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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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

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

Tropical Empire(AUS) has had his first winner after we recently reported that his first two runners - aptly named Daiquiri and Caribbean, have both placed multiple times in their respective countries, South Africa and Zimbabwe ... 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

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

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

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

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

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

"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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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 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

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

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

Dual Derby winner High Chaparral, and the sire of Summerhill Stud's Golden Sword, has died at the age of 15. The six-time Group 1 winning son of Sadler’s Wells was put down at Fethard Equine Hospital during exploratory colic surgery due to a perforated intestine. ... Read Further

Clifton Stud and A.P. Answer achieved five winners on Sunday between them, at Scottsville and at Borrowdale - three for A.P. Answer as a stallion and three for Peter and Jenny Blyth's Clifton Stud ... Read Further

Monsieur Mogok, a four year old bay gelding by Mogok out of Miss Madam by Dolpour and owned by Robert Chung, bred by Scott Bros finished runner up in a Class 3 handicap at Sha Tin over 1800m - finishing very strongly from stone last under a brilliant ride by Jo Moereira ... Read Further

Majmu stamped her authority on Saturday as a force to be reckoned with, after winning the Gr1 Avontuur Estate Fillies Guineas over 1600m easily. The KZN connection comes in when the filly by Australia's top sire, Redoute's Choice, has his only son standing at stud in South Africa at Bush Hill Stud ... Read Further

Resident sire of Bush Hill Stud, Toreador, had a head-turning win with his unbeaten daughter Lazer Star thundering home to victory in the Gr3 Magnolia at Turffontein yesterday. Lazer Star has won all three of her starts - she debuted in June, winning at the Vaal by an incredible five and a half lengths over 1200m ... Read Further

Gr2 winning Honor Code, a half-brother by A.P. Indy to Gr2 and Gr3-winning Noble Tune who is currently standing his first season at Rathmor Stud, came back from an eight month lay-off due to injury to win most impressively at Aqueduct, from 10 lengths behind to win by a length ... Read Further

Putney Flyer, a big handsome dark bay son of Miesque's Approval standing at Scott Bros, won the Kenilworth Cup Listed over 3200m at Kenilworth on Saturday. Out of Fort Wood mare Tiptoethruthewoods, Putney Flyer was bred by Mr JF Van Streepen, trained by Darryl Hodgson and owned by Hassan Adams. A R100 000 2010 National Yearling Sales graduate ... Read Further

The winners and photos from a wonderful evening at Bellwood Stud on Saturday evening. Congratulations to the nominees and winners, thank you to our host Martin Locke and our sponsors for contributing towards the success of a lovely evening ... Read Further

Bush Hill's resident sire King's Chapel has a grand-daughter showing exceptional talent in Australia, after placing in a Gr3 just a week before she won the Merson Cooper Stakes. Qatar Bloodstock celebrated a valuable Black Type win with promising Sebring filly Thurlow, who scored a thrilling nose win in the Listed race at Sandown. ... Read Further

Gemini Gold is giving his breeder/owner Helder De Costa plenty of excitement as the Overlord gelding has now taken his fourth win in a row, whilst his broodmare sire and current leading National Sire Kahal also had a win as the broodmare sire of Gardenia Listed winner Ha Lucy ... Read Further

Judicial gave his sire Miesque's Approval a fantastic Gr2 win yesterday at Turffontein in the Victory Moon Stakes over 1800m. The bay Scott Bros-bred gelding has taken home three wins back to back and in the process a strong contender for the Gr1 Summer Cup ... Read Further

Bush Hill's resident sire King's Chapel had two classy performances recently - one as a sire in a Listed race in New Zealand, the other as a broodmare sire in an Australian Gr3 ... Read Further

Gr1 Summer Cup winner and one of Rathmor's resident sires, Strategic News(AUS) had his first winner at Greyville on the polytrack yesterday for breeder/owner Jurie Snyman, a victory made all the more sweeter for the share-holder of Strategic News ... 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

Al Miqdaam, standing in the KZN Midlands at Roy Moodley's farm has not only achieved a double on Friday night at Greyville with Al Ciberano and daughter Shikra, but also now has 100% record of producing runners to winners. It was also a double for breeder Robert Smith, who owns Shikra and has retained a share in Al Ciberano ... Read Further

First foals from French Gr3 winning Eightfold Path, a product of two champions Giant's Causeway and Divine Proportions. Eightfold Path stands at Scott Bros ... Read Further

Sad news has come through over the weekend regarding the tragic passing of a particularly exciting sire for KZN, Await The Dawn. He was the first son of Giant's Causeway to be brought into South Africa for stud purposes, residing at Champion breeders' Summerhill Stud ... Read Further

Will Take Charge, last year's three-year-old male champion and Horse of the Year finalist, will take up stud duty for the 2015 season at Three Chimneys Farm in Kentucky for a fee of $30,000. Sharing the same sire as Rathmor's new import for the 2014 breeding season, multiple Group winner Noble Tune has a classy book of mares for the current season and confirmed in foal. ... Read Further

The magnificent Australian-bred bay son of Danehill, Overlord, is producing the goods on Greyville's artificial surface and achieved a double for the Scott Bros on 24 October. ... Read Further

KZN is currently leading several National Logs as of 19 October. Recently deceased Kahal is currently heading up the National Sires Log by Stakes Earned. His runners have totalled an impressive R2 752 150 in Stakes earned - almost R300 000 more ... Read Further

Shadwell has announced that its South African-based sire Muhtafal has been retired from stud duties at the age of 22. One of the best sons of Mr Prospector to stand in the southern hemisphere, he produced black-type winners and performers including Gr1 Dubai World Cup placed Paris Perfect ... Read Further

Admire Main achieved a double at Turffontein on the weekend with Main Sunday getting her second win for trainer Roy Magner over 1800m, and impressive debut winner The Elmo Effect winning his first by two and half lengths over 1450m for trainer Gary Alexander ... ... Read Further

Noble Tune's immaculate dam-line headed by his third dam, the great Serena's Song continues its Gr1 momentum - with two horses on 13 September each placing in top company on either side of the world - Australia and Ireland with Puissance De Lune and Rizeena respectively. ... Read Further

Yellow Star Stud have acquired Meteor Shower to join their stallion ranks. The son of Danehill is a seven time winner over 1600m - 3200m in both Ireland and South Africa including the Gr3 Chairmans Cup ... Read Further

