Beauty Ndlovu’s story is one of a deep rooted passion, a love for horses that found her long before she knew it. “I grew up at Summerhill Stud where my parents worked,” she says. “Weekends were for helping with the horses. Even though I dreamed of becoming a doctor, something about the horses stayed with…
#kznbreds Enjoyed three wins on Sunday at Hollywoodbets Scottsville, with Cathy and Jonathan Martin’s Hadlow Stud enjoying a winner and a second place on the day. Hadlow’s day started off with the handsome Canford Cliffs colts improving over the mile to finish second for owner Mrs Kuhn, The Honorable Justice Kruger and Mr Krishen Naidoo,…
KZN have welcomed international breeder Michael Moroney to the KZN Breeding ranks, based in Ireland, Michael Moroney’s maroon and green racing colours in the name of the The Poet’s Syndicate have been a familiar sight on South Africa’s racetracks for some time already. Michael has enjoyed many winners in South Africa and World Pool Gold…
Champion Sandringham Summit will return to his birthplace Varsfontein Stud for stallion duties at the conclusion of his racing career. The champion in action (Pic – Candiese Lenferna) Leading consultant John Freeman has been mandated to syndicate the son of resident champion Gimmethegreenlight for stallion duties, and he confirmed that “shares literally flew off the…
KZN Breeder, Ms Nothemba Mlonzi of Mwetwood Stud enjoyed a feature win as an owner and breeder on Wednesday at Hollywoodbets Greyville, winning the River Indigo Handicap Non Black Type. #kznbred Petit Verdot, bred by Clifton Stud, finished second. Her beautiful chestnut filly aptly named Mvulazana, which means Soft Falling Rain after her sire, is…
Turffontein trainer Robyn Klaasen said the most likely route for her Gr 2 Jonsson Workwear Dingaans winner Purple Pitcher (New Predator) would be the WSB Triple crown series, although she has not ruled out a trip to Cape Town (where the big race options for him would be the Gr 1 L’Ormarins King’s Plate,…
Backworth’s beautifully bred stallion Talk Of The Town, standing at Avontuur Stud in the Cape, got off the mark as a sire with his first juvenile winner under his belt for trainer Alson Ndzilana. Based at Randjesfontein, it was the first debut winner for trainer Alson Ndzilana, a former assistant to Joey Ramsden and Mike…
Kahal as a broodmare sire has won a Gr1 and a Gr2 in the space of a week in two different provinces, as the broodmare sire of Ambiance-bred Royal Victory and Kwinta’s Light bred by Syrilla Stud. The deceased son of Machiavellian out of a Green Desert mare, who stood at Summerhill Stud for much…
Rathmor Stud’s beautiful grey-almost white Witblits has won three races in a row since her relocation to Gauteng to the stable of Tony Peter and relishing the extra distance on offer. The beautifully-bred daughter of Danon Platina, out of Galileo mare Untoward is bred on the same cross that produced Gr1 Epsom Derby winner Auguste…
Clifton, the breeders of current Equus Champion 2YO filly Mrs Geriatrix, presented another classy draft at the final sale of the year, and their beautiful and appropriately named What A Winter filly sold for R375 000 to Scott Gaskell, a great supporter of the Rosetta based farm owned by Peter and Jenny Blyth. This was…
New Predator, deceased after his relocation to the Cape, produced a facile win with Purple Pitcher bred by Bush Hill Stud in the Gr2 Jonsson Workwear Dingaans. He took on the likes of Sandringham Summit and Gimmeanotherchance, to win by a quarter of a length at even weights of 60kgs over a mile. Giving owner…
Wood-Moore Manor have welcomed the first foal by Prussian Power out of Captivating Party, the dam of recent winner Le Premiere (Visionaire), at Winnie Fourie’s Grace Stables situated in Nottingham Road. Prussian Power is bred by Wood-Moore Manor Stud, a son of Gr1 winner Badger’s Drift out of Prussian Princess by Golden Thatch and stands…
Peter and Jenny Blyth’s Clifton Stud continue to fire and they enjoyed a double at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Wednesday. Flag Man kicked off the day for Clifton, trained by Garth Puller for Mr and Mrs Steadman – Flag Man’s half sister Capetown Beauty had finished second to the talented Addabar in the previous race. It…
Rabada enjoyed a double on the turf on Wednesday, with his doppelgänger son Addabar winning by over five lengths in hand while Umhlali snuck up on the outside rail under Rachel Venniker to grab victory on the line. Addabar made a winning return to his form, winning easily under Calvin Habib unextended by over five…
Brett Van Laun is over the moon with Camargue Stud’s draft for the 2023 November Two Year Old Sale. Camargue will be offering buyers the chance to buy two-year-olds sired by the likes of Act Of War, Captain Of All, Erupt and Querari to name but four. Brett is particularly keen on Captain’s Dynasty (Lot…
The 2022-2023 racing season was a memorable one for Clifton Stud. The KZN farm ended that South African season responsible for 29 winners of 44 races last season, with Clifton’s flagbearers of 2022-2023 headed by G3 Godolphin Barb Stakes winner Cliff Hanger and the brilliant Mrs Geriatrix. The latter, Equus Champion 2YO Filly of 2022-2023,…
Blue Sky Thoroughbreds (Pty) Ltd will be offering two-year-olds sired by some of South Africa’s most exciting stallions around. This draft includes two-year-olds sired by the likes of Danon Platina, Lancaster Bomber, Rabada, Rafeef, Querari and What A Winter to name but a few. Japanese champion Danon Platina is represented here by a colt (Lot…
While his veteran champion trainer Dad is looking after their Randjesfontein HQ, up-and-coming trainer Adam Azzie made the perfect start to the family operation’s Cape summer campaign with Kiss Me Captain’s impressive victory in the R200 000 Listed Southeaster Sprint at Hollywoodbets Durbanville on Saturday. While the notorious Southeaster wind, or ‘Cape Doctor’ as it’s…
Foaling season each year brings a mixed bag of emotions for breeders, whilst the hours of selecting pedigrees come to fruition from August each year with the hopes of a safe foaling and a good sort delivered, as with any animal husbandry there can also be setbacks. The highs equal the lows and every breeding…
Last season’s Equus Champion Mrs Geriatrix made her eagerly awaited return to the racetrack a successful one when she won Saturday’s Bloodstock SA Sales Cup (Fillies) (1450m) convincingly. Under a confident Richard Fourie, the Sean Tarry trained three-year-old put her head down where it mattered most to claim the R180 000 first place prize by…
Rathmor Stud enjoyed a double at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Wednesday. Both horses are owned by Mario Ferreria, trained by Louis Goosen and ridden by Chase Maujean, and both celebrated their fifth career win respectively. Rodriguez (Twice Over – Jane S Piddy) has now won twice in a row over 1950m and a mile respectively. His…
Twice Grade 1-winner Rabada was very well received by a packed Summerveld clubhouse in an unusual stallion day on Saturday for which he was transported down form his home at Wartburg’s Bloomhill Stud down to the KZN’s only major training centre. The former Mike Azzie-trained Brave Tin Soldier stallion won the Gr 1 Premier’s Champion…
Peter Blyth who stands Eden Roc on behalf of the KZN Breeders Club at Clifton Stud, was delighted to announce that the Gr1 winning son of Var has his first mares confirmed in foal. The half brother to star Sandringham Summit, recently bestowed with the Equus Champion 2YO Award, is an exciting acquisition for KZN…
Former Gr 1 Premier’s Champion Stakes and Gr 1 Daily News 2000 winner Rabada was left out of the annual Sires Catalogue and therefore he will be transported down to Summerveld on 16 September for a “Stallion Day”. Sandra Tretheway of Bloomhill Stud in Wartburg said, “We’re going to bring him down to the people…
Blue Sky Thoroughbreds’ sire Hat Puntano got off to a start last year with Givers Grace (bred by Wynnholme Stud) winning second time out for Carl Hewitson, and from very limited representation on the track, he has produced his second winner for Glen Kotzen at Hollywoodbets Durbanville. Owned by Mr Jaime and Mariza Vilela, who…
Gerald and Karen Kalil enjoyed a tremendous week, breeding three winners and owning another three individually and in partnerships. Gerald has been breeding horses since the early 90’s, with their first mare being Kunnenburg on Faan Botha’s farm in Stoffberg near Middelburg. After that, they have stood mares in KZN with the likes of the…
Bloomhill Stud resident sire Rabada, a Gr1 winner at ages 2 and 3, has seen his progeny frequenting the winners box almost 50% of the time last season and he looks to be continuing the momentum. MJ Odendaal’s Addabar, which is Rabada backwards, looks a smart sort and has now won back to back over…
Blue Sky Thoroughbreds presented a draft that had something for everyone, and saw their outstanding Legislate colt sold as Lot 213 to Snaith Racing for R450 000. A handsome and spirited bay colt, he is a half brother to 5-time winner Luna Wish, from the family of American Graffiti. The top selling filly also came…
Peter and Jenny Blyth’s as yet undefeated daughter of Vercingetorix, Mrs Geriatrix, deservedly took home the award for Equus Champion 2YO Filly. Champion Two-year-old Female Nominees (Distance Immaterial) Winner: Mrs Geriatrix The Magical Lady Syndicate (Nom: Natalie Turner)’s MRS GERIATRIX (Vercingetorix – Velvet Glove) was bred by Peter & Jenny Blyth’s Clifton Stud and was…
The beautifully named Falcon Strike bred by Bush Hill Stud, won impressively on debut at the Vaal on Tuesday at odds of 40/1 for trainer Robyn Klaasen. A R65 000 purchase off the November 2YO Sale, the three year old colt who shares his flashy chestnut good looks of his parternal Grandsire, New Approach, is…
Gold Circle’s podcast team sat down with Peter Blyth of Clifton Stud, who stands the exciting Gr1 winning son of Var, Eden Roc, on behalf of the KZN Breeders Club.
