New Foals From Far End Stables Jane Thomas of Far End Stables has welcomed some beautiful foals with lovely pedigrees this season. We have a look at a few of them. The first is a beautiful A.P. Answer filly out of the mare Swala. The mare is by Alami out of Sovereign Wonder by Sovereign…
Start Your Foal Out Right To Help Avoid Bone And Tendon Problems Later In Life 28 November, 2011 – Dr Rensia Möller Part II Creep Feeding Nursing Foals In the earliest stages of life a foal’s nutritional requirements are pretty much met with mare’s milk and pasture, plus whatever the foal starts nibbling on, such…
Strategic News(AUS) Foals at Rathmor Stud Flotilla (Spaceship – Jungle Strand by Jungle Cove) produced a lovely big strong bay colt by Strategic News(AUS) on Friday morning. Flotilla is herself a 3 time winner with 9 places behind her name. Her dam Jungle Strand was also a winner, and has produced 7 winners to date…
KZN-Bred Dancewiththedevil Wins Grade 1 Sansui Summer Cup Dancewiththedevil justified the title bestowed upon her as KZN Breeders Horse Of The Year the night before she went out to win the R2-million Grade 1 Sansui Summer Cup in scintilating fashion on Saturday. Going off at 15/1, she shouldered a hefty 58kgs to win the race…
New Foals From Rathmor Stud With foaling season well upon us right now, we take a look at a few of Rathmor’s foals that have been born recently. Strategic News(AUS) had his first foal arrive on 12 September. Out of Coconut Grove, she had a smart bay colt. Coconut Grove is by Rambo Dancer out…
Gypsy’s Warning Attempting A Repeat Win In The Grade 1 Matriarch Today Rathmor-bred Gypsy’s Warning comes into the race off a sixth-place finish (beaten 3 1/4 lengths) in the First Lady Stakes (Grade 1) and is part of a three-horse Matriarch contingent for trainer Graham Motion. The Matriarch, the ninth on a 10-race program, is…
Badger’s Drift First Foal At Wood-Moore Manor Stud Badger’s Drift had his first foal arrive at Wood-Moore Manor Stud early this morning. A lovely bay filly out of Corn Syrup, HIH Wayne Kobusch von Konigsberg describes the filly as “a strapping strong filly – confident and friendly”. Corn Syrup (Qui Danzig – Hot Corn by…
Frankel Named Cartier Horse-Of-The-Year Frankel (Galileo – Kind by Danehill/Rainbow Quest) was named Cartier Horse Of The Year at the awards ceremony in London. The three-year-old colt, owned and bred by Khalid Abdullah and trained by Sir Henry Cecil, Frankel also took the honours in the Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt category. Frankel swept all before him…
Rathmor Stud’s “Great White” Named Rathmor Stud’s “Great White” colt has been named Gran Blanco (translated as Great White in Spanish), after it was put out to the public via Rathmor’s Facebook group to provide name suggestions for the unusually-coloured foal – snow white with chestnut ears. The colt, born on 14 September by Kahal…
Sansui Summer Cup Grade 1 Final Field KZN-Breds feature prominently in the Grade 1 Sansui Summer Cup for R2 Million this year to be run on the 26 November 2011. Pierre Jourdan, runner-up to Igugu(AUS) in this year’s Vodacom Durban July, will shoulder the biggest weight of 60kgs after winning the Emperor’s Charity Mile Grade…