Spring Valley’s National Yearlings spotted on the morning of 29 January in the heavy mist.
Bruce Le Roux once again brings an outstanding draft of yearlings to the Nationals at the end of April, including progeny by Querari, Flower Alley, first season sire Flying The Flag, Futura, Mogok, Twice Over, Legislate, Crusade, What A Winter and Master Of My Fate amongst others.
The Flying Flag and Eightfold Colt pictured scored 9 on physical inspection.
Cathy and Jonathan Martin’s Hadlow Stud enjoyed a double in a week, with Im The Buzz (Flying The Flag) and Lady Lacewing (Danon Platina) both winning in a week. They have also had three places in addition to their wins from their last seven runners. We reported on the prior win of Im The Buzz,…
International news related to KZN is that Arrogate, who share sire Unbridled’s Song with Noble Tune, amazed the racing world with an astounding last to first Gr1 Dubai World Cup victory whilst Crusade’s half sister, Seventh Heaven, gave a courageous account of herself to finish second in the Gr1 Dubai Sheema Classic behind Jack Hobbs.
It was a positive sale overall in a tough economic climate, and saw three impressive individuals reach over a R1-million, with the top seller being the first million rand horse consigned by Danika Stud as agent for Missing U Syndicate – also registered as KZN Breeders. The colt was signed for Gavin Van Zyl and…
Rathmor’s Gypsy Queen Produces Kahal Colt KZN Breeders Broodmare Of The Year for 2011, Gypsy Queen, produced an outstanding Kahal(GB) colt on 11 October for Rathmor Stud. Mike McHardy describes the colt as: “a large plain bay, that is very athletic-looking.” A half-brother to three-time Gr 1 winner in the USA and South Africa, Gypsy’s…
Mogok Dominates KZN Breeders Million Mile Field Scott Bros’ resident sire Mogok dominates the KZN Breeders Million Mile field to be run on Sunday at Greyville on the turf, with five of his progeny represented out of the 12 entries. Wild One heads up the entries and looks to be a serious contender, the Mike…
Kahal’s Coronet Peak Performing In Singapore Comeback galloper Coronet Peak notched his fourth win on the trot when successful in the $75,000 Kranji Stakes C over 1200m on the Polytrack on Friday night. Ridden by Alan Munro, Coronet Peak scored a fighting neck victory over Single Act (Shafiq Rizuan) with Machfive (Saifudin Ismail) a length-and-a-quarter…