Noble Tune News: Group Winners In Two Weeks For Broodmare Sire Unbridled’s Song The grey 17hh Gr1 Sire Of Sires’and Broodmare Sire Unbridled’s Song, the sire of Rathmor Stud’s Noble Tune. From the 21 March until 4 April, Unbridled’s Song featured in Japan, Australia and America as the broodmare sire present in the winners enclosure…
Bush Hill Stud Stallion Day 2015 Curved Ball Bush Hill’s Stallion Day took place in beautiful Midlands weather under sunny skies and snow capped mountains, with 130 guests tucking into tempura prawns and sushi on arrival. Warwick Render welcomed the guests before introducing the stallions, with Curved Ball, Irish Flame, King’s Chapel, Toreador and Redoute’s…
Treble For Kahal Night Racing, Five Winners In Five Days London Call, a three-time winner from four starts, yet to be out of the money at Scottsville over 1200m. His female line will be well represented at the upcoming National Yearling Sale at Spring Valley Stud. Continuing to stamp himself as a top sire, Kahal…
Curved Ball: Fastnet Rock Australian Champion Sire Again Curved Ball at the recent 2015 Bush Hill Stud Stallion Day Fastnet Rock, sire of Klawervlei’s promising young sire Curved Ball who stands at Bush Hill Stud, became Champion Sire in Australia for the second time recently. The son of Danehill, who had previously headed the premiership…
First Winner For Bankable From Balmoral From just six runners from his first and only crop, Bankable(IRE) had his first winner on Saturday at Turffontein in the familiar green and white colours of owner-trainer St John Gray. The two year old filly named Parisienne Chic won fourth time out over 1400m at Turffontein – bred…
Fourth Gr1 Winner For Mogok As Wild One Sweeps To Gold Cup Victory Mogok at Scott Bros Highdown Stud in May 2015. Providing one of the three Gr1 victories for KZN-breds on Super Saturday at Greyville, Mogok added yet another Gr1 winner to his list after Wild One took the Gr1 eLan Gold Cup in…
The ‘Dummy’ Foal, 04 October, 2012 – Dr Jenny Lawrence, Bosch Hoek Equine Hospital This condition is more formally known as neonatal hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE) and is seen as abnormal behaviour during the first few days of life. Other common names for the disease are ‘wanderer foals’ and ‘barker foals’. The exact cause of…
Royal Pleasure Makes It Five Winners In March For Visionaire Gr1 King’s Bishop winner, Visionaire, has got his stallion career off to great heights with five winners achieved in March alone, including from his small crop of first foals running in the USA. The Summerhill resident son of Grand Slam has a particularly smart filly…
Buckpasser … Foaled in 1963, Buckpasser not only made his name as an outstanding racehorse, but has left a substantial influence as a broodmare sire – in KZN particularly with the likes of Northern Guest. Buckpasser was leading broodmare sire in 1983, 1984 and 1989. He has had a profound influence on some the world’s…
Gypsy’s Warning Filly A Winner In Ireland Rathmor-bred Gypsy’s Warning has produced her first winner, with her 2013 filly by Street Cry collecting her first win at Navan in Ireland for owner Flaxman Holdings and trainer David Bachman. The filly has been knocking on the door for a win after placing four times from five…