Local And International Gr 3 Success For King Of Kings KZN once again had significant success at Turffontein on Saturday, with a number of horses winning and placing in several Black Type races and news from Gulfstream Park in the USA – predominantly from King Of Kings and Spectrum. King’s Temptress, by King Of Kings,…
Summerhill Announce Second Stallion Acquisition For 2012, Traffic Guard(USA) While the sireline of the champion American stallion, Halo, is only sporadically represented in South Africa (Sunday Silence’s son, Admire Main, at Summerhill Stud, is a rare exception), it has suddenly made the spotlight through Gimmethegreenlight (by More Than Ready), a stand-out three year old of…
Opening Of The Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale Day 1 The Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale kicks off this morning at 10:00, with one of the best sons of KZN-bred Jet Master making a guest appearance at the opening scheduled for 9:30 this morning. JJ The Jet Plane has retired after an illustrious career and…
Media Release: Gold Circle Announces Stakes Increase Stakes for the minor race programme in KwaZulu-Natal will increase by an average of 11% as from March 1, 2013. Making the announcement, Gold Circle Racing and Marketing Executive, Graeme Hawkins, said: “It is Gold Circle’s vision that the increase in stakes for minor races heralds an era…
The Apache Does KZN Proud In Dubai The Apache, bred by Scott Bros and a South African champion from trainer Mike de Kock’s Dubai raiding party, got an ideal stalking trip under Christophe Soumillon to win the $200,000 Al Rashidiya sponsored by Dubal Gr 2 on 31 January at Meydan. Making his first start in…
First Winner For Sire Mullins Bay Croke Park, bred by Somerset Stud, produced the first win for Mullins Bay(GB), standing at Summerhill Stud. This is Mullins Bay’s first crop to race. Croke Park sold for just R20 000 at the 2011 KZN Yearling Sale, and has earned almost R50 000 in his first start/win. It…
Vodacom Durban July Entries – 18 April 2013 It is reaching that exciting time of year again, and the Vodacom Durban July entries have been released. A number of talented KZN-breds – or horses associated through KZN being by our sires – are represented, including Kahal’s recent Gr 1 winner Love Struck, bred by Summerhill…
Local And International Gr 3 Success For King Of Kings KZN once again had significant success at Turffontein on Saturday, with a number of horses winning and placing in several Black Type races and news from Gulfstream Park in the USA – predominantly from King Of Kings and Spectrum. King’s Temptress, by King Of Kings,…
Backworth Stud: 2013 National Yearling Sale Inspection Backworth Stud enjoyed John Kramer and Kerry Jack’s visit to inspect our yearlings nominated for the 2013 Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale, and are pleased to share that despite bad weather, our ‘nominated yearlings’ were well received. The horses did themselves proud averaging a score of 8.5 with…
The Apache Does KZN Proud In Dubai The Apache, bred by Scott Bros and a South African champion from trainer Mike de Kock’s Dubai raiding party, got an ideal stalking trip under Christophe Soumillon to win the $200,000 Al Rashidiya sponsored by Dubal Gr 2 on 31 January at Meydan. Making his first start in…