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Is Igugu In The Next Ready-To-Run Draft? We’ve had a couple of queries about whether the next Igugu is in this draft. Here is our response to that question: “I guess the answer is “you never know”, because they often come from “left field.” What I can tell you is that this is probably the…

Backworth’s Mac The Dancer Off The Mark For Alec Laird Backworth-bred Mac The Dancer, by Joshua Dancer(USA) out of Miss Unimac(AUS) by Bellotto(USA), broke his maiden Tuesday at Scottsville over 1400m, posting an impressive 4.75 length win under the guidance of jockey Anthony Delpech for trainer Alec Laird. Mac The Dancer is a half brother…

Highdown Stud was founded in 1967 by Scott Brothers with the intention of breeding racehorses of the highest quality, which includes 167 mares, 110 foals, 90 yearlings and 5 stallions. Mogok, the most successful son of Storm Cat at stud in South Africa and a half-brother to Champion sire Machiavellian – has produced the likes…

Rathmor’s Gran Blanco A Yearling As of the 1 August, Rathmor Stud’s white colt born in September last year, Gran Blanco, is officially a yearling. He remains a big colt, very typical of the progeny of Kahal in the shape of his head and the substantial size of his bone structure and conformation. His dam…

Gold Circle Racing Awards Gold Circle held their annual KZN Racing Awards ceremony on Friday evening, an event that was very well attended at the Elangeni Hotel in Durban. Summerhill Stud once again did KZN proud, taking home the award for Breeder Of The Year. Summerhill have had another strong year, with the racing successes…

Press Release: There’s A Horse For Everyone There’s something about a racehorse auction that you find nowhere else. Not at Sotheby’s nor Christie’s, nor anywhere. By the nature of the beast, a racehorse evokes a greater passion, considerably more ego, and there’s nothing a rich man wants more than something another rich man wants. You…

Equus Awards 2012 Results Congratulations to Summerhill Stud who collected the Equus Award for Breeders Champion for the eighth consecutive year, an admirable achievement indeed. Summerhill achieved earnings of R13,317,507, almost R2-million ahead of Klawervlei Stud in the Cape. Horses that assisted Summerhill Stud with their outstanding past season include Igugu(AUS), Smanjemanje and Pierre Jourdan….

Camelot Has Colic Surgery Stuart Riley of Racingpost.com reports that three-time Classic winner Camelot has come through exploratory colic surgery and “is doing great”, Coolmore Stud has revealed on Friday morning. The surgery, announced on Thursday evening, took place at Fethard Veterinary Hospital. A tweet from Coolmore read: “Camelot’s colic surgery went well and he…