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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 NHRA and TBA visited the KZN Breeders on the 9 December at the beautiful venue of Gowrie Gold Club. Colin Hall of the NHRA was warmly received, providing an informative presentation of the new online registration system whilst Susan Rowett, Chairperson of the TBA, provided a very positive and enthusiastic feedback session of the past year's sales ... Read Further

Noble Tune, currently standing his first season at Rathmor, saw his immediate pedigree making news headlines again - this time in the sales ring at Keeneland. His weanling half-sister sold for a record $US3-million at the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale ... Read Further

Sunday saw Bloodstock South Africa host their annual Ready To Run Sale held at the TBA complex in Germiston.Top-priced KZN-bred filly was sold for R220 000. By Brave Tin Soldier filly out of Argentine mare Logetta (by Fitzcarraldo) ... Read Further

The Cape Thoroughbred Sales Johannesburg Read To Run Sale took place on Friday and saw 138 Lots sold for an average of R178 841 each, from 146 horses catalogued. Topping the list of top-priced KZN-breds was a magnificent and well related colt by Kahal ... Read Further

The Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale once again ended on a high, a sale that continues to grow and gains strength each year - especially with the number of Group Winning Graduates it has yielded since inception ... 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

KZN had a very successful day on the first of two of the National Yearling Sale - with three KZN-breds reaching a R1-million and more. The breeders of Gr1 winning Chocolicious who sold in foal to Frankel last year, Backworth Stud set the tone immediately with their magnificent Silvano colt, Lot 5 named Alloy, selling to Form Bloodstock for R1-million ... Read Further

Rathmor's National Yearling Sales draft includes a half-brother by Kahal to US Gr1 winner Gypsy's Warning, a Windrush colt out of a half-sister to In A Rush, as well as progeny by Var, Mogok and A.P Answer ... Read Further

The draft of yearlings from Backworth Stud for the Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale on 27 & 28 April 2013 ... Read Further

Roski Stud's National Yearling Sales draft includes the first outstanding progeny of Gr1 winning Just As Well, including an aptly named yearling colt Unbelievable. Their draft also has a Toreador half-brother to Gr2 Journeyman who has headed to Dubai ... Read Further

King’s Chapel standing at Bush Hill Stud, has proven himself overseas with winners weekly in various countries such as New Zealand, Australia, Macau, Singapore and Hong Kong. He has his first crop of yearlings on offer at the upcoming Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale ... Read Further

he Thoroughbred Breeders Association have released the list the of qualifying horses for the KZN Yearling Sale Million - a race that was richly supported in its inaugural running last year on Vodacom Durban July day, which saw the Group-placed Ace Antonius from Highlands Farms Stud snatch the R1-million purse from Jimmi Choo ... Read Further

The following horses entered into the Emperors Palace National Yearling Sales in black font are registered as 'KZN-breds' and make them eligible for entry into the KZN Breeders Race Day for stakes of R2,4 million exclusively for KZN-breds ... Read Further

Invitation to the Emperors Palace Summer Ready To Run Sale taking place 18 February 2014 - No Worries a prior graduate of this sale ... Read Further

It’s getting tight, but if you’re a candidate with a ticket in a race this week, you’ve still got a shot at lining up for the Emperor’s Palace Ready To Run Cup. In the past week alone, three more put up their hands, and the field doesn’t close till the fat lady sings ... Read Further

It’s getting tight, but if you’re a candidate with a ticket in a race this week, you’ve still got a shot at lining up for the Emperor’s Palace Ready To Run Cup. In the past week alone, three more put up their hands, and the field doesn’t close till the fat lady sings ... Read Further

Each horse is eligible for the world’s richest Ready To Run Sales race, the Emperors Palace Ready To Run Cup, with a 2013 stake of R3 million, making it the second biggest race in the country. Limited to the sales candidates, these are irresistible odds ... Read Further

The Balmoral Stud and Yellow Star Stud Ready To Run gallops for the Emperors Palace Ready To Run Sale will be taking place on Friday 18 October at Yellow Star Stud from 10:30am. Balmoral will be showing a string of 60 horses ... Read Further