Blue Sky Thoroughbreds have welcomed three foals as of last week, two by Chimichuri Run and one by the recently deceased New Predator. A newborn New Predator out of Guide You Home by Gimmethegreenlight pictured to the left. This mare, Guide You Home, has a fantastic Varsfontein pedigree, out of Gr2 winner Princess Of Light…
Winnie Fourie’s Grace Stables will be bringing a trio of two-year-olds to the upcoming August Two Year Old Sale. This trio is comprised of the progeny of such stallions as Fire Away, Hat Puntano and Potala Palace, and are a definite must-see for any serious buyer. Fire Away, whose first crop include G3 World Sports…
Blue Sky Thoroughbreds Trippi sire Chimichuri Run has got off the mark with his first foal on the ground, an impressive filly pictured at less than week old, of grey BSA Ready To Run Sales Cup winner, Spiritofthegroove. Both Chimichuri Run and Spiritofthegroove (Visionaire) were trained by Sean Tarry, with the grey mare winning twice…
The EU Food and Veterinary Office report to evaluate the animal health controls in relation to the export of registered equine animals to the European Union has been finalised and published by the European Commission on the 9th of August 2023. We would like to extend our thanks to the auditors for their extensive and…
Sandringham Summit’s sensational victory in the R700 000 World Pool Moment Of The Day Gr1 Champion Stakes on World Pool Gold Cup day again boosted the exciting prospects of his Var half-brother Eden Roc, who is the KZN Breeders Club’s newest stallion recruit. The athletic specimen stands at Peter and Jenny Blyth’s Clifton Stud near…
Classy filly Gimme A Shot showed tremendous promise early in her career, winning or finishing in the first three in her first six starts. She was particularly impressive when romping home to claim the 2022 G2 Betway Ipi Tombe Stakes when pulverizing such high-class fillies as Under Your Spell, Feather Boa and Marigold Hotel. Also,…
The death of Lancaster Bomber looks to have been a big one for the South African industry. No fewer than 19 winners emerged from that son of War Front’s first crop in 2022-2023, with Lancaster Bomber’s first crop stars headed by Listed City Of Cape Town Summer Juvenile Stakes winner Rascova and brilliant Listed Irridescence…
Eden Roc’s smart Gimmethegreenlight half brother further reinforced Eden Roc’s terrific pedigree, winning the World Pool Moment Of The Day Champion Stakes (Grade 1) for trainer David Nieuwenhuizen and owner Mr Rakesh Singh. Sandringham Summit made it two wins back to back, ridden by Calvin Habib the handsome 2yo colt saw him beat the speedy Main…
While small in numbers, Piemonte Stud will be represented by high-quality individuals at the 2023 August Two Year Old Sale. The Piemonte Stud will be offering two well related fillies at the August Sale in the form of daughters of Global View and What A Winter respectively. Galileo horse Global View, whose progeny include G1…
The August Two Year Old Sale has strong claims to being the best value for money thoroughbred auction in South Africa. Boasting a long list of outstanding alumni, the August Sale turns up a host of top-class prospects every year. In 2021, graduates of the August Two Year Old Sale to make their mark in…
One of the first horses bred by the young Bloomhill Stud, the Wartburg Thoroughbred nursery owned by Sandra Trethewey, has run second on debut over 1400m for the stable of Corne Spies. The 2yo well related and well grown chestnut full brother to Gr1 2nd placed Bartholdi, and a half brother to Gr1 winner Bohica,…
Rathmor Stud enjoyed a tremendous afternoon at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Wednesday, producing three winners on the day for trainers Candice Bass-Robinson, Justin Snaith and Des McLachlan respectively. The first race of the day, Callmegetrix, a Vercingetorix half sister to 5-time winner Spyda’s Corner and 4-time winner Purple Powahouse (both owned by Hollywood Syndicate) won for…
The KZN Breeders Club’s newest stallion addition, Eden Roc, saw his half brother Sandringham Summit add to Eden Roc’s already impressive pedigree to win the same race his Var brother did in 2019, the Gr2 Durban Golden Horseshoe over 1400m. Sandringham Summit defeated feature winner Gimmeanotherchance in the process, as well as Guy Gibson who…
Clifton Stud who are riding a purple wave this season lead by unbeaten Gr1 winning filly Mrs Geriatrix, saw their super chestnut Act Of War half brother to Gr3 winner Cliff Hanger, sell for R420 000 to E&R Farming. Although a different colour to his Graded Stakes winning sibling, this colt carried the same and…
The R600 000 KwaZulu-Natal Breeders Mile at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday provides the classy MK’s Pride an ideal opportunity to get back on the winning trail. Now trained by Robbie Sage the Grade 1 winning son of Willow Magic has not seen the winner’s enclosure since taking out the 2022 Horse Chestnut Stakes (Gr 1)…
Clifton Stud have enjoyed a magnificent season, with Clifton enjoying particular success with some very exciting two-year-olds this season. The Clifton Stud bred filly Mrs Geriatrix made it four wins from four starts when she romped home to a facile win in the recent G1 Allan Robertson Championship at Hollywoodbets Scottsville, with Mrs Geriatrix having…
Hadlow Stud, a long time vendor at the KZN Sale, will be offering seven yearlings at the KZN Yearling Sale this year with Cathy and Jonathan Martin offering thoroughbreds sired by a host of attractive stallions namely Act Of War, Danon Platina, Erupt, Futura, and New Predator. Japanese champion Danon Platina has made a sensational…
Two-year-old Jerusalema Rain looks to be a horse with an exciting future ahead of him. Runner up on debut, he followed up a smart maiden win by finishing second, to subsequent G1 Gold Medallion winner Lucky Lad, in the G2 World Sports Betting SA Nursery before going on to win again next time out. His…
Grace Stables’ Winnie Fourie has plenty of experience with top-class thoroughbreds, and she will be offering buyers the chance to acquire some high-class performers when she brings a pair of well bred yearlings to the 2023 KZN Yearling Sale. Grace Stables will be offering a filly (Lot 90) from the first crop of the well…
Bloomhill Stud is another farm with a small but quality draft on offer at the 2023 KZN Yearling Sale. The farm will be offering a pair of fillies sired by proven sires Futura and Master Of My Fate respectively. Palpable (Lot 4), who shares her four time G1 winning sire Futura with such high-class fillies…
Tinus Gericke and Bruce Le Roux’s Blue Sky Thoroughbreds continue to rake in their success, with Blue Sky Thoroughbreds recently enjoying feature race success when the Blue Sky Thoroughbreds Tipsy Tarragon captured the Listed Syringa Handicap at Turffontein. Herself a R750 000 yearling purchase, Tipsy Tarragon has won or placed in seven of 12 outings…
Camargue Stud will bringing a draft packed full of quality to the upcoming KZN Yearling Sale, with this consignment not only including yearlings sired by the likes of Act Of War, Erupt, Global View, Last Winter and What A Winter, but also horses hailing from some outstanding families. Sire sensation What A Winter, whose flagbearers…
Rathmor Stud, whose current flagbearers include this season’s G2 Ridgemont Highlands Peninsula Handicap winner Nexus, will be offering another stellar draft at the 2023 KZN Yearling Sale. Not only does this string include yearlings by such popular and promising stallions as Erupt, Soqrat and William Longsword, it also includes thoroughbreds from some truly exceptional female…
The KZN Breeders Club have purchased Gr1 winning son of Var, Eden Roc, to stand at stud in KZN. A quality son of Var, a sire who needs no introduction, is out of Captain Al mare Townsend. The handsome bay colt boasts a pedigree that equals his good looks and race record, and he has…
Clifton Stud nabbed another Gr1 for their records when their plain chestnut star filly, Mrs Geriatrix, put a quality field to bed in the Gr1 Allan Robertson on Saturday at Hollywoodbets Scottsville. A proud moment for the Clifton team of Peter and Jenny Blyth along with long time manager Christine Quinn, the filly who looks…
Bush Hill Stud are enjoying a tremendous run with four winners in one week. Roy Magner trained Glitterfox kicked off the streak, with the Vercingetorix filly out of Toreador mare She’s A Stunner breaking her maiden after consistently earning cheques for her owner, particularly in her last four starts. Her dam is a Gr3 winner…
Clifton Stud enjoyed another tremendous meeting at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Wednesday, with a smart double and a 1-2 finish in Race 7, and continuing on to Thursday at the Vaal where Crusade’s thrice Stakes Winning daughter produced her first winner. Recently licenced Stuart Ferrie is off to a great start and Proud Master (Master Of…
Winner of the 2019 WSB Gr1 Cape Fillies Guineas, Missisippi Burning has been purchased in foal to Frankel by big-spending Yulong Investments for A$800 000 (ZAR 10 million) on day two of the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale. Missisippi Burning wins the Gr2 KZN Fillies Guineas (Pic – Candiese Lenferna) The Rathmor-bred Missisippi Burning, who was…
Keivan Stud bred Machete Man by Act Of War won the World Sports Betting East Cape Listed for trainer Justin Snaith and owner Mr Kesavan Naidoo. Out of Var mare Amazing Var, from the family of Tomorrow’s Miss and Naan Khaatay, the chestnut gelding sold for R200 000 off the August 2YO Sale of 2022….
