Rosier Second In Laisserfaire Listed Voted the Cape’s Juvenile Filly Of The Year at the Cape Racing Awards, Rosier finished second to Cold As Ice at Kenilworth on 27 December in the Laisserfaire Stakes Listed over 1100m, with Varikate and Als Bonanaza placing respectively behind the Kildonan filly. Bred and owned by Mary Slack of…
Bernadini Filly Sells For $1.2 million At Keeneland The Blood-Horse reports that Benjamin Leon Jr.’s went to $1.2 million to acquire a Bernardini filly produced from the Smart Strike mare Silk n’ Sapphire to top the early portion of the Keeneland September sale’s second session on 13 September. Silk n’ Sapphire is the dam of…
Unbridled’s Song: Noble Tune Arriving; Will Take Charge In Longines Top 10 Equarius Bloodstock has reported that stallion prospect Noble Tune is enroute to South Africa from the United States to stand his first season at Rathmor Stud. The Gr2 and Gr3 winning son of Unbridled’s Song has been enthusiastically received by breeders around the…
A.P. Indy Colt Tops First Session At Keeneland September Sale The Blood-Horse reports a group of Californians went to $1.4 million to buy an A.P. Indy colt in the opening session of the Keeneland September yearling sale in Lexington. Consigned by Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency, the colt was purchased by a group. The colt…
Breeding Season 2014: Ato Arrives At Summerhill Stud The arrival of a new stallion at Summerhill always stirs the juices. We like to think that to get through the eye of the stallion barn’s needle, takes a racehorse of extraordinary quality and exacting standards. Form, physique and family are the fundamentals, and they need to…
National 2 Year Old Sale Day Results KZN’s top seller on the third day of the National Two Year Old sale was a filly by Mogok out of Winter Ade, sold by Scott Brothers for R260 000. Her name is First Winter, and she was sold to CJ Brooks. She is also the most expensive…
Gr1 Places For A.P. Answer And Kildonan At Scottsville Young KZN sires A.P. Answer and Kildonan are getting off the mark. Yet another successful graduate off the 2013 Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale, Clifton-bred Beckedorf by A.P. Answer placed in the Gr1 Tsogo Sun Medallion at Scottsville yesterday. A R70 000 graduate owned by Eric Buhr…
National 2 Year Old Sale Second Day Results KZN’s 3 top sellers on the second day of the two year old sale were Bush Hill Stud with a Black Minnaloushe filly called Flo Jo, out of Prestine Performer, sold to C. Spies for R190 000. Next was Yellow Star Stud with a Silvano colt called…
Son Of Galileo To Stand At Yellow Star Stud For 2014 Very exciting news for KZN emerged again this week as Yellow Star Stud announced that they have acquired the first son of the international champion sire Galileo to stand at stud in South Africa – the handsome grey three-quarter brother to the famous Frankel,…
National 2 Year Old Sale First Day Results KZN’s 3 top sellers on the first day were Silver Wand, with Yellow Star Stud acting as Agent on this Victory Moon filly out of Kiss My Class. She was also sold to Adams H. Racing for R140 000. Gavin Van Zyl purchased Heavenisaracehorse from Spring Valley…