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.
Scott Bros present a few of their foals from the 2016 season, including siblings to Matador Man and Markofdistinction – by sires Crusade, Eightfold Path, Mogok, Noble Tune and Linngari. Please note these photos were taken 31 January
Rathmor Stud have had their second foal crop from the impressive Noble Tune, whose sire and damline frequent the Thoroughbred news the world over on a regular basis. Noble Tune’s first crop are yearlings and will be presented at the National Yearling Sales in May. Noble Tune placed in the Gr1 Breeders Cup Juvenile on…
KZN was well represented at the recent CTS Ready To Run Sale, with the top priced colt by Visionaire coming from Summerhill Stud and the top priced KZN-bred Var filly originally bred by Backworth Stud.
The KZN Breeders Awards were held at Bellwood Stud on 26 November. Scott Bros’ son of Overlord, also voted Equus Champion Sprinter, was crowned 2016 KZN Breeders Horse Of The Year.
The following KZN-breds will be up for auction on 24 – 25 November at the CTS Ready To Run Sale, taking place at Randjesfontein. First season KZN sires with progeny on sale include Crusade and Await The Dawn, whilst Linngari has progeny on offer and the last two year olds by Kahal – consistently a national top 5 sire – will be up for auction. KZN-breds can be identified with stable door posters and hip stickers on during the sale.
The nominees for the KZN Breeders Awards to be held on 26 November 2016 have been announced, with our Equus National Champion Breeders Summerhill Stud dominating the various categories with 14 nominations, amongst them the likes of Rabada, No Worries, Heaps Of Fun, Intergalactic, Witchcraft and Arch Rival.
Summerhill Stud and Scott Bros made KZN proud at the Equus Awards on Tuesday evening at Emperors Palace. Mick Goss and his team were on hand to receive their 10th Equus Award for the National Leading Breeders title, an outstanding achievement indeed. Summerhill produced 39.7% runners to winners for the 2015/2016 season, and bred several…
The annual Bush Hill Stallion Day took place on the Friday prior to the Gold Cup race day, and once again it was a magnificent day with over 200 guests present and it was fantastic to have so many visitors from the Cape especially – including Susan Rowett, Mike De Kock, Jehan Malherbe and Jessica Slack.
KZN’s Gr1 Middle Park Stakes winner, Crusade lead the first season sires list by aggregate at the Sibaya KZN Yearling Sale, whilst Toreador topped the second day of the both KZN’s top priced colt and filly with prices of R280 000 and R230 000.