The Ready To Run gallops for the Emperors Palace Ready To Run Sale will be taking place on Friday 11 October at Summerhill Stud, kicking off at 11 am. Bloodstock South Africa announced a world-class catalogue ... Read Further

KZN's top-priced colt for the second day went to Lot 276, a beautiful big A.P. Answer colt out of the mare La Favourite by Foveros, bred and consigned by Scott Bros. The colt sold for R100 000 to Howells Racing ... Read Further

The first day of the National Two Year Old Sale kicked off yesterday and saw two of KZN's top colts sell for R100 000 and R90 000 respectively. A recent graduate of the National Two Year Old sale includes The Apache ... Read Further

The Emperors Palace National Two Year Old sale kicks off tomorrow at 13:00, with Lot 1 - 200 going through on the first day. A sale that sold the likes of The Apache, 85 Of the horses offered on sale are KZN-bred, including a half-sister to Gr 3 winner Flash Drive and Gr 2 winner Silver Age ... Read Further

The KZN Mixed Sale took place at Aldora Stud on Wednesday and saw St Helier Stud's Syd Rosseau purchase the top-priced mare sold by Summerhill Sales for R130 000 ... Read Further

The KZN-breds also continued their momentum with top-priced colt on the second day being an outstanding individual - a Var colt from Peter and Jenny Blyth's Clifton Stud - Lot 422 out of Gr 2 winning mare Glenrossal sold for R650 000 ... Read Further

Following great international interest, the first white medicine hat Thoroughbred born in South Africa, bred in KZN by Rathmor Stud - as well as the first to pass through the Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale - has been sold for R220 000 ... Read Further

The first day of the 2013 Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale saw some pleasing results for the KZN Breeders. Clifton Stud had the highest priced yearling and colt of the day, with Lot 127 Tom's Legacy, a Silvano colt ... Read Further

The draft of yearlings from Roski Stud for the Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale on 26 & 28 April 2013, including half-siblings to 4-length debut winner Journeyman, Chrissy Sanchez and much more ... Read Further

Sporting Post have launched their Sale Supplement online, and it will be available in print form from tomorrow. There is huge excitement surrounding the upcoming Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale ... Read Further

The draft of yearlings from Summerhill Stud for the Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale on 26 & 28 April 2013, including a half-sibling to Paris Perfect and Diamond Quest, full-brother to Art Of War ... Read Further

The draft of yearlings from Bush Hill Stud for the Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale on 26 & 28 April 2013, including a three-quarter brother to Gr 2 winner The Mouseketeer ... Read Further

The draft of yearlings from Backworth Stud for the Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale on 26 & 28 April 2013, including a half-sibling to Gr 2 winner First Again ... Read Further

Lot 113, a bay yearling 'Spangle', by Trippi out of Refined Gold by Rich Man's Gold has attracted the attention of buyers ahead of the National Yearling Sales. Keith Russon of Backworth Stud says he                       has fielded calls from across the country from interested buyers ... Read Further

More exciting news out of KZN, is the KZN Breeders Juvenile Million race to be held on 6 July - Vodacom Durban July day for a stake of R1-million. This race is open to two year-olds who                        graduated off last years 2012 Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale ... Read Further

The draft of yearlings from Yellow Star Stud for the Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale on 26 & 28 April 2013, include a colt and a filly by Var ... Read Further

The draft of yearlings from Hadlow Stud for the Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale on 26 & 28 April 2013, including a half-sister to 13-time winner Celtic Fire ... Read Further

A recent visit to the beautiful Backworth Stud in Eston revealed a quality draft of yearlings. Last year's winners of the KZN Breeder's Breeders Achievement Award, Keith Russon and Ian Todd look to have, yet again, a string of impressive yearlings that will no doubt be attractive to a range of                       buyers ... Read Further

The draft of yearlings from Spring Valley Stud for the Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale on 26 & 28 April 2013, including half-siblings to Soul Master and Napoleon Dynamite ... Read Further

