Rathmor Stud’s Noble Tune and his half-brother Honor Code had their weanling half-brother by War Front, Lot423 sell for $2,6million to MV Magnier of Coolmore Stud at the Keeneland November Breeding Stock sale.
Eightfold Path’s impeccable pedigree is coming to the fore as the common denominator of two international Gr1 winners – his fourth dam, a broodmare named Hardiemma, has now produced through her descendants the Gr1 Melbourne Cup winner Prince Of Penzance, and two days ago Johannes Vermeer, the winner of the Gr1 Criterium International in France.
High class KZN-bred Pierre Jourdan’s brother, Champagne Haze proved best in the R2.5 million Cape Thoroughbred Sales Emperors Palace Ready To Run Cup over 1400m at
Beginning with Liam’s Map, who shares the same sire Unbridled’s Song as Noble Tune – winning the Gr1 Breeders Cup Dirt Mile, filly Wavell Avenue by Harlington (Unbridled – Serena’s Song) was victorious in the Gr1 Fillies And Mares Sprint, whilst Noble Tune’s half-brother Honor Code wasn’t disgraced to finish third behind the great American Pharoah in the Gr1 Breeders Cup Classic.
Great news for Rathmor Stud has come in this morning as the grey colt Liam’s Map wins the Breeders Cup Dirt Mile in record time, sharing a sire with Noble Tune, that of the great grey Unbridled’s Song. Noble Tune is the first son of Unbridled’s Song to stand in South Africa and his first foals are…
The Scott Bros have introduced a magnificent Crusade colt out of their home-bred mare Endangered Species, the dam of 2015 Gr1 Gold Cup winner Wild One.
A number of KZN-breds will be lining up for the big race day at Turffontein tomorrow, featuring both the CTS and BSA Ready To Run Cup races, amongst a number of Graded Stakes races taking place on the day. Last year’s Gr2 Charity Mile winner, Bezanova, will be lining up once more in this race to take…
Bruce and Delia Le Roux of Spring Valley Stud have sent through some photos of their beautiful Just As Well colts, very typical of what the young top Juvenile sire produces with foals that exude strength, bone and class.
St John Gray’s outstanding 5-time KZN-bred Gr1 winner, Dancewiththedevil, has foaled a beautiful Silvano filly – a first foal for the daughter of Modus Vivendi standing at Maine Chance Farms.
Chocolicious with her 48 hour old Fastnet Rock filly Backworth-bred daughter of Kahal and Gr1 Allan Robertson winner Chocolicious has foaled a Fastnet Rock filly in Australia. Chocolicious earned a Merit Rating of 105 in her career, winning six races in South Africa from 1000m to 1200m including the prestigious Gr1 Allan Robertson Championship, and…