Noble Tune is the complete package for any breeder, a beautifully conformed horse that would suit any mare. Lynton Ryan enthused about how fortunate South Africa was to get a horse of this caliber to stand in this country; he worked closely with the family of Serena's Song in America and has a deep appreciation of the new blood brought to this country ... Read Further

Peter Gibson is very pleased to report the arrival of Eightfold Path's foals this season, as well as his full-brother Monoceros breaking his maiden in devastating fashion at Deauville over the weekend on the all weather track over 1900m ... Read Further

Dual Gr1 winning son of Dynasty and the first of his sons to go to stud - Irish Flame has had his first foal born for the 2014 season, an outstanding filly out of Rambo Dancer mare, Bistro Belle at Bush Hill Stud ... Read Further

The Crusade Syndicate invite shareholders to an AGM taking place at Scott Bros on 22 August ... Read Further

Bush Hill Stud held their Stallion Day recently and once again, in beautiful warm Mooi River winter weather. Bush Hill had also extended the invitation to other farms to showcase their stallions, with The Assayer, A.P. Answer and Just As Well making the trip ... Read Further

The Cape Breeders held their breeding and racing awards recently, with two KZN-breds taking prominent awards for breeding - the first being multiple national champion sire Jet Master for Stallion Of The Year, the next being Carl and Amanda De Vos' brilliant Broodmare Of The Year Star Of Arcole ... Read Further

Warwick Render of Bush Hill Stud introduces their exciting new sire prospect for 2014, Redoute's Promise(AUS). "We would like to take this opportunity to introduce to you the first son of multiple champion sire Redoute’s Choice to stand at stud in South Africa in the form of Redoute’s Promise" ... Read Further

Two horses associated with KZN have been nominated for the upcoming Equus Awards - Gr1 Champions Cup winner Futura, out of a Badger's Drift mare and KZN Breeder Bruce Nicholas with his Hallmark-bred brilliant KZN-pedigreed filly In The Fast Lane ... Read Further

Gr1 Middle Park Stakes Winner, Crusade, standing at Scott Bros has had his first foals have arrived for the 2014 breeding season ... Read Further

Rathmor Stud will be hosting a Stallion Day on 23 August to introduce our very exciting stallion prospect, Noble Tune(USA), a Gr2 and Gr3 winning son of Unbridled's Song to the breeders. Follow the link for more information ... Read Further

Both resident sires owned by the Tawny Syndicate - Toreador and Irish Flame - have had Bold Black Type Success in the last week ... Read Further

Bush Hill Stud's Stallion Day takes place on 27th July an will see the launch of their new sire prospect for 2014, Redoubte's Promise, and includes visiting stallions for viewing - Noble Tune, The Assayer, A.P. Answer and Just As Well ... Read Further

Spectrum continues to make news overseas - where his Gr1 winning and now producing grandson, Dutch Art, is now having significant success with Slade Power - winning two Gr1's on the trot. Slade Power is Europe’s champion sprinter after a dominant performance in the July Cup to go with his impressive success in Royal Ascot’s Diamond Jubilee last month ... Read Further

Gr1 winning Rizeena, a close relative to Rathmor's new resident sire Noble Tune, ran second in the Gr1 Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket on Friday over eight furlongs. Owned by Shaikh Rashid Dalmook Al Maktoum, Rizeena was bidding to pocket a second Gr1 win following her success in the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot last month ... Read Further

The most successful son of Machiavellian to have stood at stud in South Africa, courtesy of his owners Shadwell Stud, Kahal was euthanized this morning at Bush Hill Stud after complications arose from abdominal tumours. One of South Africa's top sires, Kahal was the sire of 34 Stakes Winners ... Read Further

A former leader of the National Log For Sires Of Two Year Olds by Stakes Earned, King Of Kings has been relocated to The Fort Stud, owned and managed by Jill Fox ... Read Further

With Royal Ascot almost coming to an end - it has yielded some outstanding results with a few horses having direct links to KZN - such as Rathmors new import Noble Tune, Golden Sword, Just As Well and Spectrum ... Read Further

Equarius Bloodstock has reported that stallion prospect Noble Tune is enroute to South Africa from the United States to stand his first season at Rathmor Stud. Unbridled’s Song recently made news with his flashy chestnut son Will Take Charge, who has been named in the top 10 log of the Longines World’s Best Racehorses ... Read Further

"When Greig Muir puts the word out to the farm that the float carrying the new arrival is 15 minutes out, you must know that desks, tractor seats and bakkies are quickly vacated." ... Read Further

Yet another successful graduate off the 2013 Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale, Clifton-bred Beckedorf by A.P. Answer placed in the Gr1 Tsogo Sun Medallion at Scottsville yesterday while Kildonan's daughter placed in the Gr1 Allan Robertson ... Read Further

Very exciting news for KZN emerged again this week as Yellow Star Stud announced that they have acquired the first son of the international champion sire Galileo to stand at stud in South Africa - the handsome grey three-quarter brother to the famous Frankel, named The Assayer ... Read Further

Rathmor Stud have purchased an exciting stallion prospect for the 2014 breeding season. Noble Tune(USA), impeccably-bred with a top-class Group winning race record to boot, will be the first son of Unbridled's Song to stand in South Africa ... Read Further

First season sire Crusade, a Gr 1 winning son of Mr Greeley who stood his first season at stud at Scott Bros in 2013, saw his half-brother by Henrythenavigator - Cristoforo Colombo - place in the Gr 3 Curragh Gladness Stakes over the weekend. ... Read Further

Rathmor-bred Split The Breeze won a brilliant race at Clairwood yesterday on debut by three quarters of a length over 1000m. The two year old colt is the first to win for the beautiful freshman sire, Brave Tin Soldier, at Summerhill Stud - a horse that lives up to his good looks and exceptional pedigree ... 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

Lock Him Up swept home to a fantastic victory in his debut run by an incredible four and half lengths. Trained by Sean Tarry and owned by Chris Van Niekerk, the son of the deceased Fort Beluga out of Alami mare I Said Hey was bred by Bruce Le Roux of Spring Valley Stud ... Read Further

Toreador's talented five year old daughter Jackodore snatched the Nkosazana Listed by an impressive four lengths. The Sean Tarry-trained Jackodore made this her ninth win and her fourth Bold Black Type win to date ... Read Further

Zanbagh's vice-like grip on the Australian Oaks – and a bid to emulate her mother's heroics – strengthened as the outstanding filly landed Guy Walter an unprecedented fifth Gr 3 Keith Nolan Classic at Kembla Grange on Sunday. A daughter of Bernardini, she is out of Wild Iris by Spectrum ... Read Further

