RACE RECORD $2.4 million record-priced weanling in the USA In UK & South Africa 3 wins, 1000-1200m A quality stallion with a good head, very good hind leg and stands over ground, 2011 will be his 4th season at stud. R5000 live foal fee for 2012 season Standing at Middlefield Stud For extended pedigree and…
Noble Tune News: Honor Code Soars To Victory In Gr2 Gulfstream Lane’s End Racing and Dell Ridge Farm’s Honor Code, a half-brother to Gr2 and Gr3 winning Noble Tune, in his first start of 2015 saw him mow down the front-runners with a strong rally to capture the $300,000 Gr2 Gulfstream Park Handicap. With Javier…
Stallion Feature: Kildonan Equus Champion Sprinter Kildonan joined Yellow Star Stud from the Cape earlier this year, the athletic dark bay stallion has been enthusiastically welcomed by breeders around KZN. Meeting Kildonan (named for a Scottish gold mine) to take some photos of him, he was a complete gentleman and watching him run loose in…
TBA Breeders Seminar – 29 July 2015 Dear Breeder This is the first notice of the planned Breeder Education Seminar in late July focusing on Venereal Disease and Foal Care. DATES & VENUES · Tuesday, 28 July – Worcester (Golden Valley Casino) · Wednesday 29 July – Nottingham Road (Gowrie Village) SEMINAR PLAN · Session…
The Great Bold Ruler Miss Disco foaled what was to become one of the most important stallions in the world – on April 6 1954 at Claiborne Farm. The colt had an impeccable pedigree at the time being by Nasrullah out of Miss Disco by Discovery, and he would be named by his owner and…
TBA National Yearling Sales Catalogue – Registered ‘KZN-breds’ The TBA National Yearling Sale come up on 22, 23 and 24th April where 128 yearlings will be available from KZN. Champion sire Kahal is represented by twenty horses on the catalogue alone, and back in his previous position of fourth on the National Sires Log, as…
KZN Breeders Awards 2012
Guest Column: The Sun Never Sets On The Empire 8 April, 2013 – Lisa Barrett Saturday saw the 166th running of one of the most famous hurdling races in the world, the Grand National at Aintree, England. The race was memorable for many reasons, firstly that, for the first time in over two years, no…
Vodacom Durban July KZN News Lady Christine Laidlaw’s Khaya Stables emerged victorious in the 2015 Vodacom Durban July with Silvano colt Power King trained by Dean Kannemeyer, a previous winning combination for Dean with the yellow and black silks previously carried by Summerhill’s exciting young new stallion acquisistion, Capetown Noir, and we warmly welcome Khaya…
The Facts Around Broken Legs We were all equally shocked and saddened by the news of the death of a good horse like Big City Life at the Vodacom Durban July, and of course, Rabiya’s death a few years ago, and the subsequent emotional outburst following the of the consequences of a horse breaking its…