Tinus Gericke and Bruce Le Roux’s Blue Sky Thoroughbreds continue to rake in their success, reflective on the www.nhra.co.za stats of 50% winners to runners – an amazing statistic to achieve from 18 runners with over R1-million in stakes earned. Their beautifully bred daughter of Dynasty grabbed the Listed Syringa Handicap for owner Suzette Viljoen,…
An attractive and well-balanced catalogue has been assembled for this year’s KZN Yearling Sale, and this catalogue can now be viewed online at www.bsa.co.za. One of the best value for money and successful thoroughbred auctions in South Africa, the KwaZulu-Natal Sale has an impressive roll of honour. Among the numerous stars offered at this sale in…
Godswood, by Blue Sky Thoroughbreds resident sire Willow Magic, produced his eighth career win for breeders Bush Hill Stud on the weekend at Turffontein. Out of a Jallad mare Bluebell Wood from the family of multiple Gr1 and 14-time winning Roland’s Song as well as 8-time and Gr1 winner Contador, the gelding started his career…
Tinus and Liz Gericke celebrated a fine double on Saturday at Hollywoodbets Greyville, the official opening race meeting of Champions Season with a powerful finish from Blue Sky-bred Var filly, She Can, and following up with an incredible 5th win in a row with Rafeef filly, Our Emily. She Can, a powerfully built Var filly…
Peter and Jenny Blyth enjoyed a spectacular weekend, with two Graded Stakes wins in two provinces and both horses remaining unbeaten. They also added small black type with a smart Captain Of All filly from the stable of Mark Dixon. The Magical Lady Syndicate, including 4Racing’s CEO Fundi Sithebe and Racing Association’s Natalie Turner, were…
KZN Breeders Series 2023 Seq. Horse Age Sex MR Trainer Breeder Pre Noms Points 1 HATTA 5 M 67 Michael Roberts Hartley S A (Pty) Ltd Yes 40 2 BEECHAMWOOD BOY 4 G 90 Wendy Whitehead Mr Bruce Le Roux Yes 32 3 PARMENION 3 G 76 Garth Puller Tertia Properties (Pty) Ltd (Nom: Mr…
KZN Breeders enjoyed a very successful sale at Nationals, which achieved outstanding results in a tumultous current economy. Bloodstock South Africa hailed the sale a “resounding triumph.” “An outstanding catalogue and some spirited bidding saw the 2023 National Yearling Sale come to a triumphant conclusion late on Saturday afternoon. The two day auction saw gains…
Cathy and Jonathan Martin’s Hadlow Stud enjoyed a double in a week, with Im The Buzz (Flying The Flag) and Lady Lacewing (Danon Platina) both winning in a week. They have also had three places in addition to their wins from their last seven runners. We reported on the prior win of Im The Buzz,…
Flying The Flag filly Im The Buzz, bred by Cathy and Jonathan Martin of Hadlow Stud, took the feature of the day at Hollywoodbets Scottsville for owner and trainer Tienie Prinsloo. The Ingobamakhosi Carbineers Plate has been a race etched in the history of the Pietermaritzburg racecourse since the late 1800’s. The chestnut filly accelerated…
The smartly bred son of Noble Tune followed through on his good form to impress at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on the weekend. The win was part of a double for owner and KZN Breeder, Rose Waterman-Wentzel of Twilight Moon Equine on the day, and also enjoyed a second place. All three horses for Waterman Wentzel of…
Clifton Stud’s Peter Blyth is bringing an exciting string to this year’s National Yearling Sale, with Clifton set to offer yearlings sired by the likes of Act Of War, Danon Platina, Duke Of Marmalade, Fire Away, One World, Pomodoro, Rafeef, and Visionaire. Peter had the following comments to make about his draft: Lot 135 State…
A variety of proven stallions and high-class families dominate Camargue Stud’s draft for the 2023 National Yearling Sale. Camargue will be offering yearlings sired by such successful stallions as Master Of My Fate, Querari and What A Winter, as well as by the ill-fated Lancaster Bomber, who has made such an impressive start with his…
Blue Sky Thoroughbreds will be offering a well-balanced and exciting consignment at this year’s National Yearling Sale. From proven stallions such as Act Of War, Futura, Master Of My Fate, Querari and champion sire Gimmethegreenlight to exciting younger sires such as Danon Platina and New Predator, Blue Sky Thoroughbreds’ National Sale draft has something for…
Brett Van Laun’s Camargue Stud, which encompasses a pretraining facility as well, enjoyed a second win from Crusade colt Luthuli this afternoon at the Vaal. Trained by Fabian Habib, Luthuli, out of Desroches by Dynasty is owned by Messrs B D van Laun, G J Nassif, J Nassif and Tri-Deal Sixteen CC (Nom: Mr Z…
On the eve of the stakes-boosted 2023 Champions Season, Hollywoodbets and Gold Circle will again ensure that Grooms are rewarded for their vital role in the success of delivering a world-class product. The innovative Grooms’ initiative powered by Hollywoodbets and Gold Circle, has been increased 100% with the winning incentive rocketing from R1000 to R2000…
Michael Destombes owned Platina Princess won very impressively at Turffontein on Tuesday, the filly trained by Mike De Kock. The daughter of Danon Platina finished second on race debut and followed up to win confidently under jockey Craig Zackey, relishing the 1450m on offer. Bred by Summerhill Equestrian’s Henning Pretorius, who has produced an impressive…
Godswood bred by Bush Hill Stud enjoyed his seventh career win on March 30th for the training combination of Messrs Vosloo and Botes, owned by Allan Peters and the Hyperpaint Syndicate. Godswood, out of Jallad mare Bluebell Wood won by two lengths from recent winner Sheldon over 1000m at the Vaal. MK’s Pride put up…
A warm up into Champions Season over 1400m saw the stout grey speedy son of Flying The Flag grab the Gr3 Byerley Turk from the respected Cousin Casey and Jimmy Don. Born and raised at Bush Hill Stud for breeder Ms Giddy, has now won four of his seven starts and gave jockey Tristan Godden…
Lancaster Bomber. New Predator. Captain Of All. These three exciting stallions are all represented in Summerview Stud’s draft for the 2023 National Yearling Sale. A boutique young farm with a hands-on approach, Summerview has steadily built up its broodmare band, and continues to upgrade their stock with regular visits to the Cape Mare Sale. The…
Rathmor Stud, breeders of the likes of Gypsy’s Warning, Missisippi Burning and this season’s G2 Peninsula Handicap winner Nexus, will be offering an eye catching draft at the upcoming National Yearling Sale. Not only does this draft include yearlings by such popular stallions as Danon Platina, Legislate and Vercingetorix, Rathmor will be offering lots out…
Brimming with confidence, four year old Eightfold Path gelding Beechamwood Boy flew home under Keagan De Melo to win at Hollywoodbets Scottsville for the third time in a row, and his fifth career win to date. It is a particularly special story for 93 year old Mr Ian Gibson who is always on course to…
Flying The Flag’s Convocation came home victorious at the fourth time of asking for trainer Gareth Van Zyl on Tuesday. Owned by Messrs Allan F Peters and Raj Singh, the three year old filly has earned a cheque in all of her starts for her connections and after debuting over 1400m at Hollywoodbets Greyville, she…
Blue Sky Thoroughbreds made up of Tinus Gericke and Bruce Le Roux, all enjoyed wins this past week as their partnership and individual, and continue to bang home regular winners from stalwart families of Spring Valley. They enjoyed a recent treble and continued their results through the week. Majestic Power, a half brother to smart…
Sean Tarry’s Under Your Spell became the first filly since the American-bred Overarching in 2006 to win the R400 000 WSB Gr2 Hawaii Stakes when she finishing powerfully to beat a decent mixed-sex field in Saturday’s 2023 renewal of the 1400m contest. A Gr1 winner at 2, the four year old #kznbred Under Your Spell…
New Predator (New Approach) is smartly out of the starting blocks with an incredible 80% winners to runners, with four winners from five runners on the track at the moment. Incredibly, from 11 runs to date there are four wins and the balance all places – not one of his progeny has yet to be…
In five days, Clifton Stud have produced six winners including a feature at Turffontein, and borders on seven with Fairview winner Douglas Devastator born and raised at Clifton Stud for the Late Syd Rosseau. We reported on the recent Clifton double at Turffontein, Egoli Mile winner Laguna Verde and Destiny Of Souls, and their scintillating…
Peter and Jenny Blyth of Clifton Stud are standing a quality band of mares and their consistent results are only getting better – they enjoyed a double including the evening feature, taking the Non Black Type Egoli Mile with the smashing Gimmethegreenlight gelding, Laguna Verde. Out of Capiapo by Captain Al, inturn out of a…
A breeder who produces consistent winners which is evident in his above average winners to runners percentage, Bruce Le Roux enjoyed yet another double at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Wednesday. New Predator is setting the tracks alight with his progeny – and settled into Bruce Le Roux and Tinus Gericke’s Blue Sky Thoroughbreds last year after…
Bush Hill Stud have enjoyed a few winners recently, and a fantastic place in the Gr2 WSB Gauteng Guineas with their smart colt Electric Gold, owned by Suzette Viljoen. The Flying The Flag colt is rumoured to be able to go one better in the next leg of the Triple Crown with the distance possibly…
A second debut in a couple of weeks for Clifton Stud, Captain’s Christy came through to win smartly from the stable of Mark Dixon and owners Mr Kevan Rice, Jay Joseph, owned in partnership with trainer Mark Dixon. Breeder Peter Blyth of Clifton Stud was on course to enjoy the moment with the connections. A…
