Read Further

The KZN Breeders Series Log is hotting up with Yellow Star-bred Fire The Rocket, leading the 3YO log (and up) by 38 points. The son of Kildonan, formerly named Richtersveld won a brilliant race on Friday night for trainer Doug Campbell in the Sukhraj famous pink silks. ... Read Further

Once again our annual and very successful KZN Breeders Golf Day takes place on Thursday 18 June at Royal Durban and a fantastic day has been planned once more in the lead up to our KZN Breeders Race Day and Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale, including R100 000 worth of prizes up for grabs! ... Read Further

The Scott Bros held their Farm Sale at Durban Shongweni Club on Tuesday assisted by Michael Holmes Bloostock, in beautiful 30 degree autumn weather and a full house of buyers from as far as Gauteng and Kimberley ... Read Further

Scott Bros have two of their stallions highlighted as Miesque's Approval's half-brother by Northern Afleet, a 2012 grey gelding named World Approval placed third at Churchill Downs in the Gr2 American Turf Stakes whilst Crusade's half brother has placed in the UK ... Read Further

Toreador has had three winners in less than a week - with a double at the Vaal on Tuesday 5 May, including a two year old son - a half-brother to sire Way West, winning a dazzling debut by almost 13 lengths over 1200m from Seal My Fate, Neuf De Pape and Elusive Seven ... Read Further

Bush Hill's resident sire King's Chapel had his grand-daughter finish second in the Queen Adelaide Stakes Listed in Australia over 1050m, her first start out since her run in the Gr1 Blue Diamond Stakes at the end of February ... Read Further

Noble Tune's three year old Bernardini half-sister, Lady Serena, broke her maiden at Belmont on Sunday in devastating fashion over 1700m, leading the race from the jump to open up off the corner easily on the dirt track, going on to win powerfully by seven and half lengths ... Read Further

Rathmor and KZN-bred South African and American Gr1 winning Gypsy's Warning, has had her first produce race in Ireland, a dark bay filly named Know(USA) by Street Cry ... Read Further

The top-priced KZN-bred colt was a stunning grey consigned by Summerhill Stud as Lot 418, named Tumbling out of Northern Guest mare Summersault. A number of KZN-bred fillies sold very well. The top-priced KZN-bred filly was Bruce Le Roux's outstanding Trippi, aptly named Trippi's Girl, went to Glen Kotzen for R600 000 ... Read Further

KZN had a successful day once more starting with Rathmor's beautiful chestnut Silvano filly, Judy Silvano. Sold as Lot 179, the half-sister to Gr1 USA and SA winner Gypsy's Warning went to Philip Kahan for R500 000. The top-priced KZN-bred colt came from Clifton Stud, with their stunning and imposing Fort Wood colt out of La Sirenne as Lot 233 ... Read Further

The TBA National Yearling Sale kicked off this afternoon and saw the top price for a handsome chestnut KZN-bred colt from Summerhill Stud, a son of Visionaire selling as Lot 126 for R525 000 and Bruce Le Roux's Kahal daughter fetching R320 000 ... Read Further

The TBA National Yearling Sale kicks off today at 13:00, selling Lots 1-150 on the first day of the three day sale. The catalogue of 449 horses this year has been hailed as one of the strongest ever, with several buyers inspecting this year commenting that their short lists are the longest they have had in years. ... Read Further

International Group winning sire Just As Well has had his two year olds arrive in a serious fashion. After getting Black Type from David Niewenhuizen's Just As I Said in just a handful of runners who have all placed, his speedy R35 000 KZN Yearling Sales graduate son won his second start in stunning fashion by four lengths at the Vaal yesterday on the turf, over 1000m. ... Read Further

The Justin Snaith pairing of KZN-born Futura and last year's winner Legislate head a list of 67 nominations for this year’s R3,5 million Vodacom Durban July, along with a number of KZN-bred and associated horses including Double Clutch and the very smart looking Run Rhino Run ... Read Further

Bush Hill Stud stand the first son of Australian sire sensation Redoute's Choice in South Africa, a very big and handsome four year old Redoute's Promise who covered his first season in 2014. "Redoute’s Choice is once again available to breeders at a fee of $110,000 inc. GST," stated Arrowfield's website ... Read Further

