Futura And Wild One Take Home Honours At KZN Racing Awards The winning connections of Wild One at the Gold Circle KZN Racing Awards, where he took home Champion Stayer. In a repeat performance of the Equus Awards, KZN’s Futura and Wild One were both honoured at Gold Circle’s glitzy KZN Racing Awards, which took…
Weekend Racing News For Miesque’s Approval And Spectrum Recent Gr2 Victory Moon Stakes winner, Scott-bred Judicial, placed third in the Gr3 London News Stakes just two lengths off Australian import Killua Castle. The son of Miesque’s Approval in his previous start placed third behind Louis The King in the Gr1 Summer Cup after his brilliant…
Scott Bros International Racing News For KZN: Miesque’s Approval and Crusade Scott Bros have two of their stallions highlighted as Miesque’s Approval’s half-brother by Northern Afleet, a 2012 grey gelding named World Approval placed third at Churchill Downs in the Gr2 American Turf Stakes. Finishing less then two lengths off the winner in good going…
First Winner For Breeders Dr Carla and Grant Langley KZN Breeders’ Dr Carla Langley and her husband Grant Langley have bred their first winner, with the beautifully named Autumn Encore winning at Flamingo Park on Monday by an incredible 10.50 lengths over 1400m. Owned and trained by Mr W G C Miller, the colt placed…
Malhub The Forgotten Star 26 March, 2012 – Lisa Barrett One KZN stallion who has been largely ignored by breeders over the past few years is Malhub. Malhub comes with an impeccable pedigree, son of the multiple Group One winner, Kingmambo, himself a son of one of the most successful sires of modern times, Mr….
Backworth Stud National Yearlings 2013 Lot 26 Lady Matic (Muhtafal – Miss Unimac by Bellotto) Comment: Half brother to PRIVATE COLLECTION 5 wins, MACFIRE 5 wins, MACMUFTI 6 wins and VARLET 5 wins. Family of LOTKAS STAR (AUS) joint 3rd Top Rated 3-Year-Old Female Miler in Australia, 5 wins including Storm Queen Stakes Gr.2, CABOTEUR:…
Crusade’s Dam Covered By Galileo Scott Bros’ very exciting speed sire prospect, Crusade [pictured below left], the black son of Mr Greeley and winner of the exclusive British Gr1 Middle Park Stakes, has seen his first foals on the ground this season at studs across KZN. Recent news in is that his dam, La Traviata…
Nutrition For Sound Hoof Growth, 03 September, 2012 – Dr Rensia Möller Many otherwise sound horses have been rendered hard to keep in work because their hooves are weak, dry, cracked, flaky or crumbly, soles bruise easily, collapsed heels or hoof walls cannot retain nails and therefore shoes. Horn quality is strongly affected by genetics,…
The ‘R Heat Lightning’ Connection At The National Yearling Sales Lot 113, a bay yearling ‘Spangle’ , by Trippi out of Refined Gold by Rich Man’s Gold has attracted the attention of buyers. Keith Russon of Backworth Stud says he has fielded calls from across the country with buyers interested in the eye-catching filly. Her…
Feeding Yearlings For Sales Prep 05 March, 2012 – Dr Rensia Möller The development of the future racehorse starts during pregnancy and the developing foetus (via the late pregnant mare), foal, weanling, and yearling should be fed well before it comes time to embark on intense sales preparation. The job of preparing a yearling is…