The Scott Bros’ well performed young stallion Crusade was represented by his first stakes winner when his progressive daughter Covered In Snow captured the Listed Swallow Stakes at Turffontein on Saturday. Bred by the Clifton Stud, and owned by Peter White, the Dianne Stenger trained three-year-old made it three wins from just four outings when…
First yearlings in 2018 for Capetown Noir, the triple Gr1 winning son of Western Winter at Summerhill Stud.
Summerhill are sending an outstanding draft to the CTS Premier Yearling Sale, including two siblings to Gr1 winners (Love Struck and Rabada) and a Gr3 winner, as well as a Silvano filly out of a half-sister to Bankable. The first crop of Capetown Noir are represented.
Please take note of the new BSA National Yearling Sale inspection dates for KZN from Jane Thomas: 11th January 8.30 Spring Valley 10.30 lngrid Klug under Spring Valley 11.00 Hadlow 12.00 Summerhill 2.30 Bush Hill 4pm Somerset12th January 9am Rathmor 11.30 Scott Bros 2.30Fort stud 3.30 Almiray under Rathmor 4.00 Clifton Stud 13th January 9.00 Kjell Foundation…
Yellow Star Stud held a Christmas Party Sale and Open Day on Thursday. Owned by Koos and Lorraine De Klerk, Koos has always been known for his clever marketing concepts and this sale proved that thinking out of the box can often reap the rewards! A clever concept with 15 two year olds for sale…
Yellow Star Stud will be holding a Christmas Party Sale on 21 December, including a half-brother to Putchini and the first juveniles by son of Galileo, The Assayer.
Summerhill have produced more winners this season (nine ahead of the second placed farm according to current nhra stats -3 December) than any other stud in the top 10 breeders log. There is a thought that you can predict what is to come in the future based on the past – if Summerhill’s ten year leading breeder accolades are anything to go by, their draft is to be respected.
The Var colt is out of Backworth-bred 8-time winner Raise The Bar, a daughter of exceptional broodmare sire Goldkeeper who flew the flag brightly for Backworth Stud in her heyday. Her first foal is already Bold Black Type, the Gimmethegreenlight filly Rose In Bloom winning the Irridescence Stakes and Stakes Placed. The colt sold for R850 000 to Mark Erasmus.
Brave Tin Soldier’s smart daughter and Gr1 winner Brave Mary, second in the Emperors Ready to Run Cup, is headed to quarantine at Kenilworth in advance of a long trip through Mauritius to France in late February. KZN-bred Anna Pavlova made the trip to France at the end of October for Team Valor.
The sale, conducted by Jan Naude and Caroline Simpson’s Livestock Auctions, achieved an aggregate of R4 145 000, with an average of R69 083 and a top price of R380 000 paid by Bobby Rajhuhanan for a beautiful Visionaire colt. – Turf Talk