Rollwiththepunches joins War Of Athena, Bartholdi, Battle Force, Bold Act and Stella Act on the list of Black Type horses for Summerhill Equestrian sire Act Of War, winning the Gr3 World Sports Betting Tommy Hotspur by a quarter of a length over 1000m in very soft going. The Summerhill Stud bred is a half brother…
Attractive Canford Cliffs juvenile colt Cliff Hanger won on debut for trainer Yogas Govender and owner Mr Ravi Reddy on Wednesday. Ridden by Billy Jacobson, Cliff Hanger won confidently over 1100m and took home the BSA Maiden Juvenile Plate Bonus of R100 000 for his winning connections. Out of Var mare Luneberg, a R90 000…
An emotional race for the family of the Late Kevin Soal, Kiss Me Captain won the R150 000 Listed Swallow Stakes at Turffontein this past Sunday. After the devastating recent loss of popular owner and breeder Kevin Soal, his daughter and part-owner Courtney marked a first stakes victory for the speedy daughter of Captain Of All…
Wendy Whitehead enjoyed a stellar race day at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Wednesday, bringing five winners home and doubles for two of her owners – Ittsa IT & Business Solutions and owner and breeder, Mrs Nothemba Mlonzi of Mwetwood Stud in Birnamwood, situated outside of Howick. Four of Wendy’s five winners were #kznbred. The day started…
Noble City, a Noble Tune half brother to Gr1 winner Battle Force (Act Of War) won impressively on debut at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday. Bred by Rupert Plersch and born and raised by the McHardy family in Nottingham Road, the three year old won by three lengths for owner Twilight Moon Equine, who own Battle…
New Predator looks to be living up to the precociousness his progeny had shown as youngsters, reeling off his second winner which was on debut to boot at Fairview on Friday afternoon. From three runners, New Predator has now had two winners and another place – all three progeny currently racing have yet to be…
Broodmare Roses For Lizzy pulled off a rare feat for breeder Bruce Le Roux, producing three winners in one week and included in that result a double on Sunday at Hollywoodbets Greyville. The National Emblem mare seems to produce a stamp amongst her progeny and all by different sires – whilst none of them are…
Clifton Stud produced the rare feat of not only having two half siblings in a feature race, but both horses placing for trainer Tony Rivalland. Crusade gelding Prince Of Taranto, a five year old gelding out of Casey’s Dance by Mullins Bay, placed a fast finishing second to the winner and ran out of his…
Blue Sky Thoroughbred resident sire New Predator is off the starting blocks, producing his first winner at Hollywoodbets Greyville on the turf with Clifton-bred Predator’s Feast from just her third race. She had placed in both previous starts over 800m and 1000m. Just a R30 000 graduate off the KZN Yearling Sale which took place…
Blue Sky Thoroughbreds imported Gr1 Argentine champ, Hat Puntano, has kicked off his stud career with early success as Givers Grace came through to win at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Monday for breeder Ingrid Klug of Wynnholme Stud. Givers Grace beat the favourite African Folklore by a half length in a time of 62,06 secs. It…
The evergreen Justin Snaith trained son of Dynasty, Nexus, dominated the Gr2 Ridgemont Highlands Peninsula Stakes at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth to win for breeders Rathmor Stud and owner Mrs Nancy Hossack on Hollywoodbets Cape Guineas Day. The 7 year old gelding, a full brother to Gr1 winner Lady In Black, made it his 9th career victory…
Clifton-bred Mrs Geriatrix came with a pedigree and the Vercingetorix filly sold to the Magical Lady Syndicate, nominee Natalie Turner of the Racing Association, for R200 000 at April’s National Yearling Sale. A plain chestnut filly – a feature that runs in the family with a strong likeness to her dam’s star siblings Prince Of…
Karin and Warwick Renders Bush Hill Stud enjoyed two wins on the trot on two different courses over the weekend, with Tabatha Cat winning on Sunday and the smart Electric Gold coming home lonely on Tuesday. Tabatha Cat, who gave her part owner Mr Sumeshen Moodley his first win as an owner in partnership with…
Eight year old Al Miqdaam gelding Ishnana came off a victory in his penultimate start at the end of October, to win at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Sunday for now owner and trainer, Garth Puller. Ridden by Siphesihle Hlengwa who has ridden the flashy bay previously, Ishnana won convincingly at odds of 20/1 by over two…
Piemonte Stud have sadly dispersed their breeding operation and saw a top price of R340 000 for a beautifully bred yearling by Gimmethegreenlight out of Carlita. Aptly named Carlita’s Best, the dam herself is a Piemonte-bred and raced daughter of Oratorio, voted the Eastern Cape’s Champion 2YO Filly of her generation with two Listed wins…
Clifton presented a handsome and well bred draft of two year olds at the recent November 2YO Sale and were rewarded with the top priced colt and filly respectively from the province of KZN. Their Vercingetorix filly out of Endearing attracted R425 000 (Lot 150) from the stable of Roy Magner – who raced Clifton-bred…
Blue Sky Thoroughbreds of Mooi River enjoyed a brilliant day at Hollywoodbets Scottsville, not only getting a double bred by the partnership of Tinus Gericke and Bruce Le Roux, but also achieving a training feat of winning with a horse bred, raised and trained on the property. Ivan Van Wyk heads up the training aspect…
Piemonte Stud will be bringing a draft packed full of quality to the upcoming November Sale this year. This string includes two-year-olds from some wonderful female lines, as well as lots sired by the likes of Canford Cliffs, Captain Of All, New Predator and Willow Magic.The latter, a brilliant G1 winning son of the mighty…
One of KwaZulu-Natal’s biggest thoroughbred stud farms, Piemonte Stud, is set to conduct a dispersal sale early next month.Lee and Nancy have decided to relocate to Knysna and, as a result, will be conducting a sale with no reserves on each lot. Piemonte Stud will hold its auction at Summerveld on December 1st, and the…
Macrath CC will be offering a quality quartet at the upcoming November Two Year Old Sale, with all four of their lots sired by the versatile globetrotter Linngari. A G1 winner in both Germany and Italy, Linngari won or placed in seven G1 races during a career which saw the chestnut race in all of…
A strapping filly owned by Hollywood Syndicate and named by KZN Commentator Craig Peters for his family, Shanta’s Pride impressed to win at the third time of asking after placing twice previously. Trained by Peter Muscutt, the Bush Hill bred filly gave the Peter family immense pride to win from Rio Supremo over 1200m. The…
Peter Blyth, breeder of such stars as former Horse Of The Year Classic Flag and millionaire Prince Of Kahal among others, is delighted by the quality of thoroughbred that his Clifton Stud will be bringing to this year’s November Two Year Old Sale. Clifton Stud’s string for the sale includes two-year-olds sired by the likes…
Bush Hill Stud will be presenting an impressive line up of two-year-olds at this year’s November Two Year Old Sale.Remarkably, this string includes eight juveniles sired by proven G1 stallions, with this consignment’s offering including lots sired by the likes of Capetown Noir, Captain Of All, Mambo In Seattle, Master Of My Fate, Querari and…
A R40 000 purchase off the 2021 August 2YO Sale, Bush Hill bred Miss Daisy has given Billy Ruiters his first Graded Stakes winner with owner Mr Pooe after winning the Gr3 HSH Princess Charlene Starling Stakes on Saturday. The daughter of the late Crusade out of Heliantha by Count Du Bois is from the…
Bruce Le Roux and Tinus Gericke’s Blue Sky Thoroughbreds is a growing force in the South African breeding industry.This fact is underlined by the exciting young sires who are standing at Blue Sky Thoroughbreds this season. The Blue Sky based G1 Tsogo Sun Sprint winner Chimichuri Run recently had his first mares test in foal,…
Clifton Stud enjoyed a double on the Polytrack at the Hollywoodbets Greyville on Wednesday. Fashion Mistress, a daughter of Master Of My Fate out of the diminutive multiple winner Fashion Talk (AP Answer) was a a clever pedigree match, loosely based on Clifton-bred Whatalady (Jet Master – Vogue) from the same family. It is also…
Monday proved to be a good day for #kznbreds at Turffontein, with Bush Hill Stud, Clifton, Graystone and Scott Bros all coming home successfully taking four of the nine races carded on the day. Clifton Stud’s beautifully bred Querari filly Que Ceu Azul, out of November Sky who is closely related to Gr1 winners August…
In a foaling record for the farm in one day, five mares welcomed five fillies at `Macrath Stud for Rathmor Stud on Thursday. Mystery Dame (Jet Master), the dam of Gr1 winner Lady In Black and Gr2 winner and KZN Mile winner Nexus, produced a filly by Declarationofpeace. Others to foal included Fiftyshadesdarker (Gimmethegreenlight), a…
A visit to Bruce Le Roux and Tinus Gericke’s Blue Sky Thoroughbreds to view some of their foals for the current season. Blue Sky Thoroughbreds sold their first R1-million plus colt at Nationals this year. The farm also stands the likes of stallions Chimichuri Run who has got down to business in his first season…
Clifton Stud resident Running Brave, owned by her owner and trainer Fanie Bronkhorst in partnership with Bryan and Taryn Spong, has been confirmed in foal to Gr1 producing Act Of War. The multiple Group winning daughter of Brave Tin Soldier who experienced narrow defeats to finish second in the Gr1 Empress Club Stakes (twice) and…
