Placido Gets Another Group Place For Miesque’s Approval Yellow Star-bred Placido ran a third in the Grade 3 Champions Juvenile Cup for 2 Year Olds, at Fairview yesterday over 1400m. He becomes the second horse since Eton Square in the Grade 1 Vodacom Durban July (as well as a Grade 3) to add another Stakes…
“An Amazing Experience!” – 3A Racing Syndicate The various arms of the Thoroughbred industry are inextricably linked, with each dependent on the other for survival. So when a young, enthusiastic group of people get together in support of the racing industry, it is clear that the entire industry can only benefit from the injection of…
Byword(GB) Arrives At Middlefield Stud Gr 1 Prince Of Wales Stakes winner Byword has arrived safely at Middlefield Stud at the beginning of last week, Rob Pickering reports. An athletic and eye-catching chestnut horse with a top pedigree to match, Byword has an outstanding temperament, being an absolute gentleman as we approached him in his…
“An Amazing Experience!” – 3A Racing Syndicate The various arms of the Thoroughbred industry are inextricably linked, with each dependent on the other for survival. So when a young, enthusiastic group of people get together in support of the racing industry, it is clear that the entire industry can only benefit from the injection of…
Young KZN Sires Off To Strong Start The first two year old crops for Carpocrates and Mullins Bay have hit the tracks, and it is exciting times indeed. Carpocrates of Middlefield Stud, a stallion with one of the finest pedigrees in South Africa, from just 12 runners he has had three winners with four placings…
Stallion Feature: Strategic News(AUS) Strategic News(AUS) will be standing his third season at Rathmor Stud this year. The imposing chestnut stallion is the only son of Strategic and grandson of Grand Lodge standing at stud in South Africa, having his first crop of weanlings on the ground. Strategic News won a total of five times…
Spectrum: A Diamond In The Midlands Spectrum (IRE) has proved himself a significant broodmare sire over the last few years and it is exciting times for Yellow Star Stud, where the big bay son of Rainbow Quest stands in the KZN Midlands. A courageous grey grand-daughter of Spectrum named Moonlight Cloud came very close to…
International News From KZN Some exciting international news has come out – Chocolicious will possibly be sent to Frankel after her racing career in the UK, and Spectrum has yet another Group 2 winner with Sangster in New Zealand as a Broodmare Sire. Backworth-bred Grade 1 winner Chocolicious, recently purchased by Australian Thoroughbred Bloodstock, is…
Emperors Palace Summer Ready-To-Run Sale Results The Emperors Palace Summer Ready-To-Run Sale took place at Summerhill Stud on Wednesday and fortunately the weather timed itself perfectly for the Stallion Parade and Sale consisting of 65 lots. In the ususal sophisticated Summerhill-style, guests arrived at the School Of Excellence greeted by Champagne and shown into the…
Media Release: Admire The Man EMPERORS PALACE SUMMER READY TO RUN SALE School Of Excellence, Summerhill Stud, Mooi River 20 February 2013 It’s remarkable how often we turn to history for our lessons when little else makes sense. In the early fifties, the mighty American breeding industry was doing just fine with the Calumet stallion,…