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Opening Of Breeding Season 2012 Spring always represents new beginnings, although in KZN it happened a little earlier than expected, with the first foaling in the province reported by Hadlow Stud on 16 July. While the foalings begin early, the breeding of the horses opens on 1 September. The recent heavy snow falls caused damage…

Frankel Bows Out On A High One of the world’s greatest racehorses, nicknamed “Usain Colt”, raced to first place in the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot in his last ever race before retiring. The four-year-old Frankel has now won 14 races from as many starts, securing his reputation as one of the world’s greatest race…

Northern Guest – The Blood Of Ages He never set hoof on a racecourse, yet he made a titanic contribution to the racing game in South Africa writes Mike Moon of TAB News. Northern Guest was well named for his role in life, being from the northern hemisphere and taking up residence in the south….

Emperors Palace Ready-To-Run Gallops At Summerhill Stud The Emperors Palace Ready-To-Run Sale Gallops took place on a magnificent blue skies at Summerhill Stud. In typical Summerhill fashion, it was a superbly organised day together with Bloodstock South Africa, with the who’s who of racing present from breeders to trainers and owners, including many VIP’s such…

Frankel After Frankel’s astounding performance yesterday, he has stamped himself firmly as one of the best racehorses we have seen in the last 30 years of racing and his Timeform Rating of 147 reflects his phenomenal achievement, with whispers of him being the next Secretariat. He is the epitome of what every racehorse breeder in…

Will Frankel Make It 14 Out Of 14 On Saturday? At £100 million, Frankel is most valuable stallion prospect ever reports The Telegraph. Khalid Abdulla knows full well that he has an extremely valuable property on his hands – industry experts value Frankel at £100 million for stud purposes – but he is eager that…

Bosch Hoek Equine Hospital – “Foaling 101 to 911” Presentation Contact: Dr Helen Tiffin 082 966 9324 Dr Jenny Lawrence 082 836 9897 Dr Anna Bowker 082 849 3456 Dr John Hodsdon 072 165 7122 Email: vets@bheh.co.za Website: www.bheh.co.za

Media Release: Greyville Night Racemeetings Postponed Inclement weather over the past month has forced Gold Circle to abandon the Greyville night racemeetings scheduled for October 30 and November 6. As a consequence racing action will only return to the City track on Sunday, November 18, when the second leg of the 2012 Avis Coach Charter…

Prominent English Mare Colorspin Dies The Bloodhorse.com reports that Colorspin, a major producer for Meon Valley Stud in England, died mid-August at age 29. The KZN connection with this great mare is sire Mullins Bay(GB), Colorspin is a half-sister to his dam named Bella Colora. Bred in France by Meon Valley, Colorspin (High Top–Reprocolor, by…