Roy Moodley's young stallion standing at his breeding operation in the KZN Midlands, a son of Danehill named Al Miqdaam, had his first winner on Friday at Clairwood. The three year old chestnut gelding named Al Ciberano, bred by Robert Smith, not only romped to a victory over 1100m - but also set a new Class record in the process ... Read Further

"A striking dark bay stallion with a white blaze, fiery eyes and pricked ears, Mogok’s regal pedigree backs up his athleticism and good looks; he oozes outstanding quality. It is not surprising – he is the best performed son of Storm Cat at stud in South Africa and a half-brother to another international great in Machiavellian" ... Read Further

Kildonan already has his stud career off to a blistering start, and added to it on Friday when his daughter Rosier snatched the R150 000 Listed East Cape Fillies Nursery over the 1200m straight at Fairview ... Read Further

In the last week KZN has sadly lost two stallions - Kabool standing at Mike Pappas' Highover Stud and Icelander at Koos and Lorraine De Klerk's Yellow Star Stud ... Read Further

The only son of Unbridled standing at stud in South Africa, now at Middlefield Stud, Daring Bid(USA) got his first winner at the Vaal on Saturday with All The Bids bred by Favour Stud - winning by almost four lengths ... Read Further

The handsome son of Miesque's Son standing at Scott Bros is currently sitting ninth on the National Sires Log (stats sportingpost.co.za) and continues to make himself heard - having achieved an incredible five winners in two days ... Read Further

Peter Gibson has reported on some exciting news regarding Eightfold Path and in particular his Champion dam, Divine Proportions ... Read Further

Visionaire's statistics: 11 runners - six winners with 11 wins between them - two of those already a Listed winner and Listed Placed - and not a single runner yet unplaced. If that doesn't make anyone in the horseracing industry sit up and take notice - not much would! ... Read Further

Sportingpost.co.za reports in their stats - as at 5 January - that A.P. Answer is the current leading Two Year Old sire by Stakes earned - the total being R114,750 - approximate R24 000 ahead. Stallions that follow suit are Trippi, Seventh Rock and Way West ... Read Further

The half-brother to Just As Well named Utley - cleverly named after an American baseball player being by stallion Smart Strike - has placed in the El Prado Stakes on 28 December at Gulfstream Park. Just As Well's first progeny are yearlings ... Read Further

The KZN Breeders AGM takes place on 29 January 2014 at 11am, at the Nottingham Road Hotel (venue kindly sponsored by Nottingham Road Hotel). Please contact candiesem@goldcircle for more information.

It seems that exciting times lie ahead for A.P. Answer, after his very first and only runner to hit the track in South Africa has now won over 1000m at Turffontein yesterday. The filly named Snow Call has now had just three runs - with a win and a place ... Read Further

“Nobody would’ve bought her as a yearling,” Strawbridge said of Moonlight Cloud, a grand-daughter of Spectrum. “She didn’t tick off any of those mystical boxes I always hear bloodstock agents talk about.” ... Read Further

The Scott Bros' son of Miesque's Approval, Approval Rating, took home Borrowdale's Gold Cup Sprint Listed, for a stake of R150 000 over 1200m. Another KZN-bred, Newtown Power bred by Bush Hill Stud, finished in fourth place ... Read Further

"Comeback galloper Coronet Peak notched his fourth win on the trot when successful in the $75,000 Kranji Stakes C over 1200m on the Polytrack on Friday night" ... Read Further

Two of KZN's most exciting young sires, A.P. Answer and Fort Beluga, have had places from their very first runners to hit the track, both in the same race at the Vaal on 28 November - Snow Call and Arrive At Five ... Read Further

Kildonan has started his started his stud career with clear parallels to his brilliant racing career - with sheer excellence. A phenomenally talented racehorse who won his first four starts consecutively by a combined eight lengths his progeny have made the country sit up and take notice ... Read Further

The impeccably-bred Spanish Harlem has got his first winner, filly Sweet Harlem winning on sand at the Vaal by almost two and half lengths over 1200m. Owned by Mr Ramphelane Mathunyane and bred by Mr Robert Muir, Sweet Harlem was part of the first sales draft of Midlands Thoroughbreds ... Read Further

St Petersburg's son Solzhenitsyn’s Group One sweep of the “Toorak”, the son of Summerhill resident St Petersburg, had made himself a member of an elite club, Brave Tin Soldier gets his first American winner and A.P. Arrow wins with Flight Check ... Read Further

A close relative of Gr 1 winning sire Just As Well, Secret Number by Raven's Pass won the Gr 3 Cumberland Lodge Stakes at Ascot on 5 October over 2400m, storming to victory by two and half lengths from Royal Empire (Zeofilio) and Gatewood (Galileo) ... Read Further

Summerhill's new sire for the 2013 season has arrived - the much anticipated Await The Dawn seized the Gr 3 Kilternan Stakes by an incredible goose-bump nine-length win ... Read Further

The Gr 1 Prix de le Foret, run on the classic French Arc de Triomphe Day, turned out to be a spectacular one for Yellow Star's resident sire Spectrum - who not only had the honour of being the broodmare sire of winner Moonlight Cloud but also the great-grandsire of third placed Garswood ... Read Further

Scott Bros most recent addition to their sire ranks, Eightfold Path(USA) by Giants Causeway out of the brilliant racemare Divine Proportions, has got his first mares confirmed in foal, reports Highdown Stud ... Read Further

Rob Pickering of Middlefield Stud has reported that champion racehorse Byword(GB) has his first mares confirmed in foal. He has attracted a quality book of mares including the likes of Gr 1 winning Urabamba ... Read Further

Gr 1 Middle Park Stakes winner Crusade has got his first season at stud off to a smashing start, getting his first group of mares including a Gr 2 winner confirmed in foal ... Read Further

On Wednesday the two full sisters to the former Horse Of The Year, Irish Flame, won good races at Durbanville – giving the dam Clock The Rock (by Flaming Rock) a rare double seldom achieved by other broodmares ... Read Further

"Like a good wine, Western Winter got better with age and the quality of his crops followed the same path. He showed impressive versatility, siring horses that could run over distances from sprint to staying, and in 2005 he cemented this when Reveille Boy won South Africa’s most famous staying race, the Gold Cup" - Lisa Barrett ... Read Further