Five time Gr1 winner and Equus Champion 2YO and 3YO of his generation, Got The Greenlight has had his first mares confirmed in foal. Standing at Camargue Stud in Caversham, the son of Champion sire Gimmethegreenlight and the first at stud in South Africa has a full book for his first season, including visiting mares…
A highly regarded colt by Champion trainer Paul Peter, Electric Gold – unbeaten from his last three starts – has sold at the Turffontein September Sale for R700 000 to Suzette Viljoen. The son of Flying The Flag was born and raised at Bush Hill Stud for owner Mr H Da Costa and was consigned…
The KZN Breeders Awards for 2022 will be taking place once more at the Nottingham `Road Hotel on Saturday, 3 December. The nominees include a standout category for Bloomhill Stud broodmare Wysiwyg, who is the dam of both Gr1 male sprint nominees, Bohica and Bartholdi. Capetown Noir enjoyed a sterling year with both Under Your…
Bruce Le Roux is delighted to report that Chimichuri Run’s first two mares that he covered have been confirmed in foal. Bruce is also thrilled to report that the stallion has been supported and as of 21 September, has covered 17 mares to date. The Gr1 winning son of Trippi is an exciting addition to…
Two well related #kznbred fillies won at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Monday afternoon on a wet afternoon. Racing on the Poly, the aptly named Triptoroyalty, running on the day of the Queen’s burial, broke her maiden under Rachel Venniker for trainer Michael Roberts and owner Tommy Crowe. The filly is out of King Of Kings mare…
Faustino, the sprinting Piemonte-bred son of Crusade made it two from two and his sixth career win at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Sunday. The gelding half-brother to multiple winners including the smart Filippo gave his syndicate much joy when bravely taking on Winter Baron to get up on the line by a nose under Keratilie Katjedi…
Bloomhill Stud presented a well prepared draft on sales debut and reaped the rewards which also saw one of South Africa’s leading bloodstock agents, John Freeman, sign a ticket from the budding new stud for Lot 227, a filly by Act of War. With six well grown two year olds on offer including a lovely…
Warwick and Karin Render of Bush Hill Stud enjoyed a double at Turffontein, including the exciting son of Flying The Flag from the stable of Paul Peter who has now won three races in a row. The 3yo is just getting better out of the maidens and the Paul Peter stable think highly of the…
The Scribante family’s Piemonte Stud continues to make waves in the South African racing industry. Not only is the farm enjoying consistent success on the racetrack and in the sales ring, Piemonte Stud is also home to one exceptionally well bred stallion in the form of Capetown Noir. A triple G1 winner himself, and South…
“She’ll be catching the first float to Wartburg.” That’s how part-owner Mick Goss officially confirmed the retirement of the ‘Iron Lady’ of the South African turf, Rouge Allure, who is our Sprint cover star this week. Rouge Allure (Gavin Lerena) is led by Stephen Moffatt and his son, Anthony Moffatt (Pic – JC Photos) A…
As a result of an opportunity arising, we recently made the difficult decision to close down the boarding aspect of Bush Hill Stud. Both New Predator and Willow Magic have relocated to Blue Sky Thoroughbreds and we will continue to assist with their admin and marketing. Last Winter will move across to Clifton Stud imminently. …
The handsome son of Vercingetorix, Summa Cum Laude, will be standing his second season at Hadlow Stud. The first son of Vercingetorix to retire to stud in South Africa, he already has prominent supporters waiting patiently for the breeding season to start. Since Vercingetorix’s fast and meteoric rise in the stallion ranks makes access to…
The Bloomhill Stud looks to be an exciting addition to the roster of vendors represented at the August Two Year Old Sale. Owned and managed by Sandra Trethewey, Bloomhill Wartburg is situated just outside Wartburg in the KZN Midlands. The farm, which also plans to offer accomodation as a wedding venue site, is not only…
The amazing Stephen Moffatt-trained eight-year-old mare Rouge Allure (she will be nine this time next week) caused a sensation at the beginning of this month when winning her 100th start and thus recording her 14th career victory. She went out and won her 101st start and once again it was the twice SA champion jockey…
Peter and Jenny Blyth of Clifton Stud were on course on Wednesday to enjoy their double of the day, achieving 100% with two runners and two winners. The first of the double saw the very exciting What A Winter filly in Race 2 surge to a courageous win for the part Clifton owned juvenile trained…
Speedster Faustino left his rivals in his dust at Hollywoodbets Scottsville again, controlling the pace from the jump under Keratile Katjedi to secure his fifth career victory over 1000m, in a time of 56.22 seconds. A recent winner of the World Sports Betting Dash over 400m at Hollywoodbets Greyville, the son of Gr1 sprint winner…
With his son Royal Agility paying tribute by winning again in Hong Kong on Friday, popular Gr1 stallion Mambo In Seattle was euthanised last Wednesday. Originally based at Moutonshoek in the Cape, the son of Kingmambo relocated to Clifton Stud in KZN in 2018. Mambo In Seattle (Kingmambo – Weekend In Seattle) “With a heavy…
Cathy and Jonathan Martin presented a well bred draft of superbly turned out yearlings at the KZN Yearling Sale which saw the auction return to Suncoast Casino, and the Martin’s reap the rewards and average R219 000 for five yearlings sold. Their top seller, Lot 117 by Rafeef out of Daintree Dancer by Mossman sold…
Clifton Stud, breeders of numerous top-class horses including former July winner and Horse Of The Year Classic Flag, will be bringing an attractive draft to this year’s KZN Yearling Sale. The farm’s KZN string is made up of lots sired by a host of different stallions including Canford Cliffs, Captain Of All, Mambo In Seattle,…
Justin Snaith-trained Nexus under a masterful return ride from Piere Strydom, won the KZN Mile on Sunday afternoon in front of a sizeable crowd, just the week before the Hollywoodbets Durban July. Rathmor Stud made it back to back wins in the race, winning with Copper Mountain (Noble Tune) in 2021, and not only bred…
The Peter Muscutt-trained Battle Force will be tested beyond his established comfort zone when he takes on 7 rivals in the R600 000 KwaZulu-Natal Breeders Mile over 1600m at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday. Battle Force, winner of the Golden Horse Sprint (Gr 1) last year, has recorded all 7 of his victories to date over 1200m….
Grace Stables was established by Winnifred Fourie nearly three years ago, with Winnie having decided to go out on her own following the dispersal of the Scott Bros establishment. Winnie, who had worked for the late Robin Scott for many years having also had a stint at the quarantine facility at Klawervlei, has many years…
Hadlow Stud’s Cathy Martin is very excited by the quality of her string for this year’s KZN Yearling Sale. Cathy says, “We are bringing a very strong draft of horses to the KZN sale this year. It was a conscious decision on our part to bypass the National Sale and bring them all to the…
Gr1 Tsogo Sun Sprint winner Chimichuri Run conditioned by multiple champion trainer Sean Tarry, will be returning to his KZN pedigree roots to stand at Bruce Le Roux and Tinus Gericke’s Blue Sky Thoroughbreds operation in Mooi River. The Drakenstein-bred son of Trippi is the second to go to stud for his sire, out of…
Vanessa Williams’ Keivan Stud will be offering a smart looking string at the 2022 KZN Yearling Sale. Based just outside of Greytown, Keivan Stud is famed for producing tough, sound racehorses who have been reared in severe conditions. Vanessa prides herself on raising horses in big paddocks where they have the freedom to run and…
Piemonte stud will be bringing four smart lots to the upcoming KZN Yearling Sale. KZN farm Piemonte Stud will be bringing lots by Ideal World, Lancaster Bomber, New Predator, and William Longsword to this year’s sale. The Scribantes’ Piemonte Stud, who have bred such notable performers as East Cape champion Kalamain and G3 winner O…
Rathmor Stud’s son of War Front is preparing for his second season at stud in South Africa. He is the third son of his Storm Cat dam Serena’s Cat to stand at stud – his older brothers being Gr1 winner Honor Code (AP Indy) and Noble Tune (Unbridled’s Song). Sold for $2,6-million as a weanling,…
Jill Fox’s The Fort Stud will be handsomely represented at this year’s KZN Yearling Sale. Not only will Jill be offering four yearlings on behalf of her own operation, but The Fort Stud is also acting as agent for six lots offered on behalf of the Mwetwood Stud. Owned and operated by Jill Fox since…
Battle Force by Act Of War, victorious last year in the Gr1 Golden Horse Sprint, heads a full field of 16 as he bids to defend his crown at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Saturday, June 4. It will be a tough task as last year he carried bottom weight, this year he is at the top…
KZN BREEDERS SERIES TOP 50 as at 29 May 2022 No. Horse Age Sex MR Trainer Breeder Pre-Nom Points 1 WILLOW EXPRESS 4 G 103 Sean Tarry Stone Hill Stud (Nom: Mr H C W Rix) Yes 36 2 JUSTAGUYTHING 5 G 77 Gavin van Zyl Mr Bruce Le Roux Yes 35 3 FRANCA 3 F…
Summerhill, Rathmor and Blue Sky Thoroughbreds have invested in the top three sellers of the Cape Mare Sale which took place on Thursday. Mick Goss’s Summerhill Stud has enjoyed a Gr1 winning season and he invested in a Shadwell mare Lot 5, Masaaquaat (NZ), daughter of speed sire Snitzel in foal to What A Winter….