Known for being market leaders, we have the confidence in both our broodmares and Badger's Drift, to offer the following to perspective buyers in a "100 % BUY BACK SCHEME" ... Read Further

Tom Callaghan of Bloodstock South Africa is pleased to announce that they have revamped their Added Value Stakes Incentive program as part their continued efforts to reward excellence in breeding and racing ... Read Further

A.P. Arrow's daughter Free Flight places in the East Cape Fillies Nursery Listed, two KZN-breds impress in the Sentinel Stakes, Putney Flyer continues good form for Miesque's Approval and another winner for Yellow Star Stud with Westonian in Kenya ... Read Further

Two sales graduates of the 2012 Suncoast KZN Yearling Sales have done their breeders and KZN proud over the weekend - the first is Jimmi Choo, bred by Cathy and Jonathan Martin of Hadlow Stud winning the Storm Bird Listed, and the second is Virgo's Babe, bred by Midlands Thoroughbreds who                       ran a close second in her third start in the Ruffian Listed ... Read Further

The Michael Holmes Bloodstock Shongweni Horses In Training Sale for 2013 took place at Shongweni on Thursday 21 February. 161 Lots were offered for sale, with only eight horses not sold and 25 withdrawals. The average price achieved per horse was R45, 976.19 ... Read Further

A KZN-bred colt who has drawn world-wide attention since his birth, and the only one-of-a-kind Thoroughbred in the country, Gran Blanco (meaning Great White) is being offered at the Emperor's Palace National Yearling Sale beginning on 26 April ... Read Further

he Emperors Palace Summer Ready-To-Run Sale took place at Summerhill Stud on Wednesday and fortunately the weather timed itself perfectly for the Stallion Parade and Sale consisting of 65 lots ... Read Further

"While there is always hope that there are several Northern Guests and Home Guards in our present band, if you were to ask which of our gambles we would like most to pay off" ... Read Further

The Thoroughbred Breeders Association have launched their catalogue online for the upcoming Emperor's Palace National Yearling Sale, taking place 26 and 28 April 2013. View a list of qualifying KZN-breds that will be presented at the upcoming National Sale ... Read Further

The Chairman of the TBA, Susan Rowett, and Bloodstock South Africa CEO Tom Callaghan, visited KZN last week where a productive 'meet & greet' was held with discussions over the future of racing, breeding and sales in South Africa ... Read Further

It was Winston Churchill that immortalised the two-fingered sign of triumph, yet those who've raised their catalogues at the past two editions of the Emperor's Palace Summer Ready To Run Sale, would have good cause to do the same ... Read Further

Backworth Stud enjoyed John Kramer and Kerry Jack’s visit to inspect our yearlings nominated for the 2013 Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale, and are pleased to share that despite bad weather, our ‘nominated yearlings’ were well received. The horses did themselves proud ... Read Further

2012 Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale graduate, Ace Antonius, won his debut at Kenilworth yesterday in the first race by an incredible two lengths. Now a two year old colt, Ace Antonius sold for just R40 000 at the Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale seven months ago ... Read Further

KZN Breeders caught up with John Kramer and Kerry Jack from Bloodstock South Africa while they were undertaking their national yearling inspection process on Wednesday last week. John and Kerry were in KZN from Monday to Thursday to inspect yearlings ... Read Further

Well done to the KZN consignors on a hugely successful sale, with five of the six horses sold for over R1 million being bred or prepared in KZN. Balmoral, owned by Nicola and Marc Coppez, sold two of their significant draft (Lot 31 and Lot 94) for R1 million and R1,6 million ... Read Further

The first day of trading was headed by a KZN-bred filly who fetched R1.5 million, bred by Summerhill Stud – thus equalling the 2011 sales topper overall. She is by the great KZN-bred Champion sire Jet Master, who also sired the session’s top priced colt ... Read Further

It's never happened before. Probably not in South Africa, certainly not in racing. Our Guests of Honour for this year's renewal of the Emperors Palace Ready To Run Cup (and its attendant sale) are His Majesty King Letsie III of Lesotho and Princess Charlene of Monaco ... Read Further

