Well done to Summerview Stud for being the winning breeders with Apex Predator, the 4YO New Predator -Cante Libre gelding who won a cracker under Siphesihle Hlengwa for trainer Garth Puller. Congratulations to all the owners -Messrs L R Whiteford, G C Kalil, L A Marques, Nathan Pillay, G B Puller, J B Bothma, R De Jager, T Teessen & Miss W A Heyns.
Thank you to Anneke Akal Kitching for the photos.
Blue Sky Thoroughbreds (Pty) Ltd will be offering two-year-olds sired by some of South Africa’s most exciting stallions around. This draft includes two-year-olds sired by the likes of Danon Platina, Lancaster Bomber, Rabada, Rafeef, Querari and What A Winter to name but a few. Japanese champion Danon Platina is represented here by a colt (Lot…
KZN-bred Alareef, impeccably bred by Shadwell Stud, opened his winning account at Meydan for trainer Mike De Kock and his owner Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid al Maktoum. Alareef’s dam Modraj(GB) by Machiavellian stands at Spring Valley Stud on behalf of her owner Shadwell Stud, and saw her Just As Well colt sold to Team G Racing from the 2015 National Yearling Sale.
Final Field For TBA Paddock Stakes Grade 1 Sc# Horse Mass MR Draw B A T Jockey Trainer 1 WE THREE 60.0 100 (100) 7 A B Fayd’Herbe Justin Snaith 2 *IGUGU 59.5 117 (116) 3 S A Delpech Mike de Kock 3 BEACH BEAUTY 59.5 108 (107) 2 A A Forbes Dennis Drier 4…
Summerhill-bred Big Bear galloped to a scintillating win in Saturday’s R2,5 million CTS Emperors Palace Ready To Run Cup at Turffontein, in a 1-2-3 past the winners post for KZN-breds.
Byword(GB) First Mares Confirmed In Foal Rob Pickering of Middlefield Stud has reported that champion racehorse Byword(GB) has his first mares confirmed in foal. Byword was an outstanding racehorse, who defeated no fewer than 22 Grade 1 winners during his career including the likes of Cirrus des Aigles, currently the top rated horse in Europe,…
St John Gray pulled his home-bred joker out of the pack in Saturday’s R150 000 Listed Derby Trial at Turffontein. “I thought at one stage that Christopher Robin’s sire Damage Is Done was doing just that to my broodmare band,” laughed the victorious breeder-owner-trainer afterwards. Punters in the Winnie The Poo! Christopher Robin storms clear…