The catalogue for the 2022 KZN Yearling Sale has been published and can now be viewed online at www.bsa.co.za One of the best value for money thoroughbred auctions in South Africa, the KZN Yearling Sale has proved a constant source of top-class thoroughbreds, with the sale unleashing high-class gallopers each and every year. Among the numerous…
The opening of Champions Season in KZN kicked off on Saturday, and saw the World Sports Betting Dash over 400m and the Gr2 World Sports Betting Fillies Guineas make KZN winners on the day. The Piemonte-bred Faustino, by Crusade out of fast Var mare Wishful Eye, jump from the 400m in a race so blistering…
As of 4 May, Seemyvision leads the top 50 of the KZN Breeders Series of races, however Piemonte Stud-bred Faustino (Crusade) will move up the log after winning the weekends 400m World Sports Betting Dash at Hollywoodbets Greyville. KZN BREEDERS SERIES TOP 50 as at 3 May 2022 No. Horse Age Sex MR Trainer Breeder Points …
Tinus Gericke and Bruce Le Roux’s Blue Sky Thoroughbreds reaped their rewards at the Nationals, selling their impressive Gimmethegreenlight colt for R1,2-million to Anthony Beck, to be trained by Sean Tarry. A big and tall first foal of Hashtagyolo – the well bred filly was knocked down to to Tinus and Bruce in partnership just…
First season sire New Predator, a multiple Gr1 placed and Gr2 winning son of New Approach, proved popular at the Nationals as his athletic yearlings all sold on day one at the National Yearling Sale for an average of R160 000. The top Lot sold for R300 000 to trainer Gavin Van Zyl of Team…
A Grade One winner at age two and three, Rabada (Brave Tin Soldier) has produced his first winner at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Sunday. The Summerhill Stud-bred filly named Mysterious Girl won second time out for trainer Yogas Govender. Rabada, himself a Summerhill bred with a pure Summerhill pedigree, is represented by two smart Lots at…
Named after the province of Piemonte in Italy where the Scribante’s family home remains, Piemonte Stud is a family owned business with the father and son duo of Lee and Dino Scribante, both sharing a common love of speed and competition in a variety of sports and disciplines. Lee competed and achieved his colours provincially…
Gold Circle’s Racing Executive Raf Sheik has expressed his delight with the quality of entries received for the R5-million Hollywoodbets Durban July, “The response from owners and trainers across the country has been phenomenal. The 68 entries received include 13 individual Grade 1 winners as well as 3 former winners of this great race. The…
Keivan Stud’s Vanessa Williams traces her involvement in the racing industry back to days growing up when she became drawn to donkeys which arrived at the trading store where she grew up. She went on to enjoy a successful career in polo-crosse, which saw Vanessa play at the top level where she toured all of…
Clifton Stud’s Peter Blyth has a long background with horses, having enjoyed plenty of success as a polo player before turning his hand to training and then breeding thoroughbreds. His father Tim bred on a small scale, and enjoyed success with a number of above average winners. Peter, whose father could not afford the more…
Based in Mooi River, leading KZN thoroughbred nursery Bush Hill Stud has been a major fixture in the South African thoroughbred industry for decades. The farm, run by Warwick and Karin Render, has become a consistent source of high-class gallopers, with the equine stars bred or raised by Bush Hill Stud headed by G1 Summer…
KZN BREEDERS SERIES TOP 100 POINTS 3YO as at 4 April 2022 No. Horse Age Sex MR Trainer Breeder Points 1 CAPTAIN SEAGER 4 G 78 Paul Lafferty Mr Bruce Le Roux 31 2 CAPETOWN BEAUTY 3 F 83 WDF Badenhorst/BC Kennedy Clifton Stud 29 3 SEEMYVISION 5 M 91 Roy Magner Summerhill Stud (Pty)…
Willow Magic has enjoyed three winners and three places in three days. The Bush Hill resident son of world champions stud phenomenon Dubawi is enjoying a purple patch country wide. With MK’s Pride getting a much deserved Gr1 win on Saturday, Peter Muscutt stepped out a handsome bay out of a Var mare won third…
Bruce Le Roux and Tinus Gericke’s Blue Sky Thoroughbreds is an emerging force in the South African thoroughbred industry. The partnership, who began accumulating a broodmare band together in 2016, have already enjoyed success both on the racetrack and in the sales ring. Blue Sky Thoroughbreds had yearlings make up to R750 000 at last…
Barbara Kennedy and Wayne Badenhorst’s Capetown Beauty won her third race in a row on Sunday on the turf. She is now a 4-time winner. The Clifton-stud bred filly, a full sister to the above average Admire Me now residing in Johannesburg with Gavin Van Zyl, will be headed to the Gr3 Track And Ball…
A fairytale story that has come full circle, Mr Koos Nkale’s MK’s Pride plugged on doggedly under Muzi Yeni to take the Gr1 Wilgerbosdrift HF Oppenheimer Horse Chestnut Stakes for the stable of Paul Peter. He won by three quarters of a length over the mile trip, beating Argentine bred Peurto Manzano and July /…
Nothemba Mlonzi who operates her Mwetwood Stud from Birnamwood, outside of Howick in the KZN Midlands, enjoyed a facile win with Khanyisa Indlela on Wednesday. The Gimmethegreenlight 3yo gelding out of Crimson Lane by Street Cry has an impeccable pedigree, and galloped to victory in the colours of Rakesh Sewgoolam. The gelding has earned a…
Gary and Colleen de Klerk of boutique stud Summerview, have enjoyed a great week at the races, with two wins and a second place in three different racing centres. Monday started off with Iron Chef, a beautiful chestnut Crusade filly out of Nigella, winning for Tienie Prinsloo after placing consistently. She flew over the Polytrack…
A Gimmethegreenlight colt shed his Maiden Juvenile tag on race debut for Clifton Stud, owner Mr D Shawe and trainer Lucky Houdalakis, winning over 1200m easily by over three lengths at the Vaal. The handsome and well bred individual out of Copiapo (Captain Al) sold for R600 000 at the 2022 Nationals and also took…
Backworth Stud based in Eston, enjoyed a double with trainer Tony Rivalland and owner Mrs Mary Liley. At 90, Mary Liley frequents Hollywoodbets Greyville almost every race meeting and is a stalwart supporter in KZN. and has enjoyed 15 winners for the current season including partnerships. A big beautiful filly, Rain Wear (Soft Falling Rain…
Lot as of 15 March 2022 for 3yo’s and up: No. Horse Age Sex MR Trainer Breeder Points 1 SEEMYVISION 5 M 91 Roy Magner Summerhill Stud (Pty) Ltd 28 2 JUSTAGUYTHING 5 G 77 Gavin van Zyl Mr Bruce Le Roux 26 3 FOREST JUMP 5 G 69 Darryl Moore Hartley S A (Pty)…
Eight year old ultra consistent Kahal mare Rouge Allure, has won her first feature of her career, taking the Jacaranda Listed at Turffontein over 1800m in very soft going. The tough Summerhill-bred mare, out of Mekyaas by Pivotal, is now a 13-time winner trained by Stephen Moffat and owned by Mr Albert Rapp in partnership…
In a coup for breeding in KZN, five-time Gr1 winner Got The Greenlight has been purchased and will be standing at Brett Van Laun’s Camargue Stud in Caversham. Brett Van Laun commented, “Got The Greenlight will change the KZN Breeders landscape. He is the real deal!” The son of champion sire Gimmethegreenlight will be the…
Bloodstock South Africa recently published the catalogue for the 2022 National Yearling Sale, and this catalogue is now available to be viewed online at www.bsa.co.za South Africa’s premier yearling auction, the National Sale continues to unveil outstanding thoroughbreds year in and year out. Among the many recent star graduates of the National Yearling Sale are such…
The late Gr1 winner Crusade has had 26 winners this season, and another double at Hollywoodbets Greyville. Producing consistent earners, Crusade (Mr Greeley) started out his career at Scott Bros before relocating to Clifton Stud. Running Freely won well under Warren Kennedy over 1200m, bred by Brett Van Laun of Camargue Stud, and races the…
Bush Hill Stud resident sire Willow Magic enjoyed a double at Turffontein on Thursday. The Graded Stakes producing sire by the sensational Dubawi, kicked off Race 1 with Bally Magic, a Bush Hill-bred 3yo colt out of an imported Irish mare by Entrepreneur. The bay colt is owned by Larry Nestadt and trained by Candice…
After yet another facile victory at Hollywoodbets Greyville, the St Helier-Stud bred son of Flying The Flag, Victory Twist, heads up the first published log of the KZN Breeders Series to be run on the ever-popular KZN Breeders Race Day at the end of June. Beautifully-bred by the Late Syd Rosseau out of a Cape…
4Racing and Gold Circle reach interim agreement to air KwaZulu-Natal content on Racing 240 4Racing and Gold Circle would like to advise that they have reached an interim agreement that KwaZulu-Natal racing will be available on Racing 240 with immediate effect. The parties are committed to continuing their engagements to conclude an equitable and sustainable…
A handsome grey colt by Danon Platina, bred by Rathmor Stud and consigned by Millstream Farm sold for R550 000 at the Cape Yearling Sale on Sunday. Out of Approach Me by Right Approach, the colt was knocked down to Greg Bortz and will be trained by Justin Snaith. The Snaith family trained third dam…
Bush Hill’s beautifully bred sire Flying The Flag is in top form, and saw a recent courageous win at Hollywoodbets Scottsville with Hey Bill, a tall handsome gelding bred by Bruce Le Roux and trained by Michael Roberts. It is the second win for the gelding under a superb ride from star female apprentice Rachel…
Mike McHardy’s Rathmor Stud is in sizzling form, one of the leading KZN-based farms currently on the national log sporting a winners to runners percentage of 39.1%, with Average Earnings Per Runner of R37,977 and season earnings of just over R1,7-million. Producing winners weekly around the country and in particular for owner Mr Mario Ferreira,…
Durban, 24 February 2022: At the recent launch of the Hollywoodbets Durban July, there were a number of significant announcements which shone a bright light on the upcoming 2022 KZN Champions Season. In addition to the increase in the Hollywoodbets Durban July main race stake from R2m in 2021 to a highest ever R5m, between Hollywoodbets…
A race with a rich and proud history of being contested by generations of champions of the turf over 125 years, and internationally acknowledged as Africa’s Greatest Horseracing Event, the Durban July will be sponsored by South Africa’s leading betting operator Hollywoodbets, with effect from the 2022 renewal on Saturday 2 July. The announcement of…
Kuuma, a Summerhill-bred son of Lance, gave his sire another win and gave Hollywood Syndicate the third of their first treble at the racetrack on Monday. Kuuma is trained by Sean Tarry. In turn, Kuuma also provided the victory of the first three past the post for Hollywood, another achievement in their racing career. Kuuma…
Piemonte Stud mare Wishful Eye had two winners this week in KZN, with Faustino (Crusade) winning on Sunday at Hollywoodbets Scottsville, and the courageous Filippo winning for the 9th time under the care of trainer Yogas Govender at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Wednesday. Wishful Eye, a Var filly bred by Middlefield Stud and from the family…
Its always an unusual feat when a mare produces a double in a week, and Clifton resident mare Irresistable Chris, born and bred in Brazil, has done just that for Clifton. Formerly owned by Khaya Stables, who bred Admire Me, the mare has clicked well with Piemonte Stud’s Capetown Noir who is currently enjoying a…
Coin Spinner, a handsome ‘head spinner’ at the Nationals where he sold for R475 000, has made it three wins in a row for trainer Tony Rivalland and owners Messrs Sadha Naidoo,R Maingard & Mrs M D J Liley. Under Keagan De Melo, the William Longsword colt won going away over 1200m. He carries a…
For veteran trainer Mike Azzie the Capetown Noir gelding’s victory in the Pongracz Gr1 Cape Flying Championship buried a frustrating legacy of treble runner-up finishes in the speed spectacle, as well as the hotly debated National Currency third place behind Eli’s Game in the 2003 renewal. Azzie, who trains in partnership with his son Adam,…
Wishful Girl Linn made it six wins for her owner Mr Ebrahim at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Wednesday. The daughter of Linngari bred by Summerhill Stud from the family of It’s My Turn has won over distances of 1200m – 1600m. She is out of a Western Winter / Jungle Cove 5-time winning mare who also…
Billy Boy Ruiters, a former assistant to trainer Chris Erasmus, got off the mark at the Vaal yesterday with Quattro Passi (by French Gr3 winner Eightfold Path) the five year old #kznbred gelding winning for the 3rd occasion and owned by Barry Marais. Having taken out his licence near the beginning of November 2021, Billy’s…
A strong and hardworking figure behind the scenes of the Thoroughbred breeding industry, Warwick Render of Bush Hill Stud has enjoyed success at the highest levels, breeding the likes of Gr1 winners Zirconeum, Stellite and Dubai resident Wolf Whistle amongst many. Warwick is also a TBA Council Member, a former Chairman of the KZN Breeders…
The late Crusade produced three winners at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Wednesday, producing for Blue Sky Thoroughbreds, Bush Hill Stud and The Fort Stud. Trainer Gary Rich enjoyed a double with 3yo filly Corner Crusade, out of Kileigh by Go Deputy, from the family of Abashiri and Yard Arm. Gary ‘inherited’ the filly from Lowan Denysschen…
Former Summerhill sire Traffic Guard has two five year olds keeping his name in lights, with five year old mare Aquae Sulis having found smart recent form, and the ever consistent 5yo gelding Chatterton’s Keeper both achieving six wins each. By super sire More Than Ready, Traffic Guard raced until the age of six successfully…
War Of Athena looked back to her best on Saturday, winning a quality Pinnacle at Turffontein which included Triple Crown winner Malmoos. After a 5th in the Gr1 WSB Summer Cup in a tough race, this was the 11th win for the 4yo daughter of Act Of War who took her earnings to over R1,9-million….
