South African Jockey Academy To Train Hong Kong Apprentices Two apprentice jockeys from Hong Kong, Jonathon Tai and Dylan Mo, have arrived for a two year training stint at the South African Jockey Academy based at Summerveld. It is the first time that the Academy will be training apprentices from Hong Kong. Jonathan Tai is…
Placido Gets Another Group Place For Miesque’s Approval Yellow Star-bred Placido ran a third in the Grade 3 Champions Juvenile Cup for 2 Year Olds, at Fairview yesterday over 1400m. He becomes the second horse since Eton Square in the Grade 1 Vodacom Durban July (as well as a Grade 3) to add another Stakes…
Backworth Stud: Caviar Continues To Impress For Colin Scott Backworth-bred Caviar (Var – Lewinsky’s Lover) won her second at Scottsville yesterday under jockey MJ Odendaal for Summerveld-based trainer Colin Scott. Caviar is from the family of Soho Secret; ARCSA Champion Broodmare in 1995, Kings Gambit; Equus Champion Stayer in 2008, London News; ARCSA Champion Three-Year-Old…
Broodmares, Yearlings, Weanlings Available The following mares, weanlings and yearlings have become available on behalf of a client at Summerhill Stud. Please see the list below and attachments with pedigrees. Please contact Annet directly at Summerhill Stud on annet@summerhill.co.za should you be interested. Please follow the links to download pedigrees for them. Annet welcomes interested…
Media Release: Gold Circle Announces Champions Season Stakes Increase The stakes pot for the Champions Season feature races in KwaZulu-Natal has been given a R6 million cash injection which represents a 28% increase on current levels. Announcing the increases, Gold Circle’s Racing and Marketing Executive, Graeme Hawkins, said: “This is another step towards ensuring KwaZulu-Natal…
Young KZN Sires Off To Strong Start The first two year old crops for Carpocrates and Mullins Bay have hit the tracks, and it is exciting times indeed. Carpocrates of Middlefield Stud, a stallion with one of the finest pedigrees in South Africa, from just 12 runners he has had three winners with four placings…
Byword(GB) Arrives At Middlefield Stud Gr 1 Prince Of Wales Stakes winner Byword has arrived safely at Middlefield Stud at the beginning of last week, Rob Pickering reports. An athletic and eye-catching chestnut horse with a top pedigree to match, Byword has an outstanding temperament, being an absolute gentleman as we approached him in his…
“An Amazing Experience!” – 3A Racing Syndicate The various arms of the Thoroughbred industry are inextricably linked, with each dependent on the other for survival. So when a young, enthusiastic group of people get together in support of the racing industry, it is clear that the entire industry can only benefit from the injection of…
“An Amazing Experience!” – 3A Racing Syndicate The various arms of the Thoroughbred industry are inextricably linked, with each dependent on the other for survival. So when a young, enthusiastic group of people get together in support of the racing industry, it is clear that the entire industry can only benefit from the injection of…
Stallion Feature: Strategic News(AUS) Strategic News(AUS) will be standing his third season at Rathmor Stud this year. The imposing chestnut stallion is the only son of Strategic and grandson of Grand Lodge standing at stud in South Africa, having his first crop of weanlings on the ground. Strategic News won a total of five times…