In the year of Igugu, we still drove all the way to the Vaal for the Emperors Palace Ready To Run draw. Mike de Kock had three in the field; Checcetti, Checkeche and Igugu, and they drew 13, 14 and 15; some line-up, some draw! ... Read Further

The gallops are over, the judges have handed down their verdicts, and the horses are at the TBA Sales complex in Germiston, awaiting your inspection. The Emperor's Palace Ready To Run Sale is now entering its final phases, and because ... Read Further

Meanwhile though, “Plum” isn’t just a pretty face when it comes to things beyond rugby. As a farm boy from Taranaki, New Zealand, he knows his stock, and he’s just about excited as we are about the gallop of “Plumtree” last Friday ... Read Further

Racing's constitutional court handed down its verdict on the Emperor's Palace Ready To Run Gallops on Friday afternoon, and while they were split in their choices of the outstanding performers on the day, they were universally at one on the depth and the quality of what they saw ... Read Further

A visit to Rathmor Stud to see their famous white colt, Gran Blanco, reveals a very well-grown and mature yearling colt. He is a standout from the crowd, immediately catching your eye in the beautiful landscape of Rathmor Stud's rolling green paddocks ... Read Further

The Emperors Palace Ready-To-Run Sale Gallops took place on a magnificent blue skies at Summerhill Stud. In typical Summerhill fashion, it was a superbly organised day together with Bloodstock South Africa, with the who's who of racing present ... Read Further

Timing is everything, no doubt about it. Who would have thought that a stallion of Admire Main's pedigree and aptitude would be a sire of quality juveniles. It just goes to show, class counts ... Read Further

"We’ve had a couple of queries about whether the next Igugu is in this draft. Here is our response to that question:" ... Read Further

There’s something about a racehorse auction that you find nowhere else. Not at Sotheby’s nor Christie’s, nor anywhere. By the nature of the beast, a racehorse evokes a greater passion, considerably more ego, and there’s nothing a rich man wants more ... Read Further

There are not too many exceptions to the rule that those who've found the best prospects, have been influenced by the way the horses galloped. That's how Gary Alexander found Pierre Jourdan, it's the way Paul Matchett unravelled Mannequin ... Read Further

There are a number of things that make the Emperors Palace Ready To Run Sale unique, locally and abroad. Firstly, its associated race, the R2.5 million Ready To Run Cup boasts the richest prize money of any race of its kind in the world ... Read Further

If there's been a landmark in innovation in the sales scene in the last quarter of a century, it's the Emperors Place Ready To Run. The idea took root at Summerhill because they were battling to compete at conventional sales with the established vendors of the era ... Read Further

"You've often heard it said that horses are a language we can all share. Sometimes there are quiet asides, sometimes dramatic moments, but there is always a story to tell, and the Emperor's Palace Ready To Run sale is littered with the sort of anecdotes on which the racing game" ... Read Further

"It's quite astonishing how quickly the prize money for the Emperor's Palace Ready To Run Cup has catapulted to its new level of R2,5 million. We need to remember that just five years ago it made headlines at R500 000" ... Read Further

After piling up accolades on the racetrack and in the breeding shed, A.P. Indy will take a bow for his stallion career with his 18th and final crop in the Keeneland September yearling sale writes Joe Nevills of Thoroughbredtimes.com. The A.P Indy influence has gripped KZN ...   Read Further

The upcoming Keeneland Yearling Sale will take place from 10 to 21 September, which will see an incredible figure of 3604 yearlings being presented for sale. What grabs our attention is a colt and filly being made available on the sale, half-siblings to young sires in KZN ...   Read Further

Michael Holmes Bloodstock will be holding a total dispersal sale of the racing and breeding stock of the late Roy Eckstein, and Mr and Mrs RC Muir, who own magnificent sire Ravishing standing at Summerhill Stud ... Read Further

The Bloodstock South Africa/TBA National Two Year Old sale took place over the past weekend on Friday and Sunday and by all accounts, was a very successful sale for the TBA ...    Read Further