Spring Valley Stud's Just As I Said by Roski Stud's young sire Just As Well, leads the Juvenile Log once more from Visionaire's unbeaten filly Royal Pleasure, partly owned by breeder Team Valor and Mr and Mrs Anant and Vaneshree Singh, as well as the 3A Racing Syndicate ... Read Further

Congratulations to trainer Paul Lafferty and the winning connections of the courageous Double Clutch bred by Derek Martin, leading the way while St John Gray's Form Up continues in second position and breeder Anton Proctor's Ideal World filly Patchitup Baby in third position for trainer Duncan Howells ... Read Further

There was hardly a dry eye in the house when Paul Lafferty’s Stronghold four year old Double Clutch galloped his way to glory in Friday evening’s R135 000 Listed Easter Handicap at Greyville, after making an incredible come back from West Nile Virus ... Read Further

Gr1 Middle Park Stakes winning Crusade, standing at Scott Bros, had his half-brother Sir Henry Raeburn(IRE) out of mare La Traviata win his fourth start over seven furlongs for trainer Paul Cole and owner Mr RA Green ... Read Further

The sire of Rathmor Stud's highly anticipated young stallion, Noble Tune, who is the only son of Unbridled's Song to stand on the African continent and hails from one of the world's best female lines - it isnt surprising to see Unbridled's Song sitting fourth on the 2015 American Broodmare Sires List as of 7 April 2015 and 35th on the Leading Sires list in America nationally ... Read Further

Named after the province of Piemonte in Italy where the Scribante’s family home remains (which Lee returns to every year), the stud is a family owned business with the father and son duo of Lee and Dino Scribante, both sharing a common love of speed and competition in a variety of sports and disciplines ... Read Further

Continuing to stamp himself as a top sire, Kahal got a treble at Greyville Friday Night racing with additional wins at the Vaal and Scottsville. Kahal currently lies fifth on the NHRA National Sires Log as of 7 April ... Read Further

The big race day at Turffontein on Saturday saw a number of KZN horses finishing high up in the Graded race placings including Mogok Master, Fortitude and Lion Emblem. ... Read Further

From just six runners from his first and only crop, Bankable(IRE) had his first winner on Saturday at Turffontein in the familiar green and white colours of owner-trainer St John Gray. The two year old filly named Parisienne Chic won fourth time out over 1400m at Turffontein, bred by Nicola and Marc Coppez of Balmoral Stud ... Read Further

Visionaire, has got his stallion career off to great heights with five winners achieved in March alone, including from his small crop of first foals running in the USA. The Summerhill resident son of Grand Slam has a particularly smart filly bred by Barry Irwin's Team Valor, who have retained a share in the talented chestnut two year old along with the 3A Racing Syndicate and Mrs Vanashree and Mr Anant Singh ... Read Further

After last year's success of the KZN Breeders Dressage Challenge which was enthusiastically supported by competitive Thoroughbred owners in the discipline of Dressage, KZN Breeders and KZN Dressage have once again joined to highlight the Thoroughbred horse and their successful competitive careers after racing ... Read Further

Well done to owner, breeder and trainer St John Gray who heads up the current Log with Form Up, and Al Miqdaam's talented chestnut son Al Ciberano follows in second position for breeder Robert Smith. Backworth Stud have the first two of the top three in the Juvenile Log, and currently lie in third position on the 3YO log ... Read Further

KZN Breeders Series updated Juvenile Log as of 26 March 2015, for 2YO's and up. Spring Valley Stud's Just As I Said by Roski Stud's young sire Just As Well, leads the Juvenile Log which will see two races run for a stake of R200 000 each on our KZN Breeders Race Day ... Read Further

Summerhill Stud will be represented at the CTS Emperors Palace Select Yearling Sale with seven choice lots available. Continuing their domination over the National Breeders Log for the past ten years, Summerhill celebrated 10 years as the National Leading Breeders by stakes earned last year and they continue to lead by almost close to R2million ... Read Further

Kahal continues the lead as National Leading Sire on Sand by Stakes earned according to sportingpost.co.za, whilst still remaining in fifth position overall Nationally, according to the NHRA's current stats ... Read Further

The Cape Thoroughbred Sales March Yearling Sales topper, Lot 195 named Torro Del Oro, is a colt by Trippi - purchased for a sales-topping R1,3 million on Sunday by Rainbow Beach Trading. The colt is out of Fort Sylvia, a winning Fort Wood daughter of an impeccably-bred American mare named Lydara, who stood at Roski Stud ... Read Further