Ishnana, a son of Al Miqdaam bred by Robert Smith who part owns the gelding with Mr Thabo Mhlongo, got his 8th win at Hollywoodbets Greyville in the Pinnacle Stakes – beating the consistent speedster Chantyman and Listed winner, Pray For Rain under apprentice Cole Dicken. Ridden by Cole Dicken for Trainer Garth Puller, the…
Bush Hill Stud’s impeccably bred son of Galileo, Flying The Flag, is enjoying a productive December with three wins and three seconds in three provinces. The beautifully-bred Essos out of a Danehill Dancer mare, bred by Wilgerbosdrift and Mauritzfontein, won for the second time for owner Mrs Suzette Viljoen in PE with trainer Zietsman Oosthuizen….
KZN Breeder and owner Geoff Perkins has enjoyed a lot of success with Hadlow Stud resident broodmare Moonlightbecomesu (Cataloochee – Drift Wood by Fort Wood) as Joshua Hotsnake (Noble Tune) broke his maiden smartly at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday. [watch the race] Trained by Wendy Whitehead, who also trains his 5yo full sister Alfonse Baby…
Noble Tune, who recently relocated to Camargue Stud, has passed away unexpectedly. The sire of Gr3 Gold Cup winner Paths Of Victory was humanely euthanised on the operating table after vets did their best to assist the son of Unbridled’s Song. Noble Tune with a purple pedigree, a Gr2 and Gr3 winner in America as…
Blue Sky Thoroughbreds-bred Coin Spinner (William Longsword) made it two on the trot, winning impressively after breaking his maiden for trainer Tony Rivalland and owners Messrs Sadha Naidoo, Robert Maingard and Mrs M D J Liley. Bred by the partnership of Bruce Le Roux and Tinus Gericke as Blue Sky Thoroughbreds, who are setting up…
Bruce Le Roux enjoyed a double at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday with Julie Guthrie producing the first win with Majestic Power, a son of Just As Well out of The Angelus. The colt has placed twice previously before breaking his maiden on Sunday over a mile for owners Messrs K D Vermeulen, L Pillay, Guthrie…
KZN farms excelled at the recent November 2YO Sale – with horses for smart six figures selling from Summerview, Clifton, Bush Hill Stud. The top priced #kznbred was a handsome colt bred and consigned by Gary and Colleen de Klerk of Summerview Stud. The half-brother to Aryaam by Vercingetorix was seen out frequently for viewing…
Karon Totman is a relatively young breeder in the KZN Breeders ranks and she tells us a little more about her breeding operation, which she bases with Karin and Warwick Render at Bush Hill Stud. “High Eagle Stud started at the beginning of the 2018 foaling / breeding season, with a few of the foundation…
The KZN Breeders Club recently held their AGM at the Nottingham Road Hotel. The well supported meeting saw the KZN Breeders Club Breeders Premium Scheme discussed. The format for the scheme has changed, with breeders no longer receiving a cash claim, but a voucher to use against stallion shares, services, purchasing of mares and fillies…
Bush Hill Stud, breeders of such luminaries as Stellite, Wolf Whistle, and Zirconeum, will be offering a classy string at the 2021 November Two Year Old Sale. Sires represented in this draft include Captain Of All, Crusade, Gimmethegreenlight and Bush Hill’s own very promising resident stallion, Willow Magic. The latter, whose first crop produced millionaire…
Prominent KwaZulu-Natal nursery, Clifton Stud, will be strongly represented at the upcoming November Two Year Old Sale. Clifton will be offering a large draft at this year’s auction, headed by two-year-olds sired by all of Crusade, Flower Alley, Flying The Flag, Mambo In Seattle and Master Of My Fate. The farm’s resident sire Mambo In…
Hadlow Stud will be offering a pair of two-year-olds, both sired by the G1 winning two-year-old Crusade, at this year’s November Two Year Old Sale. Prior to his untimely death, G1 Middle Park Stakes winner Crusade left behind a host of above average performers including the stakes winners Alfeo, Butchie Boy and Covered In Snow,…
The William Longsword gelding Hasta Manana clinched his first stakes success and was the cheese on the sandwich of a terrific Gareth van Zyl-Anton Marcus – Mario Ferreira treble at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday, including two for Rathmor Stud. Gareth van Zyl enjoyed one of his best days at the office and saddled a four-timer….
Piemonte Stud will be strongly represented at the upcoming November Two Year Old Sale. The KwaZulu-Natal farm will be offering a consignment headed by the offspring of such notable sires as Act Of War, Captain Of All, Global View, Ideal World, Master Of My Fate, The United States and Twice Over at the November auction….
An outstanding result at Kenilworth on Wednesday for Ridgemont Highlands and Brett Crawford was more good news for Hadlow Stud’s stallion Summa Cum Laude owned by Anne and Bruce Nicolas, a half-brother to Australian resident Gr1 winning broodmare In The Fast Lane. The Jet Master mare produced two exceptional winners at Kenilworth. The Ridgemont team…
Gr1 Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf 2nd placed Noble Tune has returned to KZN where he is standing at Brett Van Laun’s Camargue Stud. The son of Unbridled’s Song and the sire of Gold Cup winner Paths Of Victory, is currently on an impressive statistic of 36% winners to runners according to the latest nhra.co.za stats….
Leading KwaZulu-Natal thoroughbred nursery, Spring Valley Stud, will be offering a pair of well related two-year-olds at the upcoming November Two Year Old. Both lots in this draft were sired by Spring Valley’s well performed young stallion Rabada, whose five wins, from just ten starts, included scores in both the G1 Premiers Champion Stakes and…
Ted Hughes’ stallion by High Chaparral, Golden Sword, passed on after an unfortunate accident. “A very sad day yesterday. We lost Golden Sword to a freak accident at the farm. The record holder over 2000m in Dubai and two lengths behind Sea the Stars in the 2009 Epsom Derby, will be sorely missed by us….
