First Winner For Strategic News(AUS) 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. Beautifully-bred Strategic’s Pride won easily by over four lengths over 1600m…
KZN Breeders Golf Day A Big Success The KZN Breeders Golf Day took place in magnificent warm Durban winter weather with the who’s who of horse racing and breeding participating and a lot of fun was had by all. Twenty-five 4-balls were booked, making it one of the biggest golf day’s Royal Durban reported back….
Vodacom Durban July Final Field And Draws Justin Snaith was breathing a lot easier after top weight KZN-bred Futura drew 6 in the draw for next Saturday’s R3,5 Gr 1 Vodacom Durban July. The 18-horse field with two reserve runners was announced and the draw made at a function at Greyville yesterday. Snaith was left…
Noble Tune’s Weanling Half-Sister Sells For $3-Million 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 by Tapit sold for $US3-million at the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale [video of her sale above]. The filly…
Double On Polytrack For Sire Al Miqdaam 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,…
KZN Breeders Race Day: Final Fields
Eightfold Path First Foals
Winter School 2015: Wise Men Seek To Understand Those of us who’ve attended the School Of Equine Management Excellence’s annual Winter Workshop will know what it means for the South African racing and breeding industries. There is no other annual forum like it anywhere in the world, and the calibre of speakers has been simply…
Passing Of Await The Dawn 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. Await The Dawn not only…
KZN Yearling Sale Million – Final Field The KZN Yearling Sale Million has once again attracted a top quality field of two year old graduates from the 2014 Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale, including Gr3 winner Royal Pleasure, as well as two Gr1 performers by young stallion Just As Well – Just Africa and Just As…