Here are the Summerhill Equestrian lots for the BSA KZN Yearling Sale. Lot 59 Dee Dee’s Delight is the full sister to Grade One Allan Robertson heroine, Quid Pro Quo.
It was a great winning day for Rachel Venniker at Turrfontein yesterday, Not only did she win with our #KZNBred and Bush Hill Stud bred Atarime, but she took the BetWay Joburg Spring Challenge as well with Back In Business, the Klawervlei Stud William Longsword – Enchanting Cathy gelding and then finished with a flourish,…
“The BIG movers towards qualification for the tenth renewal of the world’s first Ready To Run sales race, turned up at Turffontein on the weekend. While the odds of getting a run this year are better than they’ve ever been (16 out of a catalogue of just 50 odd,) it’s getting hot at the top of the log, with the Group One performer, Railtrip, setting the benchmark.”
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…
Blue Sky Thoroughbreds of Mooi River enjoyed a brilliant day at Hollywoodbets Scottsville, not only getting a double bred by the partnership of Tinus Gericke and Bruce Le Roux, but also achieving a training feat of winning with a horse bred, raised and trained on the property. Ivan Van Wyk heads up the training aspect…
Gypsy Queen is the sort of mare that keeps all breeders hopes alive at sales – unplaced in one start at age 3, but a full sister to two Gr2 SA Oaks winners amongst their other Stakes wins – namely Royal Prophecy and Noble Destiny.
Gypsy Queen has no doubt trounced her Bold Black Type sisters at stud, whose progeny have won but not excelled to the the heights of Gypsy Queen.
Summerhill have produced more winners this season (nine ahead of the second placed farm according to current nhra stats -3 December) than any other stud in the top 10 breeders log. There is a thought that you can predict what is to come in the future based on the past – if Summerhill’s ten year leading breeder accolades are anything to go by, their draft is to be respected.