Warwick Render of Bush Hill Stud reports that a very productive and exciting weekend for the Bush Hill sires - with them achieving what may well be a first for a South African stud farm, a “weekend double” in Singapore with sons of King's Chapel and Kahal ... Read Further

Strongman, an as of yet unbeaten son of Stronghold who stood at Summerhill Stud prior to his untimely passing, took home the Sophomore Sprint Listed over 1200m at Kenilworth in slightly soft going by almost four lengths from De Kock (Dynasty), Exelero (Western Winter) ... Read Further

When you enter the territory of the most successful son of Machiavellian to stand in South Africa, you cannot help but be awed and almost made to feel quite inadequate by Kahal’s enormous presence ... Read Further

As though they knew they owed him something, on the anniversary of his famous triumph in the King’s Bishop Stakes (Gr.1) at historic Saratoga, Visionaire’s first crop of juveniles have come alive ... Read Further

Winner of the Gr 3 August Stakes at the Vaal over the weekend - Here Comes Billy, a gelding who looks the splitting image of his great sire Muhtafal, has put himself forward as a horse with a serious chance of taking home the Gr 2 Emerald Cup ... Read Further

A fine, high quality and athletic horse with striking features and beautiful head, Robin Scott was enthusiastic about his future prospects at stud, and pointed out that Eightfold Path had one of the best pedigrees to be imported to South Africa in recent times ... Read Further

Scott Bros have welcomed yet another new sire on board for the 2013 season - a handsome Gr 3 winner at two years of age, Eightfold Path has a royal pedigree to match his goodlooks. He joins Crusade at Highdown Stud for their first book of mares this coming breeding season ... Read Further

Spectrum adds yet another Gr 1 win to his long list of accolades as a broodmare sire of note - his grey grand-daughter Moonlight Cloud stormed to a record-producing fast finish in the 1300m Gr 1 Prix Maurice de Gheest ... Read Further

Today marks the beginning of the racing and breeding season for 2013 and sees another incredible achievement for South Africa and KZN's Champion breeders, Summerhill Stud, taking the National Breeders Championship for a ninth year in a row ... Read Further

Bush Hill Stud held their annual stallion day under beautiful midlands weather, a full house of breeders, owners and trainers were present including the who's who of the South African breeding fraternity to introduce Irish Flame and Toreador ... Read Further

Another outstanding Summerhill Sires DVD production by Ikind Media, which includes featuring new sire prospects Await The Dawn and Ato. Follow the link for a must-watch film ... Read Further

Zatsfine, a half-sister to South Africa’s exciting young sire Byword, won a good race in France on Thursday while Golden Sword's relative Chicquita won the Gr 1 Irish Oaks ... Read Further

Bush Hill Stud will be hosting their annual Stallion Day on 28 July in Mooi River - where they will introduce exciting young sire prospect and multiple Group winner Irish Flame and the proven Toreador, who will be covering his first KZN book of mares this season ... Read Further

A sensationally fast racehorse who is now passing it onto his progeny, Kildonan's two year old son Tribute To Kylie won his fourth start at Clairwood in impressive fashion by three-quarters of a length in very soft going over 1000m. From just five runners to date, Kildonan has already had a winner and six places ... Read Further

Another fabulous stallion day presented by eight-time South African Champion Breeders' Summerhill Stud, and the introduction of Await The Dawn and Ato ... Read Further

"The search among stallion men for that elusive beast with speed, substance and superior genes is never-ending, and as a top-of-the-sale dual Group One-winning son of Royal Academy at six furlongs and a mile, Ato is the complete package." ... Read Further

A.P. Answer's half-sister Reponds Moi is off to a fiery start in her French racing career while King Of Kings' American grand-daughter Channel Lady takes home yet another Gr 3 in the All Along Stakes at Colonial Downs in the USA ... Read Further

"Await The Dawn’s arrival marks the first time in the nation’s history, that the previously disadvantaged members of a farm’s staff, have participated meaningfully in the acquisition of a stallion. Await The Dawn is a big, strong, typical Giant’s Causeway-type of great depth and good substance" ... Read Further

Crusade's official introduction to the guests who numbered over 100 at Scott Bros' Highdown Stud on Friday afternoon, to meet one of KZN's new Gr 1 winning stallions for the season was an overwhelming success. Attended by breeders and trainers alike ... Read Further

The Racing Association Highveld Feature Season Awards ceremony took place on Saturday evening at Turffontein Racecourse and saw three KZN-breds - Virgo's Babe, Meadow Magic and Seal, take home awards on the evening ... Read Further

The first log for the KZN Breeders Juvenile Million race to be held on Vodacom Durban July day has been presented. The race, for a stake of R1-million, is a fantastic incentive to buy a yearling off the 2013 KZN Yearling Sale ... Read Further

Big, black and beautiful - Crusade has arrived at Scott Bros' Highdown Stud, ready to stand his first season in South Africa at a stud farm steeped in history - where once stood the great multiple national Champion sire Foveros ... Read Further

Solzhenitsyn(NZ) has won the Gr 3 Labour Day/Lord Mayor Cup over 1600m in Australia earlier today for the second year running. The son of St Petersburg(AUS) who stands at Summerhill Stud ... Read Further

Invitation to view Crusade at the upcoming Stallion Day at Scott Bros' Highdown Stud. Click on the link for more details ... Read Further

Gr 1 Prince Of Wales Stakes winner Byword has arrived safely at Middlefield Stud at the beginning of last week, Rob Pickering reports ... Read Further

Spectrum (IRE) has proved himself a significant broodmare sire over the last few years and it is exciting times for Yellow Star Stud, where the big bay son of Rainbow Quest stands in the KZN Midlands ... Read Further

Kahal continues his Group race successes this season, with daughter Festival Of Fire taking home the Gr 2 KRA Fillies Guineas at Greyville on Saturday ... Read Further

The Scott Bros will be presenting their exciting new sire, Gr 1 Middle Park Stakes winner Crusade on 24 May at 11:30, at Highdown Stud in Nottingham Road ... Read Further

"This week has seen more exciting news for the connections and supporters of Curved Ball, the first and only son of international sire sensation Fastnet Rock, at stud in South Africa. Fastnet Rock has enjoyed some outstanding results at the 2013 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale" ... Read Further

Summerhill Stud's Admire Main(JPN) has sired his first South African winner with bay filly Admiral's Eye at Scottsville today by two lengths, over 1200m - for breeders Summerhill Stud and Honourable Judge Alan Magid ... Read Further

