Treve To Chase Third Arc Win; Australia Retired Treve will next year try to become the first horse to win the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe for a third time after the decision to retire her was reversed. The four-year-old filly was retired immediately after winning a second Arc last Sunday, but owner Sheikh Joaan…
Gr1 Places For A.P. Answer And Kildonan At Scottsville Young KZN sires A.P. Answer and Kildonan are getting off the mark. Yet another successful graduate off the 2013 Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale, Clifton-bred Beckedorf by A.P. Answer placed in the Gr1 Tsogo Sun Medallion at Scottsville yesterday. A R70 000 graduate owned by Eric Buhr…
The ‘Devil’ Is Returning Home Dancewiththedevil is preparing to leave Britain and she will be due to land in Johannesburg quite soon, where she will return to KZN to begin her career at stud for breeder, owner and trainer St John Gray. A KZN-bred, Dancewiththedevil will be sent to Cathy and Jonathan Martin’s Hadlow Stud…
Outstanding Irish Flame Foals And Sibling Irish Flame’s 20 year old dam, Clock The Rock (Flaming Rock – Cora Dora by Condorcet), has foaled a magnificent Toreador this season at Bush Hill Stud. The dam of dual Gr1 winner and Equus Award winner has produced six winners, including the full-sister to Irish Flame, Irish Myth…
Approval Rating Wins Gold Cup Sprint Listed The Scott Bros’ son of Miesque’s Approval, Approval Rating, took home Borrowdale’s Gold Cup Sprint Listed, for a stake of R150 000 over 1200m. Another KZN-bred, Newtown Power bred by Bush Hill Stud, finished in fourth place. Trained by Gokhan Terzi and owned by Mr Armstrong, Approval Rating…
Ready To Run Gallops: Summerhill Stud
Just As Well Sibling Wins Gr2 On Preakness Day The half-brother to Roski-owned sire Just As Well, the colt named Utley (after an American baseball player) steered out from behind traffic and rallied to win the historic $400,000 Longines Dixie Stakes (Gr2) Saturday at Pimlico on the running of the second leg of the Triple…
Another Gr 3 Victory For Summerhill-bred Classic Illusion Summerhill-bred Classic Illusion waltzed home with another Gr 3 victory under her belt – the Flamboyant Stakes at Greyville on Friday night. The chestnut daughter of KZN’s Champion sire Kahal has now had five wins – her previous win being the Gr 3 Yellowwood Handicap in October…
Ready To Run Gallops: Yellow Star Stud
KZN-Bred Centennial Leading KZN Breeders Dressage Challenge Centennial and Heather Cochrane, leaders of the KZN Breeders Dressage Challenge. Images: Candiese Marnewick The KZN Breeders Dressage Challenge is in full swing with a magnificent and athletic KZN-bred chestnut gelding topping the Log – Golden Acres’ bred Centennial, owned and ridden by Heather Cochrane. From 25 horses…