Guest Column: Hooves And Glamour: J&B Met 1 February, 2013 – Lisa Barrett Saturday 2 February sees the running of one of the country’s most high profile and glamorous racing events, the J&B Met. First thought to be run by British soldiers garrisoned in the Cape in the late 1800’s who wanted to race their…
KZN Breeders Awards 2011: Outstanding 2 Year-Old Fillies And Colts Nominations Share Congratulations to the breeders who have had horses nominated in the Outstanding 2 Year-old categories. The fillies are Extra Zero, Indigo Princess, Lavish Gal and Variometer with the colts following below … Extra Zero A 2 year old filly by Way West out…
Rathmor Stud National Yearling Sale Draft 2014 Lot 22 The Duck A.P. Answer – Run Angel Run by Makaarem Lot 109 Timeous Var – Time And Tide by Baroon Lot 333 Romany Prince Kahal – Gypsy Queen by Royal Chalice Lot 356 Rush In Windrush – In A While by Rakeen Lot 513 Caprivi Mogok…
The Devil and Val Aiming For The Skies 26 April, 2012 – Lisa Barrett Saturday 28th April will witness one of the most exciting and richest days of racing on the South African calendar. With prize money of over R7 million on offer, it promises to be a thrilling days racing. Two of KZN’s top…
Impressive Noble Tune First Foals As Unbridled’s Song Gets Two Gr1’s As Noble Tune’s first impressive foals arrive this season, his grey sire Unbridled’s Song collected another two Gr1’s in a week after Unbridled Forever won her second start of the season in the Gr1 $500,000 Ballerina Stakes at Saratoga, and Liam’s Map winning the…
Meteor Mike Coming Home After Sixth Singapore Win Scott Bros-bred son of Mogok, Meteor Mike (centre) wins his last race at Kranji. Meteor Mike, a nine year old son of Mogok bred by Scott Bros has his last race in Singapore for trainer David Hill and Singapore 2012 Champion owners Dennis and Gael Evans of…
KZN Breeders Series 2YO Log 2 Lead By Debut Winner Scandal The second published KZN Breeders Series Log for two year olds has seen the lead overtaken by impressive Backworth-bred debut winner, Scandal. The cleverly named daughter of Muhtafal, out of Lewinsky’s Lover by Jallad, sold for R375 000 at the 2014 National Yearling Sale…
There’s Life In Those Old Bones Yet 23 April, 2012 – Lisa Barrett Today’s racing at Clairwood threw up a real surprise in the 7th race on the card. The highly fancied Australian colt, Delago Deluxe who was expected to “ace the race”, was beaten into third place, by veteran campaigner, Maliyakhe. Delago Deluxe, who…
Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale Entries – Registered ‘KZN-Breds’ The following yearlings in black font are registered as ‘KZN-breds’ – with the KZN Breeders Premium Scheme. The incentives for prospective owners of purchasing a KZN-bred include: – Entry to the KZN Breeders Race Day, restricted exclusively for ‘KZN-breds’ – A single juvenile race for a…
Guest Column: It’s All Go In Dubai 31 January, 2013 – Lisa Barrett Tonight sees the debut of one of KZN’s champion horses, The Apache at the Meydan racecourse. Formerly trained by Gavin Van Zyl, the Scott Brothers-bred son of Mogok, is a multiple Group winner in his home province, with wins in the Daily…