Kahal’s Cracking Weekend Kahal once again showed his domination over racing across South Africa with Festival Of Fire taking home her second consecutive Grade 3 win in the HSH Princess Charlene Of Monaco Starling Stakes at Turffontein on the weekend, beating Blue Ridge Mountain(ARG) by half a length over 1400m. Festival Of Fire was carrying…
KZN Breeders Race Series Log 1 For 3YO’s And Up – 27 February 2013 The top 50 Three year old KZN-bred colts and fillies in line to run on 30 June 2013 in six races (seven with two year olds) for R200 000 each – over distances of 1200m, 1600m and 1900m. Over 600 entries…
First Day Results Of The KZN Yearling Sale 2013 The first day of the 2013 KZN Yearling Sale ended on a hugely positive note. Owing to a number of factors, the sale’s first session ended with the aggregate up R4 000 000 from last year. The top-priced KZN-bred colt on the first day came from…
Ravishing In Photos At Midlands Thoroughbreds If you would like to contact Manny Testa of Midlands Thoroughbreds, please contact him on 082 337 6256 or alternatively email fairman@netactive.co.za. Facebook: Midlands Thoroughbreds
All Eyes On Winchester For The Melbourne Cup KZN and Yellow Star Stud will be keeping a close eye on the upcoming Emirates Melbourne Cup Gr 1 to be run in Australia on Tuesday. Spectrum’s talented maternal grandson Winchester lines up in stall five to run in one of the world’s most prominent races over…
Gitiano Takes The Million Mile In Style Under outstanding warm winter weather and blue skies, the KZN Breeders Race Day went off with great success – for the first time in the country a race day of this magnitude and stakes provided in excess of almost R2,5 million by an initiative of a provincial breeding…
Ready-To-Run Gallops: Still Time For A Tilt It’s getting tight, but if you’re a candidate with a ticket in a race this week, you’ve still got a shot at lining up for the Emperor’s Palace Ready To Run Cup. In the past week alone, three more put up their hands, and the field doesn’t close…
Backworth Stud At The Upcoming National Yearling Sales A recent visit to the beautiful Backworth Stud in Eston revealed a quality draft of yearlings. Last year’s winners of the KZN Breeder’s Breeders Achievement Award, Keith Russon and Ian Todd look to have, yet again, a string of impressive yearlings that will no doubt be attractive…
First South-African Winner For Sire Admire Main(JPN) Summerhill Stud’s Admire Main(JPN) has sired his first South African winner with bay filly Admiral’s Eye at Scottsville today by two lengths, over 1200m – for breeders Summerhill Stud and Honourable Judge Alan Magid. It was the second run for the grand-daughter of Sunday Silence – she placed…
KZN-bred Gran Blanco – The One And Only A KZN-bred colt who has drawn world-wide attention since his birth, and the only one-of-a-kind Thoroughbred in the country, Gran Blanco (meaning Great White) is being offered at the Emperor’s Palace National Yearling Sale beginning on 26 April. He will no doubt be a star attraction for…