"Rosedene Stud’s well performed young stallion The Apache has made a pleasing start to his fledgling stud career. The Mogok son covered around about 40 mares in his first season at stud, with pleasing fertility" - Sarah Whitelaw ... Read Further

Peter and Jenny Blyth of Clifton Stud were very pleased over the weekend with the fantastic double on Friday night at Greyville for their young sire A.P. Answer. What An Answer, bred by Doug Campbell's Sugar Hill Stud took home the fourth race on turf, followed by Clifton-bred Golden Answer winning the fifth. ... Read Further

Thank you to our race sponsors for our big KZN Breeders Race Day with stakes of R2,6million exclusively for KZN-bred racehorses, taking place 28 June 2015 at Greyville racecourse. Entry to the racecourse is free, come dressed in black and white! ... Read Further

Miesque's Approval is in the news once more with an exciting win at Greyville on the Polytrack, 15 March, over 1600m won by Rocky Bay - followed by three other sons of Miesque's Approval in a remarkable 1-2-3-4 ... Read Further

The TBA National Yearling Sale comes up in April where 128 yearlings will be available from KZN. Yearlings registered with the KZN Breeders Premium Scheme qualify for our KZN Breeders Race Day, including our Series of eight R200 000 races, as well as the 2017 KZN Breeders Million Mile. See the list for qualifying horses from the Nationals ... Read Further

It is only the middle of March and Mooi River is already a very cool place to be on a very wet and rain-filled day on a trip to meet Al Miqdaam - a strongly built son of Danehill who has had only two runners on the track - and both winners - including the exciting and handsome chestnut in Tony Rivalland's yard, Al Ciberano, bred by Robert Smith ... Read Further

KZN Breeders Horse Of The Year, Futura, is lying seventh on the coveted Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings as of 8 March 2015 ... Read Further

KZN-bred Jet Master filly Cassie O' Malley found the winners enclosure for Roski Stud once more. Her Toreador half-brother is on offer at the upcoming TBA National Yearling Sales in April ... Read Further

Proving to be the king of the polytracks, Scott Bros resident sire Miesque's Approval is leading nationally as the top sire on artificial going. He has several smart, well-related yearlings being offered from various farms around KZN at the upcoming TBA National Yearling Sale ... Read Further

The KZN Breeders Series Logs as of 8 March 2015 with the top twenty horses listed for each of the Two Year Olds and Three Year Olds and up - each for a stake of R200 000 exclusively for KZN-breds ... Read Further

Yellow Star's resident sire Kildonan had a double at Kenilworth on Saturday in the first and fourth race, with Saint Donan winning over 1200m and Revved Up over 2000m ... Read Further

"Racing and breeding are closely intertwined on so many levels, and one finds connections in all sorts of places. On February 27th this year a colt Final Chapter won an allowance race over six furlongs at Aqueduct Park, New York." ... Read Further

Yet to be out of the money from four starts and knocking on the door for a win, Just As Well's two year old colt, Just As I Said, ran third to Isca in the Storm Bird Listed for trainer David Niewenhuizen and owner Mr JM Cola. Ridden by Anthony Delpech at Turffontein over 1000m in very soft going, this colt is certainly one to be watched ... Read Further

Lane's End Racing and Dell Ridge Farm's Honor Code, a half-brother to Gr2 and Gr3 winning Noble Tune, in his first start of 2015 saw him mow down the front-runners with a strong rally to capture the $300,000 Gr2 Gulfstream Park Handicap ... Read Further

The ill-fated son of Danehill who stood at Summerhill a few years back, Stronghold, has had two winners recently with Double Clutch taking home the Non-Black Type umThombothi Stakes over 2000m, whilst Yellow Star-bred Supercede took the honours at Greyville yesterday in the Umzinzi Handicap (Non-Black Type) ... Read Further

The Michael Holmes Horses In Training Sale took place on Wednesday at the Durban Shongweni Club. The overcast weather with a bit of rain didnt deter the sale from being a full house of buyers, with plenty of trainers and buyers coming not only from KZN, but Gauteng and the Northern Cape ... Read Further

Peter and Jenny Blyth of Clifton Stud have had two Gr3 wins in a week, the second coming from their beautiful Jet Master filly, aptly named Whatalady, yesterday in the Gr3 Acacia Handicap. She is a half-sister to the ill-fated Fort Vogue, who passed away in Dubai ... Read Further

