Backworth Stud: First Exciting Foals Arriving For The Season Horse Chestnut (SAF) – Flutter Bye (SAF) In a somewhat ironic scheduling of nature, Flutter Bye, a half sister to Grade 2 Ipi Tombe Challenge victress First Again, presented Backworth with our ‘second’ foal of the season. A strapping colt by arguably the best racehorse to…
Group Winner For Bush Hill Sire King’s Chapel(AUS) Thoroughbred News reports that King Montrose (NZ) has claimed his ninth race victory, his first at stakes level, in the $100,000 Group 3 Lindauer Stewards Stakes (1200m) at Riccarton on Wednesday. Trained and part-owned by Neill Ridley, King Montrose (King’s Chapel x Dorrington) ran a tough race…
Kahal’s Daughter Sells For 400 000 Euro In Foal To Frankel To hear the words Backworth Stud, Kahal, Chocolicious and Frankel in one sentence should be enough to get anyone to sit up and take notice. Keith Russon and Ian Todd’s Backworth-bred Chocolicious, a Gr 1 Allan Robertson winner and a daughter of Kahal sold…
Kildonan Gets First Winner A sensationally fast racehorse who is now passing it onto his progeny, Kildonan’s two year old son Tribute To Kylie won his fourth start at Clairwood in impressive fashion by three-quarters of a length in very soft going over 1000m. From just five runners to date, Kildonan has already had a…
The ‘R Heat Lightning’ Connection At The National Yearling Sales Lot 113, a bay yearling ‘Spangle’ , by Trippi out of Refined Gold by Rich Man’s Gold has attracted the attention of buyers. Keith Russon of Backworth Stud says he has fielded calls from across the country with buyers interested in the eye-catching filly. Her…
International Racing News For KZN Sires Plenty of international racing news relating to our local sires has emerged from the last week, involving recent new import Crusade(USA), Visionaire(USA), Just As Well(USA) and the deceased Second Empire(IRE). On 28 February Clearly Now, by Horse Greeley – himself out of Mr Greeley – won the Group 3…
KZN Breeders Juvenile Million On 6th July For 2012 KZN Yearling Sale Graduates – Qualifying Horses More exciting news out of KZN, is the KZN Breeders Juvenile Million race to be held on 6 July, Vodacom Durban July day for a stake of R1-million, yet another reason to buy a horse from KZN! This race…
Backworth Stud: Newmarket Mist And Drizzle For Baroness Bergsma Of Longford Backworth enjoyed trainer Mike Miller’s support at the 2012 KZN Yearling Sales with his purchase of Colour Of Courage – a lovely Judpot yearling out of our Exclusive Patriot mare, Exclusive Honour. It was lovely to welcome Mike and his team to Backworth…
First Foal For St Helier Stud St Helier Stud have begun their foaling season, and seen here is mare Fair Finn (National Emblem – Nobely Known by Royal Prerogative), a half-sister to J&B Met winner Angus and Gr 2 winner Dignify (dam of recent Kahal Stakes winner Distinguished) with her high quality colt by Brave…
Green Moon Wins Melbourne Cup – The A.P. Answer Connection A.P. Answer’s dam-line continues International success with Green Moon who swept home to take the epic 3200m Emirates Melbourne Cup Gr 1. Green Moon is by Montjeu out of Green Tune mare Green Nune. Green Tune is out of Soundings, the second dam of A.P….