Press Release: Capetown Noir At Summerhill For 2015 Season You have to hand it to Lady Laidlaw: she’s not one to traverse the road most travelled. Which probably explains, as much as anything, the frequency with which her yellow and black silks occupy the big race winner’s box. There’s no “pot luck” with Her Ladyship,…
Summerhill Stud National Yearlings 2013 Lot 322 Paris Princess (Kahal – Candle Princess by Honor Grades) Comment: Half-sister to Paris Perfect who placed 3rd in the Gr 1 Dubai World Cup. Dam has produced 5 runners and 5 winners, with 26 wins between them. Extended Pedigree Lot 328 Blackmore (Kahal – Cariad by Northern Guest)…
Bush Hill Stud National Yearlings 2013 Lot 15 – As Agent 11Mentalite (Kahal – Mentalite by Alhaarth) Comment: Half-sister to Gr 2 placed Ashjaan and a full-sister to 9-time winner Constellation. Dam has produced 5 runners and 5 winners. Extended Pedigree Lot 33 – As Agent 11Modraj (Mullins Bay – Modraj by Machiavellian) Comment: Half-sister…
Weekend Racing News For Miesque’s Approval And Spectrum Recent Gr2 Victory Moon Stakes winner, Scott-bred Judicial, placed third in the Gr3 London News Stakes just two lengths off Australian import Killua Castle. The son of Miesque’s Approval in his previous start placed third behind Louis The King in the Gr1 Summer Cup after his brilliant…
Futura And Wild One Take Home Honours At KZN Racing Awards The winning connections of Wild One at the Gold Circle KZN Racing Awards, where he took home Champion Stayer. In a repeat performance of the Equus Awards, KZN’s Futura and Wild One were both honoured at Gold Circle’s glitzy KZN Racing Awards, which took…
It’s Carnival Time! 30 March, 2012 – Lisa Barrett The Dubai Racing Carnival is heading towards a thrilling climax this weekend when some of the best horses in the world line up for prize money totalling nearly $30 million. South African trainers, in particular, Mike DeKock, have found Meydan to be a happy hunting ground,…
KZN-bred Jet Master Flies High 5 September, 2012 – Lisa Barrett The recent publication of the top sires of worldwide Group One races by UK’s Racing Post is a proud achievement for not only for South African breeding and racing but for Kwa-Zulu Natal. In second spot on the list, shaded only by the immortal…
St John Gray Takes Gr1 Castle Tankard The St John Gray bred, owned and trained KZN-bred Yer-Maan, with Quinton Riddle up, won the Gr1 $50 000 Castle Tankard run over 2000m at Borrowdale Park on Saturday, writes Sheldene Chant. The 53rd edition of Africa’s oldest sponsored horserace produced a thriller with the Gauteng based owner-trainer…
Backworth Stud National Yearlings 2013 Lot 26 Lady Matic (Muhtafal – Miss Unimac by Bellotto) Comment: Half brother to PRIVATE COLLECTION 5 wins, MACFIRE 5 wins, MACMUFTI 6 wins and VARLET 5 wins. Family of LOTKAS STAR (AUS) joint 3rd Top Rated 3-Year-Old Female Miler in Australia, 5 wins including Storm Queen Stakes Gr.2, CABOTEUR:…
Crusade’s Dam Covered By Galileo Scott Bros’ very exciting speed sire prospect, Crusade [pictured below left], the black son of Mr Greeley and winner of the exclusive British Gr1 Middle Park Stakes, has seen his first foals on the ground this season at studs across KZN. Recent news in is that his dam, La Traviata…