With visitors from as far afield as Mauritius, Mogadishu, France and Cyprus, the 2015 Emperors Palace Summer Ready To Run Sale held at the School Of Equine Management Excellence at the magnificent Summerhill Stud, produced a satisfactory outcome in the current economic climate with the quality catalogue underpinning some enthusiastic bidding ... Read Further

King's Chapel is the broodmare sire of Sebring filly Thurlow, who lines up in the Gr1 Blue Diamond Stakes on Saturday in Australia. She is out of one of King's Chapel's best progeny produced to date, Princess Emmy. "You know, she can’t do more than what she has been doing and has earned her opportunity." ... Read Further

After the recent loss of Muhtafal, KZN lost another stalwart stallion in King Of Kings this week at The Fort Stud, due to cardiac arrest at age 20. Topping the National Two Year Old log by Stakes earned on more than one occasion, King Of Kings was the last son of Sadlers Wells to stand in KZN at stud ... Read Further

Jill Fox of The Fort Stud is thrilled to report 10 winners this year along with a number of places, from horses that have come from her lovely farm in Fort Nottingham - either bred, raised, and/or backed and pretrained at The Fort Stud ... Read Further

Following the Summer Ready To Run Sale on Tuesday, 24th February at the School of Equine Management Excellence, the following well-known KZN stallions will be sold to the highest bidder ... Read Further

Clifton Stud-bred Print The Pounds won the Gr3 Zimbabwe Guineas yesterday over 1600m at Borrowdale, her fourth win a row for sire A.P. Answer. The appropriately named three year old filly has yet to be out of the money from nine starts - winning and placing from all them, favouring the distance of a mile ... Read Further

The two greys fought it out to the finish in the Gr3 General George Handicap on 16 February, both colts with a common denominator - Unbridled's Song. Misconnect goes one further in relation to Noble Tune ... Read Further

The second published KZN Breeders Series Log for two year olds has seen the lead overtaken by impressive Backworth-bred debut winner, Scandal ... Read Further

Risky Rosco continues to lead the KZN Breeders Series Log published 16 February. Bred by Peter and Jenny Blyth of Clifton Stud, the big son of Atso out of Dolphin Beach is a half-brother to Gr3 winner East Beach. Risky Rosco is owned by Koos De Klerk, trained by Chris Erasmus out his satellite yard at Yellow Star Stud in Mooi River ... Read Further

The KZN Breeders Club held its Annual General Meeting yesterday at the Nottingham Road Hotel, which was very well supported with a full house. The Board of Directors of the KZN Breeders Club remains largely unchanged ... Read Further

They could be yours: Mullins Bay, Solskjaer and Way West on auction: 24 February. Contact Greig Muir stallions@summerhill.co.za or 082 414 8790 ... Read Further

Voted KZN's Freshman Sire at our KZN Breeders Awards in 2014, Fort Beluga has produced four winners for February to date - including three winners over a period of three days. Sporting Post's Sire stats as of 15 February show Fort Beluga to have a 50% runners to winners ratio from 30 runs this season - Fort Beluga is certainly a sad loss to breeding in KZN ... Read Further

Roski-bred Journeyman provided Mike De Kock with a last-minute birthday winner in the featured 1600m Xpress Turf Handicap at Meydan Racecourse’s domestic fixture on Saturday afternoon ... Read Further

"The past century has thrown up some great foundation mares who have gone onto play a significant role in breeding and racing affairs around the world. One such mare was Almahmoud, who through her top class daughters has sired some of the century's most influential racehorses and sires, Northern Dancer, Halo, Artic Tern and Machiavellian." ... Read Further

Shadwell Stud and Spring Valley Stud recently announced the death of KZN stallion MUHTAFAL. The last son of Mr Prospector to stand at stud in South Africa and most successful in the Southern Hemisphere, Muhtafal will always be remembered for his good looks, powerful physique and the speed he put into his progeny ... Read Further

Bush Hill's resident stallions King's Chapel, Toreador and former resident sire Kahal made news over the weekend, both locally and internationally ... Read Further

King's Chapel has got his stallion career in South Africa off the mark with City Express winning a great race at Fairview by a nose over 1000m on turf in slightly soft going, whilst King's Chapel also had a second in New Zealand Gr3 White Robe Lodge earlier today with Chapel Star(NZ) ... Read Further