Mr Greeley, the sire of Crusade, has featured prominently internationally once again with a Gr 3 win in France, and two seconds in America as a grandsire in a Gr 1 Santa Anita Derby and Gr 3 Bay Shore Stakes. Spectrum's grandson Sangster places in a Gr 1 once again, while Miesque's                       Approval's half-brother takes home a Gr 3 in the Appleton Handicap ... Read Further

Former 2000 Guineas winner, King of Kings, is enjoying a purple patch with his juveniles this season. The son of Sadler’s Wells is currently atop of the South African Two Year Old Sires list, with his juvenile runners having earned over R450 000 this year alone. Var, Captain Al and Antonius                       Pius follow suit ... Read Further

Irish-bred daughter of Mr Greeley - the sire of KZN's new Gr 1 winning stallion prospect Crusade - named What a Name, is due to run in the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket on Sunday 5 May. She is out of a Dayjur mare named Bonnie Byerly ... Read Further

KZN had a phenomenal weekend both internationally and locally for Kahal and Mogok - notably with The Apache producing a powerful run in the Gr 1 Dubai Duty Free and Alcanina taking a Gr 3, and Love Struck taking home the Gr 1 SA Classic ... Read Further

KZN's champion sire Kahal(GB) had a fantastic day at the Vaal on the sand track yesterday, with two of his progeny - The Mouseketeer and Rebel Queen - winning the Riverside Handicap Listed and the Nkosazana Stakes Listed ... Read Further

News in from Coolmore that Crusade's younger half-brother will take his place in the Gr 1 2000 Guineas, The Apache will race in the Gr 1 Dubai Duty Free, St Petersburg gets another Gr 1 place in Australia and Spectrum continues success as a grandsire ... Read Further

Rathmor Stud have reported the sad passing of their resident sire, Woodborough(USA), over the weekend. Mike McHardy said it was a very sad loss for Rathmor, describing Woodborough as being “very special.” Woodborough was the first stallion to stand at Rathmor Stud ... 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

Tba.co.za reports that "the Scott Bros' resident sire Mogok has pulled off the impressive achievement of having sons nominated for both the 2013 Singapore Airlines International Cup and KrisFlyer International Sprint." ... Read Further

Middlefield Stud are pleased to announce that they have negotiated with Spendthrift Farms in Kentucky to use the 'SHARE the UPSIDE' breeding programme which offers a FREE LIFETIME BREEDING RIGHT as a bonus for the early support during the first few books at stud ... Read Further

The breeding ranks in KZN have received a major boost with a recent decision taken by the Tawny Syndicate and partners, to renew their support of breeding in Kwa-Zulu Natal and the relocation of two exciting stallions ... Read Further

Sangster in New Zealand produced yet another Gr 1 win for Spectrum, again as a Broodmare Sire, in the Auckland Cup on Wednesday ... Read Further

Plenty of international racing news relating to our local sires has emerged from the last week, involving recent new import Crusade(USA), Visionaire(USA), Just As Well(USA) and the deceased Second Empire(IRE) ... Read Further

A few photos of Ravishing taken at Midlands Thoroughbreds ... Read Further

Miesque's Approval has sired yet another Grade 3 winner, with Scott Bros-bred Approval Rating taking home the first leg of the Zimbabwean Triple Crown, the Grade 3 Zimbabwe Guineas on Sunday at Borrowdale ... Read Further

Some exciting international news has come out - Chocolicious (by Kahal) will possibly be sent to Frankel after her racing career in the UK, and Spectrum has yet another Group 2 winner with Sangster in New Zealand as a Broodmare Sire ... Read Further

KZN's new speedy Group 1 winning stallion acquisition, Crusade(USA), has been released from the quarantine facility and has been received by Vaughn Marshall, where he will stay until he can be released and arrive at the Scott Bros for the coming season ... Read Further

Manny and Mandy Testa of Midlands Thoroughbreds have announced exciting news, reporting the safe arrival of Ravishing at their Midlands Thoroughbreds farm in Mooi River, close to their business interest Midlands Saddle And Trout ... Read Further

KZN once again had significant success at Turffontein on Saturday, with a number of horses winning and placing in several Black Type races and news from Gulfstream Park in the USA - predominantly from King Of Kings and Spectrum ... Read Further

Westonian, bred by Yellow Star Stud, won the Kenyan Guineas last weekend at Ngong by 4.5 lengths from the second horse Wonnitestand, Shufti and Somerset. The bay son of Bezrin, who closely resembles his sire, was the hot favourite for the race ... Read Further

The KZN Breeders exciting new stallion addition, Group 1 winner Crusade, has arrived safely in Cape Town. The Middle Park Stakes winner will stay in quarantine for 30 days, before being moved to ... Read Further

Warwick Render of Bush Hill Stud is proud to announce plenty of success as he gives a wrap-up of King's Chapel's breeding and racing season. "We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support of King's Chapel in his second season at stud in South Africa," he says ... Read Further

Zagora, who carries a strong pedigree connection to resident Clifton Stud sire A.P. Answer, walked away with an Eclipse Award for Female Turf Horse. Zagora is by Green Tune(FR), a half-brother to the dam of A.P. Answer, Pas de Reponse ... Read Further

The recent sale of Avalon Stud has seen the Klawervlei-owned son of Western Winter, Lion Tamer, being relocated to Koos and Lorraine De Klerk's Yellow Star Stud in Mooi River ...    Read Further

A documentary produced by Jimmy Lithgow on Middlefield Stud's Byword(GB), an exciting new Group 1 winning stallion with a Timeform rating of 126, will be flighted on Tellytrack from tonight after the racing replays. It will be kept in the loop and repeated ... Read Further

The KZN Breeders have secured an exciting addition to our stallion ranks, Group 1 winning Crusade(USA) from Coolmore, by Mr Greeley(USA) out of La Traviata by Johannesburg(USA). Crusade has entered quarantine in the UK, in preparation for his arrival to South Africa ... Read Further

Bezrin is firing on all cylinders at the moment, with recent Listed winners Celtic Fire and Double Date taking victory in Port Elizabeth and Zimbabwe respectively, and Tetelestai winning the Pinnacle Stakes at Clairwood yesterday ... Read Further

The first handful of runners from Damage Is Done has produced two multiple winning fillies: Shattered Image (4 wins, R290 975 and 10 places, including second in the Emerald Fillies Hcp (L) and third in the Nkosazana Stakes (L)), and Tatters (3 wins, R167 625 and 3 places) ...    Read Further

