Wild One Passes Away After Post Surgical Complications Wild One on the far left, winning the Gr1 eLan Gold Cup on 1 August 2015. Sad news has filtered through that recent Gr1 Gold Cup winner Wild One has passed away after complications following surgery. His owner Sean Phillips announced on Facebook: “It is with Great…
St John Gray Takes Gr1 Castle Tankard 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, writes Sheldene Chant. The 53rd edition of Africa’s oldest sponsored horserace produced a thriller with the Gauteng based owner-trainer…
Weekend Racing News For Miesque’s Approval And Spectrum Recent Gr2 Victory Moon Stakes winner, Scott-bred Judicial, placed third in the Gr3 London News Stakes just two lengths off Australian import Killua Castle. The son of Miesque’s Approval in his previous start placed third behind Louis The King in the Gr1 Summer Cup after his brilliant…
Futura And Wild One Take Home Honours At KZN Racing Awards The winning connections of Wild One at the Gold Circle KZN Racing Awards, where he took home Champion Stayer. In a repeat performance of the Equus Awards, KZN’s Futura and Wild One were both honoured at Gold Circle’s glitzy KZN Racing Awards, which took…
Scott Bros International Racing News For KZN: Miesque’s Approval and Crusade 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. Finishing less then two lengths off the winner in good going…
Crusade’s Dam Covered By Galileo Scott Bros’ very exciting speed sire prospect, Crusade [pictured below left], the black son of Mr Greeley and winner of the exclusive British Gr1 Middle Park Stakes, has seen his first foals on the ground this season at studs across KZN. Recent news in is that his dam, La Traviata…
First Winner For Breeders Dr Carla and Grant Langley KZN Breeders’ Dr Carla Langley and her husband Grant Langley have bred their first winner, with the beautifully named Autumn Encore winning at Flamingo Park on Monday by an incredible 10.50 lengths over 1400m. Owned and trained by Mr W G C Miller, the colt placed…
Way West Half-Brother By Toreador Wins By 13 Lengths On Debut 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…
Rathmor Stud: Close Hatches Nominated For Eclipse Older Female Award 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. Her fellow nominees include Group winners’ Dayatthespa and Don’t Tell Sophia. Close Hatches…
Notice Of AGM For The Crusade Syndicate