Anton Proctor had three of his beautifully KZN-bred fillies win within a week, Tapaway and Patchit Up Baby winning at Scottsville on Sunday and Dangerous Diva going on to win at the Vaal on Tuesday ... Read Further

"I guess the first thing that we need talk about, is really what a bit actually is. To start off with its not a device to inflict pain, its a tool to communicate with your horse." ... Read Further

Two beautifully-bred KZN-breds have placed at Meydan on 29 and 31 January for trainer Mike De Kock, Alareef and Journeyman ... Read Further

The first KZN Breeders Series Log for two year olds is being led by Just As I Said, bred by Bruce Le Roux of Spring Valley Farm. The two year old colt is from the first crop of international globe-trotter and multiple Group winning sire, Just As Well, to race ... Read Further

Clifton-bred Risky Rosco, a big chestnut son of Atso, leads the first KZN Breeders Series Log published as of 2 February. The KZN Breeders Race Day is one of the biggest on Gold Circle's racing calender during Champion's Season, with a total stakes value of R2,600 000 landing in the hands of the winning connections of KZN-bred racehorses for the day ... Read Further

Racing fans at the 2015 Vodacom Durban July at Greyville Racecourse on Saturday 4 July can expect a visual voyage of sartorial elegance as the 119th edition of the iconic raceday is staged to a nautical theme of "The Captains Table" ... Read Further

Bloodstock South Africa's yearling inspectors - Kerry Jack and Patrick Kruyer - paid a visit to KZN this week, to inspect the KZN yearlings across the KZN Midlands for the TBA's National Yearling Sale in April 2015 ... Read Further

“With the 2015 racing season now well under way, the latest Sporting Post Breeders’ Statistics reflect Backworth Stud’s percentage of ‘Winners to Runners’ surpassing an impressive 48%.” ... Read Further

Born at Yellow Star Stud and bred by Guy Murdoch, Futura stamped his authority on South African racing by storming home to an easy victory in the Gr1 J&B Met, just weeks after his facile win in the Gr1 Queens Plate for trainer Brett Crawford ... Read Further

Upon arrival at Backworth there is a welcoming feeling of warmth and tranquility. There is a surrounding breath-taking beauty, and one senses the attention to detail purpose which reaches from the impeccable facilities, to each paddock housing quality mares with outstanding pedigrees ... Read Further

This time as a paternal grandsire, Spectrum had a bay colt sell at the Karaka Select Yearling Sale for a sale-topping $525 000. The colt sold as Lot 610, a son of Tartan Bearer(IRE). His purchase price of $525,000 is record for the select sale since 2008 ... Read Further

At Trentham in New Zealand, star three year old filly Platinum Witness (California Dane-Chartreuse, by St. Petersburg) scored by two lengths for trainer Lisa Latta in the NZ$70,000 Gr3 Desert Gold Stakes over 1600m for three year old fillies ... Read Further

It is pleasing to see a number of KZN Sires represented at the Val De Vie Yearling Sale taking place in Franschoek, amongst them will be the first yearling to be sold by Summerhill's resident sire Golden Sword, as well as others by Toreador, Strategic News, Mogok and Kildonan ... Read Further

Scott Bros had a great weekend's racing with six winners produced by their stallions over three days at four tracks - three winners on Sunday at Scottsville alone each by Miesque's Approval, whilst Black Pepper grabbed his fourth consecutive win at Flamingo Park this afternoon ... Read Further

Clifton Stud had a great race day on Sunday with Print The Pounds taking home the first leg of the Zimbabwean Triple Tiara and Super Trouper winning his 10th race at Borrowdale, whilst Atso gelding Risky Rosco took home his second win at Scottsville ... Read Further

One of the world's rarest Thoroughbreds, KZN-born Gran Blanco is scheduled to have his first start on the track in Gauteng soon, under the care of trainer Robbie Sage. Bred by Mike and Tanya McHardy of Rathmor Stud, the three year old white medicine hat colt by Kahal, was recently purchased by Mike's sister Jeanette McHardy ... Read Further

The CTS Cape Premier Yearling Sale saw KZN achieve success with Middlefield Stud's Fort Wood yearling out of Linsumi sell for R1million whilst Bush Hill Stud's resident sire Curved Ball had his first yearling sell. Other stallions to feature were Toreador, Kahal and Spectrum ... Read Further

