The often shoeless champion Talktothestars (pictured winning last year’s Gr1 Tsogo Sun Sprint) will have a fine chance of defending his crown in the Gr 1 Tsogo Sun Sprint over 1200m at Scottsville on Saturday. The current KZN-bred Equus Champion Sprinter’s last run in the Gr 1 Computaform Sprint over 1000m where he flew home for…
KZN BREEDERS SERIES POINTS AS AT 22 MAY 2017 – 3YO AND UP LOG No. Horse Age Sex Trainer Breeder Points 1 BANKING APRIL 4 F Lucky Houdalakis Summerhill Stud (Pty) Ltd 37 2 THE POET 5 G Mark Dixon Bush Hill Stud 36 3 ROY’S TAXI 5 G Kumaran Naidoo Mr Bruce Le…
Piemonte’s Stud’s Celestina pictured as a yearling. Unsold at the National Yearling Sale, the daughter of Kahal out of Sully’s Landing is already Gr3 2nd placed from two starts from the stable of Sean Tarry. KZN BREEDERS SERIES POINTS AS AT 22 MAY 2017 -2YO LOG No. Horse Age Sex Trainer Breeder Points 1 CELESTINA…
An elated Billy Jacobson won the second leg (of four) of the KZN Breeders “Level The Playing Fields Series” on Sunday at Scottsville – putting him line for the jockey prize of R50 000. Wendy Whitehead won the second pool of the day with her Brave And Bold – making it a double in the series for sire Brave Tin Soldier.
Athandiwe Mgudlwa rode Royal Agree in the first leg of the KZN Breeders “Level The Playing Fields” Series for a total stake of R1million over four legs, and won on the well-bred Mogok filly for owner Peter De Beyer and trainer Glen Kotzen. We catch up with Athandiwe to find out more about the reserved, hardworking jockey riding Roy Is Second on Sunday.
Billy Jacobson opened his account in the first leg of the KZN Breeders “Level The Playing Fields” Series by winning aboard Putchini in a brilliant race with a nail-biting finish. On Sunday’s second leg at Scottsville of four, Billy will be aboard The Poet competing against Athandiwe Mgudla in the same pool for log leader.
Round two of four in total, of the “Level The Playing Fields” Series takes place at Scottsville on Sunday 30 April.
The final fields of both pools to be run on the day have been released below and see the previous winning jockeys Billy Jacobson (previously on Putchini) and Athandiwe Mgudla (previously on Royal Agree) drawn to ride The Poet and Roy Is Second respectively, this time over the 1400m.
Imposing son of Crusade and twice placed Calladi, leads the KZN Breeders Series Juvenile Log.
Roy’s Taxi and Banking April are joint log leaders at 31 points each of the KZN Breeders Series.
Level The Playing Fields Points table after the two heats comprising Round 1 at Scottsville last Sunday.