A.P. Indy – The Derby Influence And Legacy 10 May, 2012 – Lisa Barrett In an amazing twist, 10 out of this year’s entrants of the 138th renewal of the Kentucky Derby were either directly sired by sons or daughters of the legendary A.P.Indy. To have that sort of representation in a race is incredible,…
24 February: Auction Of Stallions Mullins Bay, Solskjaer And Way West Following the Summer Ready To Run Sale on Tuesday, 24th February at the School of Equine Management Excellence, the following well-known KZN stallions will be sold to the highest bidder: MULLINS BAY: a son of Machiavellian, sire of millionaire Gitiano; other notable progeny include…
Bezanova Grabs The KZN Breeders Million Mile The KZN Breeders once again held a success day exclusively for horses registered with the KZN Breeders Premium Scheme, a day that incorporates both the KZN Breeders Series of eight races for a stake of R200 000 each, and the KZN Breeders Million Mile. With over 600 entries…
KZN Breeders Awards 2011 Share The KZN Breeders Awards take place on Friday evening in Nottingham Road at Bellwood Cottages. South Africa’s champion breeders Summerhill Stud – for the seventh year in a row which is an astounding achievement – have the largest contingent of horses nominated with eight being elected, and second is Graystone…
KZN Breeders Series Log For Juveniles – 10 May 2015 KZN’s star juvenile filly, the brilliant unbeaten daughter of Visionaire, Royal Pleasure, leads the Juvenile log of the KZN Breeders Series over 1200m, for a stake of R200 000 each. A race for colts and fillies is on offer, with 194 juveniles entered competing for…
Deceased 5 February 2015 2nd Leading Sire of Stakes winners in 2008 The best son of Mr Prospector in the Southern Hemisphere ever 18% of his winners are Black Type performers RACE RECORD At his first start took on Allowance Company for a 4.5 length romp over 6 furlongs in 69 seconds, only 0.5 second…
KZN Breeders Awards 2011: Outstanding Older Female And Male Nominations Share Congratulations to the breeders who have had horses nominated in the Outstanding Older Female and Male categories. Graystone Stud are represented by two females consisting of Dancewiththedevil and Apple Princess, with Fisani and Pierre Jourdan both from Summerhill Stud and Grisham and Grey Cossack…
Son Of Toreador Gives Olympic Gold Medallist Chad Le Clos First Win Unbelievable Chad’s winning connections, with Chad Le Clos on course at Scottsville to celebrate the win. Image: Gold Circle Toreador’s handsome son, three year old colt Unbelievable Chad gave his name sake his first win as a racehorse owner from the racing stable…
Guest Column: An Unbridled Connection 09 March, 2015 – Lisa Barrett Racing and breeding are closely intertwined on so many levels, and one finds connections in all sorts of places. On February 27th this year a colt Final Chapter won an allowance race over six furlongs at Aqueduct Park, New York. At first glance this…
Guest Column: Close But No Cigar 21 February, 2013 – Lisa Barrett It was a night of mixed fortunes at Meydan for South Africa’s champion trainer Mike de Kock. Await The Dawn got the stable off to winning ways when he galloped away to an impressive win in the night’s opening race, a 2000m turf…