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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Nureyev, The Dancing Fighter Nureyev was one of those horses whose stratospheric yearling price of $1.3 million in 1978 and championship status on the racetrack earned plenty of attention. That type of attention was nothing compared to the type of admiration he later earned for his many accomplishments at stud and for coming back from…
Kahal National Leading Sire On Sand; 5th Overall Kahal continues the lead as National Leading Sire on Sand by Stakes earned according to sportingpost.co.za, whilst still remaining in fifth position overall Nationally, according to the NHRA’s current stats. With Uncle Tommy heading up the sand stats, Kahal achieved a winners to runners percentage of 23%,…
Physitis, 14 September, 2012 – Bosch Hoek Equine Hospital Physitis is a developmental condition seen in young, rapidly growing horses, leading to visible enlargement of the growth plates, often accompanied by heat and pain over the swelling as well as varying degrees of lameness. (“Physis”=growth plate + “itis”= inflammation). Growth plates are the areas on…
Unbeaten Rabada Gets First Gr1 Win For Brave Tin Soldier Brave Tin Soldier looking an absolute picture at the recent Summerhill Stud Stallion Day. Summerhill are riding the crest of a wave at the moment, beginning with Visionaire taking the honours yesterday as South Africa’s new Champion Freshman Sire, followed up by another of Summerhill’s…