The Bloodstock South Africa/TBA National Two Year Old sale starts at the TBA sales complex in Johannesburg on 10 August at 1pm, with Lots 1-175 going under the hammer on the first day. Day 2 takes place on Sunday 12 August, starting at 11am and will see Lots 176-379 ...    Read Further

The beautiful grounds of Yellow Star Stud in Mooi River played host once again this year to the KZN Mixed Sale, where broodmares, weanlings, two year olds, fillies for stud and horses-in-training were offered and saw a record paid for a weanling colt since 2008 ...    Read Further

The annual KZN Mixed Sale takes place at Yellow Star Stud in Mooi River on Thursday, 12 July, and will start at 12pm. The sale consists of broodmares, weanlings, fillies coming off the track for stud, two year olds and horses in training ...    Read Further

Day two of the 2012 Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale saw an exciting momentum continue and increase from yesterday. The atmosphere was electric in the sales ring, history was made with the highest price ever paid for a horse that has passed through the KZN Yearling Sale ring ...    Read Further

Day one of the 2012 Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale started off with a bang, with many breeders reporting that they had the most interest shown in their horses in many years. The aggregate increased significantly this year ...    Read Further

Day 1, will see the sale start at 12h00 with Lots 1 – 150 going under the hammer. Day 2 kicks off on 6 July at 12h00 again with Lots 151 – 252. Keep a watch on our
Facebook Page, KZN Breeders, for updates throughout out the sale ...    Read Further

The stables at Suncoast were abuzz with activity yesterday with an exciting atmosphere pervading. The yearling strings go out to exercise early in the morning next to the promenade and it is always a moving sight watching the horses marching next to their grooms in uniform - and one much enjoyed                        by the public who all stop to look ...    Read Further

We have a look at the full and half siblings of Stakes winners in the catalogue that will be on offer at the Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale taking place 5 and 6 July 2012 at Suncoast ...    Read Further

A promotional photoshoot for the sales took place at Suncoast, the venue for the upcoming Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale taking place on 5 and 6 July yesterday with beautiful models and Crocodile Hunter from the South African Jockey Academy ...    Read Further

Bloodstock South Africa have launched the Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale catalogue today online. The sale takes place 5 and 6 June at last year's venue which proved to be a huge success in the warm beautiful surroundings of Durban's beachfront ...    Read Further

The 2012 Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale entered its second and final day on Sunday with 217 yearlings coming under the hammer ...    Read Further

The 2012 Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale kicked off at 11am today and saw 250 yearlings come under the hammer with the average priced paid approximately R230 000 per yearling. Below are the top-priced KZN-bred yearlings ...    Read Further

The KZN Breeders Club has announced new incentives for racehorse owners to support horses bred in the province. The KZN Breeders 1600, a historic race run the week before the Vodacom Durban July, will carry a stake of R1m this year, up four-fold from 2011 ...    Read Further

The 2012 Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale is nearly upon us once again – this sale has always been the major source of Gr1 winners in South Africa, with 61% of Gr1 winners in recent years coming from this sale ...    Read Further

KZN is once again sending an exceptional draft of yearlings to the National Sales. We have a look at the full and half siblings of Graded Stakes winners in the catalogue that will be on offer at this year's sale ...  Read Further

The Emperor's Palace National Yearling Sale takes place at the TBA complex in Germiston, on 27 and 29 April 2012. It is great to see that one of KZN's top stallions who consistently features within the top 5 of the National Sires Log, Kahal, has the biggest stallion representation ...    Read Further

The Michael Holmes Bloodstock Shongweni Horses-In-Training sale took place at Shongweni on 23 February. The top-selling horse was Summerhill-bred Lot 49 ...    Read Further

The Emperor's Palace Summer Ready-To-Run Sale on Wednesday 22 February. Congratulations must go to Brian Burnard, who purchased the top selling colt and filly ...    Read Further

The preparations for the Emperor's Palace Summer Ready To Run Sale, to be staged in the Al Maktoum School Of Management Excellence at Summerhill next Wednesday 22nd, are well underway. The catalogues were posted ...    Read Further

Summerhill Stud will be hosting their Emperor's Palace Summer Ready-To-Run Sale on 22 February, at 11am at Summerhill Stud's School Of Excellence ...    Read Further

