Backworth Stud present a few of their 2016 foals, photographed 11 March.
Boasting superb pedigrees, they are by sires Flower Alley, Soft Falling Rain, Var, Oratorio, Potala Palace, What A Winter and Byword and boast leading pedigrees from around the world – including damlines of Redoute’s Choice and Bela-Bela.
Backworth Stud have produced multiple Graded and Stakes winners including Gr1 Allan Robertson winner Chocolicious, First Again, Colour Of Courage, First Again, Raise The Bar, Variometer, Blingle Bell and Aquavit, Varlet amongst others.
Aideen, a daughter of Irish Flame gave KZN Breeder Annette Houston her first winner as an owner and breeder of Amberglo Stud. The 4yo filly is trained by Lola Crawford, assisted by her two daughters Haley and Taryn Crawford. “This win was very special for Davin and I and the kids (Christopher and Gary) –…
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Cathy and Jonathan Martin’s Hadlow Stud will be standing the beautifully-bred Summa Cum Laude for the 2021 season. The handsome colt by Vercingetorix (Silvano) out of the star broodmare First Arrival – the dam of two Equus Award winners – suffered a nasal injury which has prevented him from achieving a racing career, however based…
Noble Tune News: Half Sister Lady Serena Breaks Maiden By Seven Lengths Noble Tune’s three year old Bernardini half-sister, Lady Serena, broke her maiden at Belmont on Sunday in devastating fashion over 1700m, leading the race from the jump to open up off the corner easily on the dirt track, going on to win powerfully…
“Not since perhaps Northern Guest’s glory years at Summerhill have we seen such an interest in a KZN based stallion,” he said. “We’re getting over 20 mares from breeders around the country including Lammerskraal and we’re sending ten of our own away to other stallions.”