Well done to St John Gray of Graystone Stud for being the winning breeder, trainer and owner with Eiger Sanction in the 4th race at Turffontein today. The 4YO Potala Palace – In My Secret Life colt won a superb race under Muzi Yeni.
You can watch the race replay via –https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eViWnymerHA
Thank you to JC Photos for the pictures.
KZN BREEDERS SERIES POINTS AS AT 27 May 2019 2YOS only No. Horse Age Sex MR Trainer Breeder Pre-Nom Points 1 LUNA WISH 2 F 84 Alan Greeff Mr Bruce Le Roux Yes 19 2 ENJOY THE VIEW 2 C 85 Michael Roberts Mr G C Kalil Yes 18 3 ANNATJIE 2 F 78 Ashley…
The Melbourne Cup, to be run at Flemington racecourse tomorrow morning (Tuesday), has to date eluded record-breaking trainer Aidan O’Brien. However, KZN Breeders will be hoping his son Joseph wins it this year with Rekindling, who is a full-brother to the Summerhill-based stallion Golden Sword.
Warwick and Karin Render’s Bush Hill Stud have had four winners in seven days at Greyville, the Vaal and Scottsville racecourses by resident sires King’s Chapel, Kahal (sadly deceased) and Curved Ball.
Mwetwood Stud have a lovely draft of 5 yearlings for the KZN Yearling Sale which takes place on Thursday 4th July at Suncoast Casino. Here is their draft in Lot order number: Lot 12. Colt. 22Zargun. Act Of War – Zargun. (Silvano). His dam is out of Woolavington Gr1 winner, ZIRCONEUM. ZIRCONEUM is a 4…
Carrying top weight of 61kgs at the Vaal, Africa Rising put them to sleep by winning by a quarter of a length over the 1200m and showed his turn of foot, in the process defeating the very smart Gr1 winner, Mustaaqeem, who had his first defeat yesterday.
A few current stallion statistics from www.nhra.co.za that make for interesting reading. Name Runners AEPR Wins Wnrs / Rnrs% Places B.T. Winners B.T. Wins Total Stake Standing At Stud Mambo In Seattle (USA) 135 52200 70 32.6 332 3 3 7047025 Clifton Stud Crusade (USA) 88 50073 48 39.8 205 2 3 4406450 Clifton Stud…