KZN-bred Journeyman Wins At Meydan Roski-bred Journeyman provided Mike De Kock with a last-minute birthday winner in the featured 1600m Xpress Turf Handicap at Meydan Racecourse’s domestic fixture on Saturday afternoon. The R900 000 National Yearling Sales graduate, bred by Greg Royden-Turner of Roski Stud is owned by Wilgebosdrift Farm. The son of Trippi is…
Is Igugu In The Next Ready-To-Run Draft? We’ve had a couple of queries about whether the next Igugu is in this draft. Here is our response to that question: “I guess the answer is “you never know”, because they often come from “left field.” What I can tell you is that this is probably the…
Double For Admire Main At Turffontein Admire Main achieved a double at Turffontein on the weekend with Main Sunday getting her second win for trainer Roy Magner over 1800m, and impressive debut winner The Elmo Effect winning his first by two and half lengths over 1450m for trainer Gary Alexander. Main Sunday is part owned…
KZN Breeders Series Juvenile Log – 13 April 2015 KZN Breeders Series updated Juvenile Log as of 13 April 2015, for 2YO’s. Spring Valley Stud’s Just As I Said by Roski Stud’s young sire Just As Well, leads the Juvenile Log once more from Visionaire’s unbeaten filly Royal Pleasure, partly owned by breeder Team Valor…
Guest Column: Great Foundation Mares: Almahmoud 13 February, 2015 – Lisa Barrett The past century has thrown up some great foundation mares who have gone onto play a significant role in breeding and racing affairs around the world. One such mare was Almahmoud, who through her top class daughters has sired some of the century’s…
Press Release: There’s A Horse For Everyone There’s something about a racehorse auction that you find nowhere else. Not at Sotheby’s nor Christie’s, nor anywhere. By the nature of the beast, a racehorse evokes a greater passion, considerably more ego, and there’s nothing a rich man wants more than something another rich man wants. You…
Dual Gr1 Success For Family Of Noble Tune Noble Tune’s immaculate dam-line headed by his third dam, the great Serena’s Song continues its Gr1 momentum – with two horses on 13 September each placing in top company on either side of the world – Australia and Ireland. The first to show was grey colt Puissance…
KZN Breeders Series Log For 3YO’s And Up – 13 April 2015 KZN Breeders Series updated Log for Three year olds and up, as of 13 April 2015. Congratulations to trainer Paul Lafferty and the winning connections of the courageous Double Clutch bred by Derek Martin, a horse that made an extraordinary come back from…
International News For Bush Hill Stud Bush Hill’s resident stallions King’s Chapel, Toreador and former resident sire Kahal made news over the weekend, both locally and internationally. King’s Chapel had his first winner City Express and a Gr3 place in New Zealand last week, his luck continuing when his granddaughter by Sebring, Thurlow pictured above,…
From The Horses Mouth We penned a piece yesterday on those “magnificent men and their flying machines“, and we were talking about our judges panel for next week’s Emperors Palace Ready To Run Gallops (at Summerhill on Friday 19th October 11 am). Summerhill’s inauguration of the Ready To Run was initiated by the belief that…