King Of Kings who has been in the news recently as the leading South African Two Year Old Sire by Stakes Earned, had a maternal grandson sell at the sale for R1 150 000. See the result of the KZN-breds ...    Read Further

The KZN-bred results from the first session of Book 1 that took place yesterday. The sale continues today from 11:55 ...    Read Further

John Kramer and Stanley Bennett visited Backworth Stud yesterday to score their nominated Yearlings for the Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale ... Read Further

With recent champions produced from KZN such as Dancewiththedevil, The Apache and Pierre Jourdan as well as The Mouseketeer, buyers should be sitting up and taking notice of what the KZN Breeders have to offer at the Cape Premier Yearling Sale ...    Read Further

The Emperor's Palace Ready-To-Run Sale took place yesterday at the TBA Complex in Gosforth Park, and congratulations must go to South African Champion Breeders' Summerhill Stud for having the top 5 sellers at the sale - with the top two over a million each ...    Read Further

The 2011 Ready-To-Run gallops took place at Summerhill Stud last Friday. The panel included Mike de Kock, Jehan Malherbe, Joey Ramsden, Sean Tarry, Graeme Hawkins, Michael Roberts, Dean Kannemeyer, and Kip Elser the owner of Kirkwood Stables in America ...    Read Further

The 2011 Ready-To-Run gallops take place today at Turffontein Racecourse from midday, with the majority of the horses being shown at Summerhill Stud on Friday, from 11:30. A panel of judges provide an informative insight afterwards ...    Read Further

A filly by Unbridled's Song and an Awesome Again colt have both sold for over a million dollars at Keeneland ...   Read Further

The Blood-Horse reports that Benjamin Leon Jr.’s went to $1.2 million to acquire a Bernardini filly produced from the Smart Strike mare Silk n’ Sapphire ...   Read Further

The Blood-Horse reports a group of Californians went to $1.4 million to buy an A.P. Indy colt in the opening session of the Keeneland September yearling sale in Lexington ...   Read Further

KZN's top seller on the third day of the National Two Year Old sale was a filly by Mogok out of Winter Ade, sold by Scott Brothers for R260 000. She is also the most expensive 2 year old from KZN sold on the sale ... Read Further

KZN's 3 top sellers on the second day were Flo Jo (Bush Hill Stud) Saltaire (Yellow Star Stud) and Snappy Lad (Scott Bros) ... Read Further

KZN's 3 top sellers on the first day were Silver Wand (Yellow Star as Agent) Heavenisaracehorse (Spring Valley Stud) and Jamaican Jet (Bush Hill Stud) ... Read Further

The National 2 year old sale kicks off tomorrow at the TBA Complex in Gosforth Park. Lots 1-125 go on sale from Friday 12 August at 18:00pm, Lots 126-250 on Saturday 13 August at 18:00, and Lots 251 - 486 on Sunday 14. ...    Read Further

The Fasig-Tipton Saratoga select yearling sale ended on the evening of August 9 in New York ...   Read Further

The sale at Yellow Star stud took place on Tuesday 5 July, 2011, consisting of mares, fillies, weanlings and horses-in-training ...     Read Further

The Yellow Star Mixed sale of fillies, broodmares, weanlings and horses-in-training will be hosted at Yellow Star Stud on Tuesday 5 July, 2011 ...     Read Further

The KZN Yearling Sale results are in, and congratulations must go to the Scott Brothers of Highdown Stud, for having the first two Top Sires on the list. Miesque's Approval topped the log, with Mogok and Muhtafal of Summerhill Stud following suit ...     Read Further

The sale at Suncoast was warmly received, with an excellent crowd of buyers turning out. As was expected, the sale started slowly with a few horses passing through unsold or selling for very little, however things began hotting up ...     Read Further

It was a beautiful morning at Suncoast Casino, and the first thing that gets to you as you arrive is the lovely warm smell of clean straw and the quiet nickers from the horses in the stables, with the grooms making the horses comfortable and quietly going about their business ...     Read Further