Chad Le Clos Toreador Colt To Debut On Wednesday Olympic and World Champion swimming hero Chad Le Clos is “very excited” ahead of the debut of the first racehorse he has ever owned, the Paul Lafferty-trained Unbelievable Chad, and will be on course at Scottsville on Wednesday to cheer him on. Lafferty described the two-year-old…
Kildonan’s Kenilworth Double Yellow Star’s resident sire Kildonan had a double at Kenilworth on Saturday in the first and fourth race, with Saint Donan winning over 1200m and Revved Up over 2000m. Saint Donan won the aptly named Wilgebosdrift Stud Maiden Plate comfortably by over a length under Christopher Puller. Charlie Strong, by Ravishing, finished…
Summerhill Stallion Day: Capetown Noir Introduced Summerhill Stud held their Stallion Day on Sunday, traditionally after the Vodacom Durban July where the winning colours of Lady Laidlaw’s Khaya Stables crossed the winning post of Africa’s most illustrious horse race, were again presented on Sunday when Capetown Noir was introduced. Under unusually warm sunny Midlands weather…
Black Type For Freshman Sire Just As Well Yet to be out of the money from four starts and knocking on the door for a win, Just As Well’s two year old colt, Just As I Said, ran third to Isca in the Storm Bird Listed for trainer David Niewenhuizen and owner Mr JM Cola….
Vodacom Durban July KZN News Lady Christine Laidlaw’s Khaya Stables emerged victorious in the 2015 Vodacom Durban July with Silvano colt Power King trained by Dean Kannemeyer, a previous winning combination for Dean with the yellow and black silks previously carried by Summerhill’s exciting young new stallion acquisistion, Capetown Noir, and we warmly welcome Khaya…
Noble Tune News: Honor Code Soars To Victory In Gr2 Gulfstream Lane’s End Racing and Dell Ridge Farm’s Honor Code, a half-brother to Gr2 and Gr3 winning Noble Tune, in his first start of 2015 saw him mow down the front-runners with a strong rally to capture the $300,000 Gr2 Gulfstream Park Handicap. With Javier…
Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale: Final Results And KZN Yearling Sale Graduate News For Vodacom Durban July Day The Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale finished up on Friday with 262 Lots catalogued, the average dropping by 2.9% percent from last year to R99 364 for a yearling sold. The top-priced colt KZN-bred colt on the second day…
King’s Chapel: Thurlow Running In Gr1 Blue Diamond King’s Chapel is the broodmare sire of Sebring filly Thurlow, who lines up in the Gr1 Blue Diamond Stakes on Saturday in Australia. She is out of one of King’s Chapel’s best progeny produced to date, Princess Emmy. Gr1 Blue Diamond Stakes contender Thurlow will figure in…
Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale: First Day Results The Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale saw the first 150 Lots knocked down out of 262 offered over two days. The average remains above the previous years, with the top priced horse of the sale to date being a Trippi filly for R600 000, Lot 72 beautifully named Announcing…
The ‘King’ Is Dead After the recent loss of Muhtafal, KZN lost another stalwart stallion in King Of Kings this week at The Fort Stud, due to cardiac arrest at age 20. King Of Kings stood most of his South African career at Alan and Vera Sutherland’s Somerset Stud, before being relocated to Clifton and…