KZN Breeders Awards Nominations 2013 The prestigious annual KZN Breeders Awards take place once again at the beautiful venue Bellwood Cottages, owned by breeders’ Willie and Janine Messenger who also happen to have their beautiful Kahal filly Enchanted Kingdom nominated for the event this year. The Awards will take place on Saturday 16 November,…
Summerhill Stallion Day: Capetown Noir Introduced 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. Under unusually warm sunny Midlands weather…
Black Type For Freshman Sire Just As Well 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….
Vodacom Durban July KZN News 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…
Noble Tune News: Honor Code Soars To Victory In Gr2 Gulfstream 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. With Javier…
TBA Breeders Seminar – 29 July 2015 Dear Breeder This is the first notice of the planned Breeder Education Seminar in late July focusing on Venereal Disease and Foal Care. DATES & VENUES · Tuesday, 28 July – Worcester (Golden Valley Casino) · Wednesday 29 July – Nottingham Road (Gowrie Village) SEMINAR PLAN · Session…
TBA National Yearling Sales Catalogue – Registered ‘KZN-breds’ The TBA National Yearling Sale come up on 22, 23 and 24th April where 128 yearlings will be available from KZN. Champion sire Kahal is represented by twenty horses on the catalogue alone, and back in his previous position of fourth on the National Sires Log, as…
KZN-Bred Futura Seventh In Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings Futura is lying seventh on the coveted Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings as of 8 March 2015. The four year old triple Gr1-winning Futura out of a Badger’s Drift mare, Scribblin The Cat, enjoyed a well-deserved rest after his easy victory in the J&B Met, which…
Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale: Final Results And KZN Yearling Sale Graduate News For Vodacom Durban July Day The Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale finished up on Friday with 262 Lots catalogued, the average dropping by 2.9% percent from last year to R99 364 for a yearling sold. The top-priced colt KZN-bred colt on the second day…
King’s Chapel: Thurlow Running In Gr1 Blue Diamond 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. Gr1 Blue Diamond Stakes contender Thurlow will figure in…