KZN Breeders Million Mile Final Field Announced 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. The gutsy campaigner out of the Rambo Dancer mare Coastal Watch…
Passing Of Muhtafal Shadwell Stud and Spring Valley Stud recently announced the death of KZN stallion MUHTAFAL. The 23 year old son of Mr Prospector began his career at Summerhill Stud and continued at Spring Valley where he was subsequently retired, Muhtafal was a leading stallion in KZN for many years – highly respected by…
Shadwell’s Green Desert Passes On At 32 Green Desert. Image: Shadwell Stud The increasing toll of old age and infirmity led to the mutual agreement that this giant of the stallion ranks was euthanized in the peaceful and familiar surroundings of the Nunnery Stud following veterinary advice. Amongst Green Desert’s great progeny, KZN has reaped…
Debut Run For Gypsy’s Warning Filly – Know(USA) Rathmor and KZN-bred South African and American Gr1 winning Gypsy’s Warning, has had her first produce race in Ireland, a dark bay filly named Know(USA) by Street Cry. The two year old filly is inbred to Machiavellian through Coup de Folie, the dam of Mogok, in turn…
Gr3 Win For Clifton Stud’s Whatalady Peter and Jenny Blyth of Clifton Stud have had two Gr3 wins in a week, the second coming from their beautiful Jet Master filly, aptly named Whatalady, yesterday in the Gr3 Acacia Handicap. The Stan Ferreira-trained Jet Master KZN-bred filly Whatalady showed that she is going places fast when…
First Stakes Win For Brave Tin Soldier 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. He not only enjoyed the honour of being crowned a first stakes winner for his beautifully bred sire but was also a…
Spectrum Grandson Tops Karaka Select Sale 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). Tartan Bearer [pictured right], an eye-catching chestnut by Spectrum out of Highland Gift by Generous…
First Foal For The Assayer At Yellow Star Stud Yellow Star Stud have welcomed the first foal for The Assayer last night, a lovely big colt with plenty of quality and substance about him. The colt is out of Flying Minstral, a daughter of Lord Balmerino in turn out of Gone West mare Happy Mondays…
National Yearling Sale – Final Day Results The National Yearling Sale wrapped up with a number of high-figured horses sold on the third and last day. 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. He is a half-brother of Gr2…
Summer Ready To Run Sale: Results 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…