Noble Tune News: Will Take Charge Stud Fee Announced Will Take Charge, last year’s three-year-old male champion and Horse of the Year finalist, will take up stud duty for the 2015 season at Three Chimneys Farm in Kentucky for a fee of $30,000. Sharing the same sire as Rathmor’s new import for the 2014 breeding…
Gran Blanco Entered For 2013 National Yearling Sale A visit to Rathmor Stud to see their famous white colt, Gran Blanco, reveals a very well-grown and mature yearling colt. He is a standout from the crowd, immediately catching your eye in the beautiful landscape of Rathmor Stud’s rolling green paddocks and his fellow paddock mates….
Entries In For KZN Breeders Million Mile The KZN Breeders Million Mile meeting at Greyville in Durban on June 28 has been strongly supported with the R1-million race itself drawn 24 entries including some top horses like the Alec Laird-trained Bezrin gelding Bezanova that ran a tremendous third behind Legislate in the Grade 1 Rising…
Double For Overlord On Polytrack The magnificent Australian-bred bay son of Danehill, Overlord, is producing the goods on Greyville’s artificial surface and achieved a double for the Scott Bros on 24 October. Aptly, the first horse to win in the trials on Greyville’s newly installed artificial surface was Scott Bros-bred Apache Rose by Overlord, a…
Emperors Palace Ready-To-Run Gallops At Summerhill Stud The Emperors Palace Ready-To-Run Sale Gallops took place on a magnificent blue skies at Summerhill Stud. In typical Summerhill fashion, it was a superbly organised day together with Bloodstock South Africa, with the who’s who of racing present from breeders to trainers and owners, including many VIP’s such…
Vodacom Durban July Weights Announced KZN-bred Futura, fourth in last year’s R3 million Gr1 Vodacom Durban July but on a roll since, was allotted top weight of 60kg for this year’s running on the first Saturday in July. On Saturday Futura made up all of ten lengths on stable companion Legislate in the home straight…
KZN Leading Several National Logs Shadwell-owned Sires’ Muhtafal and the now deceased Kahal. KZN sires and breeders are currently leading several National Logs as of 19 October. Recently deceased Kahal is currently heading up the National Sires Log by Stakes Earned. His runners have totalled an impressive R2 752 150 in Stakes earned – almost…
Main Man Striking Timing is everything, no doubt about it. Who would have thought that a stallion of Admire Main’s pedigree and aptitude would be a sire of quality juveniles. It just goes to show, class counts. While Admire Main ran off with his juvenile debut over 1400m by some seven lengths, it was late…
KZN Yearling Sale Million Log – Graduates Of 2014 The first KZN Yearling Sale Million Log is out for the 2014 Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale graduates, competing on Vodacom Durban July day for a stake of R1-million. The race always attracts a top class entry, with Gr1 Thekweni Stakes winner Same Jurisdiction winning it last…
Muhtafal Retired From Stud Duties Shadwell has announced that its South African-based sire Muhtafal has been retired from stud duties at the age of 22. Bred and raced in the United States, the son of Mr Prospector won two races by wide margins over sprint distances during his career. Muhtafal progressed to stakes company on…