"Irish Flame is in Kahal's paddock because that is what we believe he will emulate," as Warwick watches the tall dark bay stallion by Dynasty, with a dappled coat ... Read Further

Visionaire had his first winner at Scottsville yesterday over 1000m, the two year old filly Royal Pleasure showing plenty of speed to annihilate the field on debut by close to seven lengths for her owners, the 3 A Racing Syndicate (Nom: Mr W A W Bowman), Mr Andy Williams & Mrs J A Wintle. The filly sold for just R30 000 at the 2014 Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale ... Read Further

The Ormond Ferraris-trained Gr3 Magnolia Handicap winner Lazer Star, by Toreador, retained her unbeaten record with a facile win in Saturday’s R150 000 Listed Swallow Stakes run over the Turffontein 1160m straight. ... Read Further

Kildonan's progeny have won two races over the last two days with Beach Goddess and Scots Snog. His Gr2 winning daughter who was awarded the Cape Racing Award for Juvenile Filly last year - Rosier, is scheduled to run this afternoon in the Gr2 Sceptre Stakes at Kenilworth ... Read Further

A half-sister to the third dam of Rathmor's resident sire Noble Tune, flashy chestnut mare Pure Symmetry, sold for $230 000 at the recent Keeneland January Sale. She is out of champion racemare Serena's Song by Storm Cat - a half-sister to Serena's Tune (by Mr Prospector). ... Read Further

The KZN Breeders Club Annual General Meeting will take place on 17 February at the Nottingham Road Hotel at 11am. Please rsvp to candiesemarnewick@gmail.com for catering purposes.

The Irish-bred broodmare Up, a grand-daughter of Yellow Star Stud's resident sire Spectrum, gave a big lift to Keeneland's January horses of all ages sale 13 January, selling for a sale-leading $2.2 million at the auction's second session ... Read Further

Recent Gr2 Victory Moon Stakes winner, Scott-bred Judicial, placed third in the Gr3 London News Stakes just two lengths off whilst Spectrum had a Gr3 place as broodmare sire with Mljet finishing second in the Gr3 Politician Stakes on the weekend ... Read Further

Brett Crawford’s outstanding KZN-bred Futura set course for a serious assault on the Gr1 J&B Met in three weeks time, as he stormed to victory in the L’Ormarins Gr1 Queen’s Plate at Kenilworth. Out of a Badger's Drift mare, Futura was born at Yellow Star Stud in Mooi River, bred by Guy Murdoch ... Read Further

Recent news in is that Crusade's dam, La Traviata by Johannesburg, has been covered by Galileo this season. She has visited the Champion son of Sadlers Wells previously, producing a yearling filly in 2013. The blood-horse.com says of La Traviata as a racehorse: "If speed is the essence of a good racehorse, then there is little question that La Traviata is a good one." ... Read Further

"Gentildonna's sire Deep Impact is fast overtaking his own great sire Sunday Silence as one of the most influential sires of the modern Japanese era. There is not much left to say about Sunday Silence that hasn't already been said, his impact on breeding and racing has been so profound and lasting, that he is revered and spoken of like a god in Japan." - Lisa Barrett ... Read Further

Close Hatches, closely related in pedigree to Rathmor's new resident sire Noble Tune, has been nominated for the upcoming 44th Eclipse Awards in the category of Older Female taking place 17 January. Noble Tune's third dam, the great racemare Serena's Song, has been retired from breeding at age 22 ... Read Further

Summerhill's Summer Ready To Run Sale takes place on 24 February 2015 at Summerhill Stud. Its sale graduates include the likes of multiple Group winner and performer, the big chestnut son of Kahal, No Worries ... Read Further

The best performed daughter of Admire Main to date, Admiral's Eye, added yet more Bold Black Type to her pedigree by placing third in the Gr3 Flamboyant Stakes at Greyville. Her dam Surfer's Eye borders on a broodmare phenomenon - having produced eight runners, seven winners - with four of them achieving Black Type status, not a statistic common among broodmares ... Read Further

Voted the Cape's Juvenile Filly Of The Year at the Cape Racing Awards, Rosier finished second to Cold As Ice at Kenilworth on 27 December in the Laisserfaire Stakes Listed over 1100m, with Varikate and Als Bonanaza placing respectively behind the Kildonan filly ... Read Further