Spring Valley Stud National Yearlings 2013 Lot 50 11National Navigator (Silvano – National Navigator by National Emblem) Comment: Half-brother to recent Gr 3 winner Kinematic Countess, also placed 2nd in Ruffian Stakes Listed. Dam 7-time winner, produced two winners. Extended Pedigree Lot 85 11Positive Thoughts (Silvano – Positive Thoughts by King Of Kings) Comment: Dam…
Equinome Seminar Presented By Dr Emmeline Hill Click on the link above to watch Dr Emmeline Hill’s presentation to the KZN Breeders, courtesy of Gold Circle Dr Emmeline Hill, a world-leading Equine Genetic scientist, paid a visit to the Midlands last week to give the KZN Breeders an interesting seminar on Equinome,which was kindly sponsored…
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-breds Bring Home The Bold Black-Type Love Struck, Knock On Wood and Las Ramblas brought home the Bold Black Type over the weekend at Kenilworth, Turffontein and Scottsville respectively – Love Struck in the Breeders Cup Politician Stakes Listed, and Knock On Wood in the London News Gr 3 (which saw the first three past…
KZN Weekend Racing Successes Scott Bros’ E-Jet took home the Colorado King Stakes at Turffontein, Wild One by Mogok places second by half a length in the Derby Trial Listed and Tuscan Lass by Spectrum takes home the Oaks Trial Listed; Kinematic Countess takes home the Gr 3 Sycamore and three KZN-breds place in the…
International News For KZN This Week Mr Greeley, the sire of Crusade, has featured prominently internationally once again with a Gr 3 win in France, and two seconds in America as a grandsire in a Gr 1 Santa Anita Derby and Gr 3 Bay Shore Stakes. Spectrum’s grandson Sangster places in a Gr 1 once…
Backworth Stud: The Colour Of Courage Backworth-bred Colour Of Courage (Judpot – Exclusive Honour) scored a tenacious first win, first time out in the first at Greyville Friday evening for the experienced training duo of Mike and Rae Miller under jockey Sean Veale. Varsfontein owner Susan Rowett Kalmanson (Chairperson of the TBA), and Carl and…
Just As Well Relative Gets Gr 3 Win At Ascot A close relative of Gr 1 winning sire Just As Well, Secret Number by Raven’s Pass won the Gr 3 Cumberland Lodge Stakes at Ascot on 5 October over 2400m, storming to victory by two and half lengths from Royal Empire (Zeofilio) and Gatewood (Galileo)….
Arrival Of Await The Dawn Summerhill’s new sire for the 2013 season has arrived – the much anticipated Await The Dawn, pictured with Peter Choice (breeder of recent Gr 2 Emerald Cup winner In A Rush) of Choice Carriers and stallion handlers’ Greig Muir and Themba Zuma. A son of world champion sire Giant’s Causeway…
Spectrum’s Fabulous French Gr 1 Double The Gr 1 Prix de le Foret, run on the classic French race day which incorporates the Arc de Triomphe, turned out to be a spectacular one for Yellow Star’s resident sire Spectrum – who not only had the honour of being the broodmare sire of winner Moonlight Cloud…