Stud Farms


Nestled in KwaZulu-Natal’s scenic landscape are some of the province and country’s best racehorse stud farms and most dedicated breeders. Together as KZN Breeders, they epitomize a rich equestrian tradition, thanks to their expertise and passion. Through their dedication and committment to breeding, they have given South Africa, and the world, some of the finest bloodstock out there.

Discover the very essence of KwaZulu-Natal’s horse breeding community, with our stud profiles below:

Amberglo Stud

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Backworth Stud

Backworth Stud is a boutique Thoroughbred Horse Breeding establishment, situated near Eston, in the Southern Drakensberg, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.

Born out of a passion to work with some of man’s most noble animals, Keith Russon and Ian Todd established the breeding operation in 2000.

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Bloomhill Stud

Located in the picturesque surrounds of Wartburg, north east of the KZN capital city Pietermaritzburg, the magnificent Bloomhill Stud is home to the Trethewey family – and of course, to the legendary racemare Rouge Allure and Gr1 producer Wysiwyg.

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Bush Hill Stud

Bush Hill Stud is owned and run by Warwick and Karin Render and is a stud that has been a successful commercial operation for over thirty years, the last 17 under the Render’s management, who between them boast in excess of forty years of experience in the horse breeding industry in South Africa.

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Camargue Stud

Camargue Stud will be relaying its new foundations from the Midlands once more under owner Brett Van Laun.

Contact Chantel McCabe on gm@cstud.co.za

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Clifton Stud

Originally located in Ermelo, Clifton Stud – owned by Peter and Jen Blyth – was relocated to Rosetta, in Kwazulu Natal and is situated 2,5kms off the R103, east of Rosetta and the farm is 138 hectares in extent of which 36 hectares is under irrigation.

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Far End Stables

Jane Thomas specialises in pre-training racehorses, as well as spelling and recuperation. She has worked in the SA Racing Industry since 1990. She held an open trainers license with the National Horse Racing Authority from 1990 – 2000. Jane’s success in the racing world and her ability to understand the fundamentals of South African racing led her to start a pre-training facility at Far End in 2000.

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Greenhill Farm

Greenhill Farm of Stuart & Lola Crawford is situated in the picturesque Lidgetton Valley in the midlands of KwaZulu Natal. As the logo suggests the farm activities include breeding of race horses and growing of the national flower Protea cynaroides and the King Protea.

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Hadlow Stud

Boarding, Breeding, Spelling, Sales Preparation
Genuine Service, Genuine Value
Contact:
Cathy & Jonathan Martin
Tel: 033 2631504
Cell: 082 331 5697
Email: cathym@futurenet.co.za
Stallions: Bezrin, The Apache

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Homeleigh Stud And Pretraining

Pretraining young thoroughbreds. Specializing in a holistic approach, Providing a sound upbringing, stress free tuition.

Conditioning the horse mentally & physically, for the demands of racing. Homeleigh lays a solid foundation for the horses’ success on the track.

Rosanne’s passion & dedication is for the horse, taking pride in conditioning the horse to its peak.

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Kjell Foundation

Contact:
Mike Benson / Di Turner
Email: hogan@iafrica.com
kee.kerry@gmail.com

Breeders of Kalaam, Eastern Greeting, Kwinta, Wynkelder, Kanonkop amongst others.

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Macrath CC / Rathmor Stud

Breeders of Romany Prince, Surabi, Malteme, Wendywood, American Gr 1 winner Gypsy’s Warning, Harry Lime and the famous white colt Gran Blanco.
Standing sires Noble Tune(USA) and Strategic News (AUS).

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Peter Choice

Specialising in the transport of Thoroughbreds. We are based in Mooi River, we transport horses country wide from within KZN to Gauteng, Cape and PE.
Contact:
Peter Choice
Email: peterchoice@futurenet.co.za
Web: www.choicecarriers.co.za

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Piemonte Stud

 With a breeding philosophy of buying the best mares and breeding to the best stallions across South Africa, it reflects in the quality of horses winning after only four years of commercial breeding, including Kalamain and O Tamara, whilst selling Mauritian champion Cherish The Charm at the their first yearling sale in 2011.

 

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Spring Valley Stud

Spring Valley Stud have about 55 of our own mares, and board about 20 mares for clients. We offer the following services such as boarding, foaling down mares, sales prepping for yearlings and 2 year olds.

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St Heliers Stud

Contact:
Shirley Rosseau
Email: sthelierstud@telkomsa.net

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Summerhill Equestrian

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Summerhill Stud

Champion Breeders for 10 years, nine of them consecutive.

Summerhill is renowned for its exceptional facilities, its highly advanced communications and administrative infrastructure, an internationally trained workforce, and one of the finest stock raising environments anywhere in the world.

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Summerview Stud

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The Fort Stud

The Fort – Stud and Stables is located in Fort Nottingham in KwaZulu-Natal. Owned and operated by Jill Fox since 2006, The Fort has bred, backed and pre-trained numerous winners of races up to Grade 1 level both in South Africa and abroad, including Dubai, England, France, Germany and Mauritius.

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Wood-Moore Manor Stud

Launched in 2008, Wood-Moore Manor Stud’s focus is on commercial breeding and racing with the aim of being recognised for superior quality in our bloodstock and developing a strong culture of loyalty and commitment to their industry and all its stakeholders.

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Wynnholme Stud

Situated in the heart of the Midlands, Mooi River, the picturesque Wynnholme Stud is nestled in an area famed for producing some of the country’s top racing stock. Choosing quality over quantity, the horses in the care of Wynnholme Stud are each a name and not a number. We like to keep an exclusive number of mares where each horse is able to receive the extra daily dose of personal attention under our care.

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