KZN Yearling Sales The sale at Suncoast was warmly received, with an excellent crowd of buyers turning out. As was expected, the sale started slowly with a few horses passing through unsold or selling for very little, however things began hotting up, and by 3pm on the first day, Lot 61, a Captain Al filly…
KZN Yearling Sales At Suncoast Casino It was a beautiful morning at Suncoast Casino, and the first thing that gets to you as you arrive is the lovely warm smell of clean straw and the quiet nickers from the horses in the stables, with the grooms making the horses comfortable and quietly going about their…
Guest Column: The Year Of The Triple Crown 06 June, 2015 – Lisa Barrett This year sees yet another attempt by a horse to capture America’s elusive Triple Crown. If he wins the Belmont Stakes, American Pharoah will become the first horse since Affirmed [pictured below] in 1978 to win America’s fabled crown. What makes…
Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale Catalogue Launched Online The TBA’s Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale kicks off once more on 2 and 3 July amidst the hype of the Vodacom Durban July, a sale fast developing a reputation for producing a number of Graded Stakes winning horses each year since the sale relocated to the beautiful Durban…
KZN Breeders Series Log For 2YO’s – 31 May 2015 Royal Pleasure continues to lead the Juvenile log with 25 points for breeder Team Valor, trainer Glen Kotzen and owners’ 3A Racing Syndicate, Team Valor and Mr and Mrs Anant Singh. The talented chestnut filly who has won three of her four starts for freshman…
Crusade’s Half-Brother Places In Gr 3 First season sire Crusade, a Gr 1 winning son of Mr Greeley who stood his first season at stud at Scott Bros in 2013, saw his half-brother by Henrythenavigator – Cristoforo Colombo – place in the Gr 3 Curragh Gladness Stakes over the weekend. Ballydoyle’s Cristoforo Colombo, tracked the…
First Winner For Brave Tin Soldier Rathmor-bred Split The Breeze won a brilliant race at Clairwood yesterday on debut by three quarters of a length over 1000m. The two year old colt is the first to win for the beautiful freshman sire, Brave Tin Soldier, at Summerhill Stud – a horse that lives up to…
King’s Chapel: First Yearlings Presented For Nationals King’s Chapel standing at Bush Hill Stud, has proven himself overseas with winners weekly in various countries such as New Zealand, Australia, Macau, Singapore and Hong Kong. King’s Chapel has had several Group winning and performing horses – including Gr 2 winner King’s Ransom, Gr 3 and 12-time…
KZN Breeders Race Series Log For 3YO’s And Up – 1 April 2014 The fourth published Log for the KZN Breeders Series for three year olds and up sees Summerhill’s daughter of Stronghold – Negev – remain at the top but this time with 35 points, putting herself above The Money Shot (Spring Valley Stud…
KZN-Bred Fourth Estate Wins Gr3 Christmas Handicap The Seymour Harley-bred Fourth Estate is something of a Greyville specialist and he registered his first stakes victory at his 44th start at the advanced age of seven when staying on smartly to spreadeagle his field in the R200 000 Gr3 Christmas Handicap at Greyville on Friday evening….