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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Gold Circle “Demerger” Between Kwa-Zulu Natal and Western Cape Members of Gold Circle Horseracing and Betting have voted overwhelmingly in favour of all the Resolutions which give effect to the “demerger” between KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape and the restructuring of the respective regions. The well attended special general meeting of the company, which took…
Gypsy Queen Foals A Fort Wood Filly Gypsy Queen, the dam of Grade 1 winner in South Africa and America – Gypsy’s Warning – foaled a beautiful bay filly (who bears a strong resemblance to her half-sister Gypsy’s Warning) on 24 September by Fort Wood at Rathmor Stud. This makes the filly a full-sister to…
Five-Time South African Champion Stallion Jet Master Dies The powerful KZN-bred son of Rakeen has died after he was operated on over the weekend in an attempt to help him regain his co-ordination, a side effect of contracting West Nile Virus in August which prevented him from covering mares this season. Jet Master had the…
New Foals From Yellow Star Stud Yellow Star Stud have had some lovely quality foals arrive with fantastic pedigrees, we have a look at a few of them here. The first foal, quite an exciting and substantial individual is by former KZN resident stallion Announce out of Angel Bay (by Damascus Gate out of Irina…