Racingpost.com has revealed interesting statistics regarding the top sires of worldwide Group/Grade 1 races, and it is exciting to have so much of this 'young blood' in KZN ... Read Further

Those already pencilled in include their 2010 broodmare of the year Binche, dam of Group 1 winners Proviso and son of Pientre Celebre, Byword, who recently landed in South Africa to stand at Middlefield Stud for the 2013 season. Others include ... Read Further

Fastnet Rock, sire of the exciting young sire Curved Ball, is enjoying a tremendous season once again. Fresh off winning his first sires premiership, the son of Danehill is again in the headlines with a string of feature race winners ... Read Further

E Dubai, who falls under the second dam of Just As Well(USA) standing at Spring Valley Stud, has sired another impressive Gr 1 winner with Fort Larned in the recent Breeders Cup Classic for a stake of $5 million ...    Read Further

Thoroughbred News reports that King Montrose(NZ) has claimed his ninth race victory, his first at stakes level, in the $100,000 Group 3 Lindauer Stewards Stakes (1200m) at Riccarton on Wednesday. He is by Bush Hill Stud's resident sire King's Chapel(AUS) ... Read Further

A.P. Answer's dam-line continues International success with Green Moon who swept home to take the epic 3200m Emirates Melbourne Cup. Green Tune has had major Gr 1 success in both hemispheres in less than a week, with Zagora winning the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf ... Read Further

Kahal once again showed his domination over racing across South Africa with Festival Of Fire taking home her second consecutive Grade 3 win in the HSH Princess Charlene Of Monaco Starling Stakes at Turffontein on the weekend, beating Blue Ridge Mountain(ARG)... Read Further

KZN and Yellow Star Stud will be keeping a close eye on the upcoming Emirates Melbourne Cup Gr 1 to be run in Australia on Tuesday. Spectrum's talented maternal grandson Winchester lines up in stall five to run in one of the world's most prominent races over a marathon 3200m ... Read Further

Zagora(FR) took the lead leaving the second turn and held off a tenacious Marketing Mix for a game victory in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (Gr. I) at Santa Anita Park 2 November. Zagora is by Green Tune(FR), a half-brother to the dam of A.P. Answer, Pas de Reponse ... Read Further

Bezrin is covering his first season back in KZN at Rathmor Stud with Manny Testa and Craig Ramsay reporting back on the son of Danzig's winners in Mauritius and Zimbabwe ...    Read Further

Coming off a Gr 1 victory in mid-October, Solzhenitsyn(NZ) has again placed third in a Gr 2 race in Australia. The colt out of a Victory Dance mare, placed in the Crystal Mile at Mooney Valley over 1600m just a length off ... Read Further

From just 11 horses to race in Japan of Admire Main's first and only overseas crop to race, three are already winners and several have placed ... Read Further

St Petersburg(AUS) has sired a Grade 1 winner in Australia with Solzhenitsyn(NZ), a bay gelding out of Tri Victory(NZ) by Victory Dance(IRE). Solzhenitsyn won the Gr 1 Toorak Handicap in Australia at Caulfield over 1600m on 13 October, on turf in good going for a stake of A$400 000 ... Read Further

Raven's Pass, related to Just As Well through his third dam Right Word, is currently lying second in the Top Ten First Season Sires in Britain and Ireland, by total prize money earned, behind New Approach. E Dubai is having success with his Group winning son Fort Larned ...    Read Further

Peter Blyth of Clifton Stud is excited to report of the successes of sire Green Tune - who shares a dam-line with Clifton's resident young sire, A.P. Answer. Green Tune's influence as a sire, sire-of-sires and broodmare sire are being felt all over the world in Group company ...    Read Further

Spectrum's maternal grandson, Winchester, is back in the limelight again. The four-time American-bred Gr 1 winning stallion is destined for Australia's biggest race, the Gr 1 Melbourne Cup while grand-daughter Up recently took home the Gr 2 Blandford Stakes at the Curragh ... Read Further

King Of Kings had an extraordinary racing weekend with strong performances from his progeny at both Turffontein and Scottsville. The son of Sadler's Wells who led the National Two Year Old Sires list for the beginning of this year looks to be taking that title back shortly ... Read Further

The East Cape Racing Awards took place over the weekend, with three progeny of KZN's resident sires taking home Awards, including Horse Of The Year ... Read Further

A tough racehorse with a Timeform Rating of 126, Rob Pickering and Ashley McNabb have landed a coup by securing Byword(GB) from Juddmonte, the breeders and owners of Frankel
...    Read Further

HIH Wayne Kobusch Von Konigsberg of Wood-Moore Manor Stud has advised that Just Bluffing, a son of Badger's Drift, has been crowned Kenya's Champion Three Year Old colt ... Read Further

"While we were enjoying the [Bush Hill] Stallion Day and admiring King’s Chapel, he was busy having more winners," reports Warwick Render of Bush Hill Stud. "A big thank you to all who managed to make it to the Stallion Day on Friday, it was a great pleasure to host everyone!" ... Read Further

Summerhill Sires 2012/2013 brochure is out with a beautiful photo of Brave Tin Soldier doing the honours on the front cover. Once again the quality is outstanding and the brochure makes for very interesting reading ... Read Further

Spectrum's maternal grand-daughter Up, by sire of the moment Galileo, won at the Curragh on Sunday when the three year old filly out of Halland Park Lass took the Gr 3 Lanwades Stud Fillies’ Stakes, only eight days after running in America in the Gr 1 Beverly D ... Read Further

Bush Hill Stud held their annual Stallion Day on Friday afternoon on the warmest day Mooi River has seen in some weeks since the recent heavy snowfalls. The day saw an excellent turnout of prominent trainers and breeders from across the board ... Read Further

"The first thing that strikes you about him is his walk, a big striding horse, he places his backlegs deep underneath him - showing the massive amount of galloping power and propulsion he has, along with equally impressive hindquarters that are muscular and beautifully conformed." ... Read Further

Hadlow Stud have welcomed the first foal of Call To Combat, a colt which Cathy Martin describes as "a big strapping boy looks more like his dad than his mom! He is out of the All Fired Up mare Silent Heat. He was born at 11:45 on 18 August." ...    Read Further

Two of KZN's stallions, and specifically Bush Hill Stud's resident stallions Kahal and Newton, are in the top 10 National Sires Log (stats up to 13 August 2012) with Kahal securing the lead (stakes of R298 050) followed by Captain Al, Jallad, Var and KZN-bred Jet Master ... Read Further

