The R1 million World Sports Betting Gauteng Summer Cup landscape changed complexion in just under two minutes at Turffontein on Saturday. Trainer St John Gray strengthened his big race claims and saddled his home-bred Christopher Robin for a fluent maiden graded stakes success in the R125 000 Gr3 Victory Moon Stakes. The last chance saloon…
Extraordinary Trainer, Owner and Breeder St John Gray has breathed new life into sire Bezrin, a well travelled stallion between KZN and the Cape for some years until finally settling into Cathy and Jonathan Martin’s Hadlow Stud. The bright bay son of Danzig has had a slew of winners recently, with his winners to runners…
The Mike and Adam Azzie yard continued their dominance of the Listed Spring Spree Stakes today, registering their third win in this race in the last four runnings, and this time the victor, Bohica, could prove to be something special. He was the first of two impressive winners on the day, the other being the…
St. John Gray and Sherman Brown both rattled off hattricks at Turffontein Inside yesterday and one leg of the double they had together was Dance Class, who has now won five in a row and is threatening to become the next black type earner in a Gray-owned family whose star member was Dance Class’s close…
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…
St John Gray of Graystone Stud, based in KZN, has made a miraculous achievement of 1000 wins this afternoon at the Vaal with his now 11-time winner and #kznbred Dawn Assault. Appropriately, Gavin Lerena, who has ridden several of St John’s top horses to Gr1 success including the likes of 5-time Gr1 winner Dancewiththedevil, was…
#kznbred Ronnie’s Candy added yet another Gr2 to her impressive list of wins, taking the Ipi Tombi Challenge. The daughter of the late King Of Kings, still making his presence felt, is another stellar achievement for St John Gray, who bred, owns and trains the 4yo filly. Raised at Cathy and Jonathan Martin’s Hadlow Stud…
“With five lengths to make up at the 350m marker, the racy chestnut grew wings under Corne Orffer to put 2,20 lengths between herself and the 10-1 Nafaayes, with the runner-up’s stablemate Ghaalla (a R5-million graduate off the National Yearling Sale) staying on for third.”
Amongst KZN’s broodmare band for 2018 is #kznbred five-time Gr1 winner Dancewiththedevil at Cathy and Jonathan Martin’s Hadlow Stud, for owner-trainer and breeder St John Gray.
KZN is having a great season with two Gr1 winners amongst our Stakes Winners this season, and three of our #kznbreds walked away with Awards – including two out of three Triple Tiara winner, Takingthepeace.