The KZN Breeders Series has once again been launched for 2016. The KZN Breeders Race Day exclusively for horses registered with the KZN Breeders Premium Scheme taking place on Sunday, 26 June 2016.
The day incorporates the KZN Breeders Million Mile, won last year by Clifton Stud’s Bezanova and followed by the Scott Bros’ double of Wild One and Front Rank; with Wild One going on to win the Gr1 Gold Cup just over a month later.
The first entries closed in December and the growth of this race day, one of the biggest on Gold Circle’s racing calendar after the Vodacom Durban July by stakes on offer of R2,6 million exclusively for “KZN-breds”, has increased incredibly each year – this is the third year running and saw an astounding 913 entries received, for horses that are of two years of age and up.
Our first entries in 2013 for the KZN Breeders Series saw over 600 horses entered.
A big thank you to the owners and trainers of our KZN-bred horses that have supported our KZN Breeders Race Day so enthusiastically, we are looking forward to another fabulous day this year in June.
The KZN Breeders Series of eight races for a stake of R200 000 each will be run on the Polytrack, with one race each for juvenile colts and fillies over 1200m. In addition, the remainder of the races will consist of a race each for fillies and colts/geldings over distances of 1200m, 1600m and 2000m. The KZN Breeders Million Mile will be run the turf.
The KZN Breeders Race Day in the past has always been an enormous success with a “proudly KZN” black and white theme, it promises to be filled with fun for the whole family.
The owners of each winning horse on the day stand to take home a voucher of R10 000 redeemable towards a KZN-bred yearling at the Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale the following week, whilst the connections of the first three placed horses in each race will get a voucher of R5 000 each.
The KZN Breeders Million Mile winner stands to win not only the biggest stake of the day, but will take home a R20 000 KZN-bred yearling voucher in addition. The KZN Breeders Million Mile entries are excluded from this entry process, and will be run on turf for horses over the age of three with a suitable Merit Rating.
The races will be open to all horses country-wide whose credentials meet the criteria of “KZN bred” as prescribed by the rules of the KZN Breeders Premium Scheme.
Horses registered at first entry will receive a 4-point bonus but horses supplemented in April will not qualify for the bonus and it must be noted that horses purchased after first entries have closed, are still subject to the supplementary fees.
The points for Maiden races will be awarded on a 4, 3, 2 basis for first, second and third. All other races, including Grade 1’s, will have points awarded from first to fifth on 8, 6, 4, 3, 1 basis. Points will be awarded regardless of the distance of the races and it will be up to the connections of the horses as to which races they nominate for.
Only horses who have pre-entered or supplemented (by Thursday, 21 April 2016) for the KZN Breeders Series and earned points in qualifying races between 1 January 2016 to 19 June 2016 will be eligible to run on the day.
Horses will be eliminated according to points earned for the KZN Breeders Series (1 January 2016 to 19 June 2016), i.e. lowest point scorers will be eliminated.
In the event that two or more horses have the same number of points, and further horses require to be eliminated, the horses with the lowest merit rating will be eliminated. In the event that two or more horses have the same merit rating and further horses require to be eliminated, then further elimination will be determined by Gold Circle in its sole discretion.
Separate point logs for the Two Year Olds and Three Year Olds and up will be published on a fortnightly basis on the KZN Breeders website.
We look forward to the results!