Bush Hill Stud will be holding their annual stallion day on Friday 24 August at 12pm. Stallions on view will be Curved Ball(AUS), Kahal(GB), King's Chapel(AUS) and Lion Tamer (from Avalon Stud) ... Read Further

An exciting season awaits KZN with ten new stallion acquisitions for the upcoming breeding season. We look at Announce, Antigua Island, Bezrin, Curved Ball, Damage Is Done, Golden Sword, Kildonan, Meet At Malamala, Modus Vivendi and Traffic Guard ...     Read Further

Alec Hogg of Graceland Farm has announced that the first foal by Summerhill's exciting first season sire in South Africa, Visionaire, was born at Graceland last night in the cold, snowy conditions the Midlands has experienced over the last few days ...    Read Further

Carpocrates had a three-quarter brother (Lot 96) sell at the Fasig-Tipton Select Yearling Sale yesterday for $650 000 to Whitehorse Stables. The chestnut colt is by Giant's Causeway (by Storm Cat as is Carpocrates) out of champion racemare Spain, herself by Thunder Gulch ...    Read Further

Yellow Star Stud held their stallion day on Friday afternoon, well-attended by trainers and esteemed breeders and guests. Guests were warmly welcomed and introduced to stallions Tropical Empire, Spectrum, Kildonan, Damage Is Done and Daring Bid from Orangewood Stud ...    Read Further

Bush Hill Stud and Spring Valley Stud, in conjunction with Klawervlei Stud, are excited to announce the arrival of Curved Ball to the KZN Stallion ranks. Curved Ball will stand at Bush Hill Stud for the 2012-13 season ... Read Further

SHADWELL are pleased to announce the following arrangements for their stallions for the forthcoming Southern Hemisphere covering season in South Africa ... Read Further

Cathy Martin has advised that Modus Vivendi returned to KZN on Saturday from the Cape on behalf of St John Gray to their Hadlow Stud. The sire of Dancewiththedevil becomes the second addition for the new season ahead for Cathy and Jonathan Martin's Hadlow Stud ...    Read Further

Yellow Star Stud will be hosting a Stallion Day on 3 August at their farm in Mooi River at 3pm to introduce the exciting new stallion to the ranks, Kildonan, as well as Spectrum, Tropical Empire and Damage Is Done ...    Read Further

Bred on the same lines as JET MASTER; by RAKEEN out of a grand-daughter of DAMASCUS; Damage is Done is a multiple winning, strong, well built son of Rakeen out of a winning black type mare
...    Read Further

Badger's Drift is the Top Sire in KZN with % of Graded / Group / Listed / Stakes Winner's S.A. Racing Season 2011-2012
(01 August 2011- 06 June 2012) ...     Read Further

A phenomenal racing week consisting of the KZN Yearling Sales as well as the Vodacom July race day was rounded off in style at the annual Investec Summerhill Stallion Day, traditionally held on the Sunday following the Vodacom Durban July ... Read Further

"History speaks for itself so Announce is coming home," said Jonathan Martin of Hadlow Stud, explaining that the stallion will arrive on Saturday 23 June. Announce will stand alongside his son Call To Combat ...    Read Further

KAHAL, MUHTAFAL and MALHUB to be relocated within Kwa Zulu Natal for the 2012 season ...
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Three year old Eton Square, bred by Scott Bros, won the first Group race for his sire, Miesque's Approval on Sunday at Turffontein in the Grade 3 Betting World Jubilee Handicap ...    Read Further

While the sireline of the champion American stallion, Halo, is only sporadically represented in South Africa (Sunday Silence's son, Admire Main, at Summerhill Stud, is a rare exception), it has                       suddenly made the spotlight through Gimmethegreenlight (by More Than Ready) ... Read Further

Croke Park, bred by Somerset Stud, produced the first win for Mullins Bay(GB), standing at Summerhill Stud. This is Mullins Bay's first crop to race. Croke Park sold for just R20 000 at the 2011 KZN Yearling Sale, and has earned almost R50 000 in his first start/win ...    Read Further

Lion Tamer, standing at Avalon Stud, had his first winner in race 2 for Maiden two year-old fillies at Scottsville over 1200 metres with Lady De Winter, trained by Wayne Badenhorst and ridden to victory by half a length by Karis Teetan. The filly is owned by Mr and Mrs Doig ...    Read Further

Continuing their policy of only standing stallions of quality racing class, South Africa's Champion Breeders of the past seven consecutive seasons, Summerhill Stud, have acquired the 122 Timeform-rated son of High Chaparral, Golden Sword. ...    Read Further

Spectrum, currently standing at Yellow Star Stud, is the second leading Broodmare-sire behind the great Sadler's Wells when it comes to total prize money earned for the UK/Irish racing season, reports racingpost.com ...    Read Further

Babu Nuna has a share in Bezrin for sale. Please call 083 390 3045 to put in an offer. All Ablaze, a son of Bezrin bred by Cathy and Jonathan Martin of Hadlow Stud, won his MR 104 Handicap ...    Read Further

It was a special day of firsts with the news that Carpocrates(USA) produced his first winner at Scottsville today, a two-year old colt named Night Club, and the second, that it is the first horse bred by trainer Patrick Lunn, who also co-owns him ...    Read Further

"We are starting to get some enquiries already," says Manny. "A free pedigree evaluation can be done for anyone interested in sending a mare to Bezrin. He is already producing champions, don't miss out on his 2012 service offer" ...    Read Further

Freshman sire Atso, standing at Robin Scott's Highdown Stud in Nottingham Road, had his first winner yesterday from his first two runners to appear on the track, a bay filly named That So Atso bred by Scott Bros. This is an impressive kick-off for the chestnut son of Kingmambo ...     Read Further

Grade 1 Golden Horse Sprint record-holder Kildonan has arrived safely at Koos and Lorraine de Klerk's Yellow Star Stud. By Rich Man's Gold out of Cathay Firth by French stallion Philippi, Kildonan was trained by Mike de Kock ...    Read Further

Bezrin(USA) arrived at Rathmor Stud yesterday after standing last season in the Cape. Michael McHardy of Rathmor says "Bezrin arrived today and he seems to have settled in well and enjoying his new surroundings, I look forward to a good season ahead." ...    Read Further

Bush Hill Stud hosted many of the King's Chapel(NZ) syndicate members to a luncheon on Thursday 8 March, in appreciation of the support they had given the stallion, a son of King Of Kings out of Lower Chapel by Sharpo ... Read Further

