In a wintery but pleasant day at Yellow Star Stud, the KZN Mare & Weanling Sale took place on Monday in Mooi River, with support from farms outside of KZN such as Gary Player Stud, Riethuiskraal and John Slade. The top priced Lots of the day came from two fillies consigned for stud – Lot…
The magnificent daughter of Flower Alley consigned by Bush Hill Stud attracted plenty of attention and was knocked down to Mr G Van Lear for R375 000.
Piemonte Stud have bred a very handsome but unusually marked Var colt named Aberto, as Lot 200 at the KZN Yearling Sale. Out of Selkirk / Sadler’s Wells mare Irish Heroine, he is just about a guaranteed winner with his dam who has produced four winners from six runners – including 5-time winner Lee’s Pick,…
In an exciting build up to the final of the KZN Jockey’s & Trainers Challenge, it was Garth Puller in the end who won the R30 000 Sales Voucher and jockey Lyle Hewitson who took the Jockey leg of the competition.
One horse that has come full circle is the Toreador three year old gelding Unbelievable Lad. His owner purchased him from the 2016 KZN Yearling Sale for R90 000 and used his R5 000 voucher against the purchase – which he had recieved from the 2016 KZN Breeders Race Day when Caprivi placed third, also in the car of Ivan and Darryl Moore.
Warwick and Karin Render’s Bush Hill Stud will be offering a large draft of 16 (one as agent) at Thursday and Friday’s KZN Yearling Sale at the Sibaya Entertainment World. The Bush Hill draft includes yearlings by such popular and promising stallions as Capetown Noir, Crusade, Flower Alley, Jackson, Ideal World, Soft Falling Rain, and…
Peter and Jenny Blyth’s Clifton Stud will be offering seven yearlings, and two other lots as agent, at the 2018 KZN Yearling Sale next week. Remarkably, all nine of the Clifton yearlings are sired by either a G1 winner or a G1 sire!
The Hadlow Stud will be offering eight quality lots at next week’s KZN Yearling Sale. Their draft includes yearlings by such popular stallions as Crusade, Flower Alley, Visionaire and the sadly now deceased Toreador. The latter, whose best offspring include champion Link Man, dual G1 winner Bull Valley, and July hope Matador Man, is represented…
Photos of yearlings by Just As Well headed to the KZN Yearling Sale.
Bush Hill Stud’s KZN Yearling Sale draft including horses by Flower Alley, Soft Falling Rain, Just As Well, Jackson, Toreador, Redoute’s Promise, Capetown Noir, Ideal World, Crusade, Judpot, Irish Flame, Curved Ball and Seventh Rock. There are also siblings to Arizona Sunset, Celestina, winners Crusado and Midnight Messenger, debut winner Cat ‘n Mouse (died thereafter)…