Eightfold Path Full-Brother Headed For USA Eightfold Path, the son of Giant’s Causeway out of brilliant racemare Divine Proportions, has his first crop of foals arriving this season. Standing at Scott Bros, the lovely bay French Gr3-winning stallion has let down beautifully. Peter Gibson is very pleased to report the arrival of Eightfold Path’s foals…
KZN Breeders Dressage Challenge 2015 After last year’s success of the KZN Breeders Dressage Challenge which was enthusiastically supported by competitive Thoroughbred owners in the discipline of Dressage, KZN Breeders and KZN Dressage have once again joined to highlight the Thoroughbred horse and their successful competitive careers after racing. The KZN Breeders Association, a club…
Three Winners In One Week For Breeder Anton Proctor Anton Proctor had three of his beautifully KZN-bred fillies win within a week, Tapaway and Patchit Up Baby winning at Scottsville on Sunday and Dangerous Diva going on to win at the Vaal on Tuesday. Starting with three year old filly Tapaway [pictured right], trained by…
Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale Catalogue Launched Bloodstock South Africa have launched the Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale catalogue today online. The sale takes place 5 and 6 July at last year’s venue which proved to be a huge success in the warm beautiful surroundings of Durban’s beachfront. Day 1, the 5 July will see the sale…
Outstanding First Foal For Irish Flame Dual Gr1 winning son of Dynasty and the first of his sons to go to stud – Irish Flame has had his first foal born for the 2014 season, an outstanding filly out of Rambo Dancer mare, Bistro Belle at Bush Hill Stud. A two-time winner, Bistro Belle (out…
How I Think About Bits And Bitting 04 February, 2015 – Walter Pike I’m giving a series of talks on bits and bitting around the country in the next couple of weeks, so the topic of bits and bitting is on my mind. Think of the bit as a cell phone I guess the first…
KZN Breeders Series Log For 3YO’s And Up – 26 March 2015 KZN Breeders Series updated Log for Three year olds and up, as of 26 March 2015. Well done to owner, breeder and trainer St John Gray who heads up the current Log with Form Up, and Al Miqdaam’s talented chestnut son Al Ciberano…
Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale KZN Results Day Two The 2012 Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale entered its second and final day on Sunday with 217 yearlings coming under the hammer. In total, 467 yearlings were catalogued, the aggregate was R81 750 000 and the average for a yearling sold was R240 441 . The…
KZN-Breds Place In Dubai For De Kock Two beautifully-bred KZN-breds have placed at Meydan on 29 and 31 January for trainer Mike De Kock, Alareef and Journeyman. Shadwell-bred Alareef, by Stronghold, has now placed fourth from both his starts in Dubai, his last race challenging strongly to finish just a length off. Running in the…
The Crusade Syndicate: AGM 22 August