Ravishing, standing at Summerhill Stud, has his first crop of two-year-olds racing this season and was credited with his first winner when Zimbabwean-bred filly Little Chikikita made a successful debut over 1100m at Borrowdale Park in Zimbabwe on Sunday ...  Read Further

Bezrin will be returning to KZN to stand at Michael McHardy's Rathmor Stud, after standing last season in the Cape. He will be managed by Manny Testa, Director of Midlands Thoroughbreds ... Read Further

Like Paradise, is now another Bold-Black type by Badger's Drift. This makes Badger's Drift the Sire of four Black-Type runners, thus far this 2012 season ...     Read Further

Equus Champion Two Year Old Colt of his year in 2006, Kildonan, will be joining Yellow Star Stud for the 2012 breeding season. Koos de Klerk of Yellow Star Stud says: "We are happy to announce that Kildonan will be relocating to Yellow Star stud for next season" ...    Read Further

Exciting new stallion A.P. Answer's arrival at Clifton Stud was an interesting story - that the delete button on Peter Blyth's keyboard almost prevented this eye-catching bay stallion by A.P. Indy from even arriving in the KZN Midlands ...    Read Further

Sad news has arrived of the unexpected passing of one of Summerhill's new stallion acquisitions last year, Bankable(IRE). He covered his first season of mares in 2011 ...    Read Further

King Of Kings(IRE), currently standing at Clifton Stud, is the leading South African Sire of Two-Year Olds by Stakes earned as of the 17 January 2012, according to the NHRA stats ...    Read Further

Spectrum has been making news as a Broodmare sire recently. Bert and Diana Firestone have retired their four-time grade I winner Winchester from racing for stallion duty ...    Read Further

Jam Alley is a magnificent specimen standing at 16.1 hands and bears a strong resemblance to his sire currently standing at the well-respected Coolmore Stud in Ireland, Peintre Celebre. Jam Alley is the only son of Peintre Celebre currently standing in South Africa ...    Read Further

900,000gns was paid for the sale-topper 13 year old Ventura(Ire) by Yellow Star resident stallion Spectrum(Ire) offered as one of Makfi(GB)’s first book of mares this year ...    Read Further

Rocky Street(AUS) first foals have arrived at Middlefield Stud, and they are lovely big individuals with even bigger pedigrees ...    Read Further

Clifton Stud have had more eye-catching foals by their lovely new stallion A.P Answer; who certainly has all the credentials to be a successful sire ...    Read Further

The maternal grandson of KZN resident stallion Spectrum (who moved to Yellow Star Stud this season) - Dutch Art - is currently the leading first crop sire in the UK with stakes won ...     Read Further

Kahal, standing at Summerhill Stud - is currently topping the List of Leading Sires by Stakes in South Africa (courtesy of the Sporting Post) ahead of five-time Champion Stallion Jet Master, as well as Silvano, Western Winter and Captain Al ...    Read Further

Flotilla (Spaceship - Jungle Strand by Jungle Cove) produced a lovely big strong bay colt by Strategic News(AUS) on Friday morning. Flotilla is herself a 3 time winner ...    Read Further

Badger's Drift had his first foal arrive at Wood-Moore Manor Stud early this morning. A lovely bay filly out of Corn Syrup ...     Read Further

Mogok has proved himself to be a consistent stallion, and with his regal pedigree its not surprising   ... Read Further

Second Empire(IRE) sadly had to be put down yesterday. After a successful surgery on a fractured radial carpal, Second Empire shattered his hind leg while getting up after the anesthetic ...    Read Further

Summerhill Stud have welcomed four new foals from their elegant stallion Brave Tin Soldier(USA). Impeccably bred by Storm Cat out of a Mr Prospector mare ...    Read Further

Grade 1 Steinhoff Summer Cup winner Strategic News(AUS) had his first foal arrive on 12 September. Out of 8 time winning Rambo Dancer mare Coconut Grove, she had a smart bay colt ... Read Further

Yellow Star Stud have welcomed a lovely filly by A.P. Answer out of Chasing Rainbows, a beautifully bred unraced mare by Spectrum ...     Read Further

Just As Well(USA) is a handsome new stallion standing his first season this year at Spring Valley Stud. By Sire-Of-Sires A.P. Indy out of a Nureyev mare ...   Read Further

Tropical Empire has arrived to stand his first season at Yellow Star Stud. Imported from Australia, he is standing at the same farm as his sire Second Empire(IRE) ...     Read Further

Badger's Drift is the Leading Sire in KZN of Runners to Winners for the 2010-2011 breeding and racing season ending 31 July 2011 ...     Read Further

A.P. Answer has his first 3 fillies on the ground at Clifton Stud, and they are looking to be strong and athletic individuals ...    Read Further

King's Chapel will be standing his first season at stud in South Africa this year. He had 10 wins in New Zealand and Australia over 1200-1600m, and was Horse of the Year at 3, a Champion 3 year old and Champion Sprinter/Miler in New Zealand with a Rated Timeform of 123 ...    Read Further

Badger's Drift has been moved from Invermooi Stud and he will be standing at Wood-Moore Manor Stud in Mooi River for the 2011 season. This will make it more convenient as well for local Mooi River based stud farms ...     Read Further

Snow-capped mountains were evidence of the cold snap that hit KZN this past week, but a beautifully sunny winter's day greeted visitors to Warwick and Karin Render's Bush Hill Stud for their Stallion Day on Sunday ...    Read Further

We have 6 exciting new stallions joining the ranks for the breeding season this year in Kwa-Zulu Natal, which include the likes of King's Chapel, Strategic News, Just As Well, Bankable, Visionaire and Spectrum ... Read Further

As of 15 July Badger's Drift topped the Stallions list for 3 year olds in South Africa, with an impressive strike rate of 73% for runners to winners. Badger's Drift was Champion Freshman sire in 2007, and his progeny are continuing to be successful at the track ...     Read Further

Bush Hill Stud will be hosting a country luncheon to introduce their exciting new stallion, Kings Chapel(NZ). It will take place on Sunday, 31 July at 12pm ...     Read Further

Yellow Star Stud is happy to announce that Spectrum has arrived safe and well at their farm from the Cape ...     Read Further

Hosted at the School Of Excellence, in typical Summerhill splendour, the day exuded class, fine food and wine, and of course the magnificent horses. The chilly weather didn't do anything to dampen the spirits of the 800 visitors from 21 different countries ...     Read Further