The Summerview Stud will be offering some well related lots at this year’s November Two Year Old Sale. The KwaZulu-Natal farm will be consigning two-year-olds sired by all of Coup De Grace, Crusade, Flying The Flag, Master Of My Fate, Rabada and the sensational Vercingetorix at November’s auction. Writteninthesand (Lot 73) is a filly bound…
Warwick and Karin Render of Bush Hill Stud wait with bated breath for the full sister to MK’s Pride to arrive. Out of the Admire Main mare Ikimasu, the outstanding MK’s Pride has exceeded expectations! His sire Willow Magic has blown many of us away, and people are only just starting to realize what he…
The KZN Breeders Club have announced the nominees for the KZN Breeders Awards, taking place on Friday 3 December at the Nottingham Road Hotel. It was a very successful season for KZN with three Gr1 winners including War Of Athena and Battle Force (both by Act Of War) and Under Your Spell – all three…
Declarationofpeace has got off to a cracking start at stud which includes an outstanding quality of broodmares. Notably amongst them is Jet Master mare Mystery Dame – the dam of Gr1 winner Lady In Black and Gr2 Snaith-trained winner, Nexus. Covering a full book of 86 in his first season, amongst the mares is the…
A fairytale that brightened the gloom of 2020, a year that all of us would rather forget, looks set to continue. Koos Nkale’s tough-as-teak Willow Magic colt MK’S Pride took his earnings over the R1 million mark as he clinched his seventh victory with a typically gutsy showing to win Sunday’s R300 000 Gr2 Joburg…
Bush Hill sprinting sire New Predator (AUS) has his first yearlings which will be heading for sales next year, and based on the top quality of the individuals, many farms have returned mares to the son of New Approach who ticks all the boxes with his physical looks and pedigree, making him an easy stallion…
The Gr1 sprinting son of Dubawi, Willow Magic, had a double at Turffontein on Thursday. Both horses were bred by Summerhill. Pick A Lily (Pick Of The Field by Kahal) kicked off the double, breaking her maiden over 1200m after earning a cheque in 11 of her previous 12 starts for trainer David Nieuwenhuisen and…
Garrulous, a handsome bay son of Byword bred by Seymour Harley of Tertia Properties, out of his mare who has produced multiple winners, Ritualistic by Jallad, will start at Chantilly on Friday 24 September over 1200m. Owned by Estate Late Bernie Schwegmann and son Howard Schwegmann when he raced in South Africa, Garrulous placed second…
We are extremely saddened to hear of the passing of Robin Scott of Scott Bros. A stalwart of breeding not only in KZN but in South Africa, the dream and magnitude of the racing and breeding achievements of Robin (with brother Des) will be felt for years to come still in pedigrees and mares and…
The seven-time winner Christopher Robin topped the charts at the Bloodstock South Africa Randjesfontein September Sale held in Barn 19 at the training centre on Tuesday. A 5yo #kznbred entire son of Damage Is Done, Christopher Robin is a dual stakes winner and a horse with Summer Cup potential. He won his first start this…
Sean Tarry and Lyle Hewitson owned the Saturday afternoon at Turffontein as the duo produced four good winners, including a smashing seasonal debut by Gr1 Allan Robertson winner Under Your Spell. South Africa’s highest rated 3yo filly, and considered by some to have been a preferable choice as Equus Champion 2yo Filly over her stablemate…
Bush Hill Stud, who stand the handsome Last Winter have welcomed a super colt out of Frosty Friday. The dam, bred by the Late Greg Royden Turner of Roski Stud, imported her own dam who was a half-sister to the late and great KZN sire Kahal. It is also the family of #kznbred export Showmetheway,…
Mike McHardy of Rathmor Stud reports that Declarationofpeace, a War Front half-brother to Gold Cup producing Noble Tune, has landed in South Africa and is currently in quarantine. Declarationofpeace will join Rathmor soon in Nottingham Road where he has received enthusiastic support from the local breeders, with a full book of 80 mares waiting for…
Peter and Jenny Blyth from Rosetta welcomed a special foal during the snow last week. The Clifton-bred filly is made even more special by the fact that she is by sire What A Winter out of a three-time Listed winner by Crusade, a Clifton-bred mare named Covered In Snow! Peter tells the story, “It started…
One of the oldest breeders in KZN and South Africa, we are saddened to hear of the passing of Willy Messenger of Bellwood. Based in Nottingham Road and breeding horses since 1970 with his wife Jeanine and from a small stable of mares, Bellwood Stud won the 2002 KZN Breeding Achievement of the Year and…
Warwick and Karin Render brought a quality draft of well bred and prepared two year olds, and were rewarded when filly Lot 278 The Blackbird, was knocked down to Hollywood Syndicate for R450 000. The filly by William Longsword is out of Cassie O’Malley by Jet Master; the latter bred by the Late Greg Royden…
Spring Valley topped Day 1 representing the KZN-breds at the August 2YO Sale. Bruce Le Roux and Tinus Gericke of Blue Sky Thoroughbreds who have brought an impressive draft to the sales, sold a half-brother to multiple winner and Gr2 placed Rapid Fire early in the sale to the Hollywood Syndicate for R300 000. Vanessa…
Summerhill Equestrian will be bringing three well bred lots, offered as agent, to the upcoming August Two Year Old Sale later this month. The three two-year-olds on offer were sired by two of South Africa’s most exciting young sires in the form of Act Of War (whose progeny include Triple Tiara winning champion War Of…
Leading KwaZulu-Natal thoroughbred nursery, the Spring Valley Stud, will be represented by a smart draft at the upcoming August Two Year Old Sale. Spring Valley Stud will be offering five two-year-olds at the August Sale, and will be acting as agent for three lots on behalf of the Wynnholme Stud.Spring Valley’s five lots on offer…
Rathmor Stud, acting as agent, will be offering five lots by Linngari at the upcoming August Two Year Old Sale. Breeders of such stellar performers as US G1 winner Gypsy’s Warning and G1 World Sports Betting Cape Fillies Guineas victress Missisippi Burning, Rathmor will be offering two-year-olds hailing from some top-class female lines. The Linngari…
Prominent KZN stud farm, the Piemonte Stud, will be bringing top notch consignment to this year’s August Two Year Old Sale.Among the stallions represented in this draft are the likes of Act Of War, Futura, Ideal World, Querari, Rafeef, and The United States, with the two-year-olds on offer hailing from some top-class families. Mio Presto…
The August 2YO Sale takes place on 20 & 21 August at the TBA Complex, with 73 Thoroughbreds on offer from KZN’s farms from a variety of stallions. Gr1 producing Act Of War is represented with three horses on sale, and the deceased Crusade has his last crop on offer which includes Lot 23 –…
Keivan Stud will be bringing four well bred two-year-olds to the 2021 August Two Year Old Sale. The four two-year-olds in this draft were sired by Act Of War, Eightfold Path, Elusive Fort and South Africa’s reigning champion sire Gimmethegreenlight respectively. Book Of Dreams (Lot 41) is a colt by champion Elusive Fort, sire of,…
Grace Stables will be triply represented at the 2021 August Two Year Old Sale, with the outfit bringing up two-year-olds by Crusade, Mambo In Seattle and Wings Of Desire to the two day auction. Kimbolton Castle (Lot 307), is a colt by Middle Park Stakes winner Crusade from a very much in vogue female line.His…
A new vendor name in next week’s BSA National 2yo Sale catalogue is Grace Stables. Winnifred Grace Fourie has been fascinated by horses since before she could walk. Growing up as a farm girl she had her first horse by age 6 and never grew out of her love for the animals. Her father, ‘Smiler’…
The time is drawing closer for the announcement of champions in the horseracing industry at the virtual Equus Awards taking place on Tuesday 17 August 2021 at 20h00 on Tellytrack, Channel 249. It will also be available to view on www.equusawards.co.za Our hosts on the evening are Neil Andrews and Jessica Motaung. Saturday 31 July was the…
Cathy and Jonathan Martin’s Hadlow Stud will be standing the beautifully-bred Summa Cum Laude for the 2021 season. The handsome colt by Vercingetorix (Silvano) out of the star broodmare First Arrival – the dam of two Equus Award winners – suffered a nasal injury which has prevented him from achieving a racing career, however based…
KZN ended the 2020 / 2021 season with Summerhill Stud finishing 3rd on the National Breeders Log (including restricted stakes) and first for KZN, with 16 Black Type wins, R12,810,438 in stakes earned and a winners to runners percentage of 34.7%. Act Of War is our leading sire with two Gr1 winners and a Triple…
Clifton Stud, a long time vendor at the Two Year Old Sale, will be offering a large and imposing draft at the 2021 August Two Year Old Sale. Clifton’s draft is made up of two-year-olds sired by all of Coup De Grace, Crusade, Mambo In Seattle and William Longsword, and offers a horse for every…
Blue Sky Thoroughbreds will be bringing a small, but select, string to the upcoming August Two Year Old Sale.This draft is made up of two-year-olds sired by some very exciting stallions including Erupt, Master Of My Fate and Rafeef, making it a must-see consignment for all buyers attending the sale! Dubawi’s dual G1 winning son…
Leading KwaZulu-Natal nursery, Bush Hill Stud, will be offering an exciting draft at this year’s August Two Year Old Sale. The farm will be offering two-year-olds by such promising and popular stallions as Global View, Pomodoro, The United States and William Longsword, and will also be offering, as agent, lots sired by all of Crusade,…
Bloodstock South Africa are pleased to announce that the catalogue for the August 2YO Sale is now online and can be viewed at www.bsa.co.za This year’s sale is set to take place at the TBA complex in Germiston on August 20th and 21st, and promises to provide buyers with another wonderful opportunity to acquire high-class thoroughbreds….
The Late Sydney Rosseau of St Helier Stud would have been delighted with Wednesdays results at Hollywoodbets Scottsville as two of his own bred horses produced a double and a winner just two days prior, in partnership with his wife Shirley Rosseau – a tremendous achievement from the boutique farm who have always bred with…
Bush Hill Stud’s Flying The Flag, a son of the recently passed world super sire Galileo and a brother to star Gr1 Coolmore-owned sisters, Rhododendron and Magical, produced four winners in four days on three different courses. Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein Roha, out of a Silvano mare who has produced two multiple winners, won for the…
A breath of fresh air to have such positivity in trying times! When many other farms are reducing stock and even dispersing in these tough economic times which hasn’t been helped with the arrival of Covid19, Brett Van Laun is in the process of re-establishing Camargue Stud which formerly stood in Mooi River. Brett has…
Bush Hill Stud enjoyed a successful day at the office at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday. Flying Tessa, a horse Bush Hill bred by Flying The Flag out of Countess Corlia by Count Du Bois is trained in partnership with Sterling Miller – and the Flying The Flag filly relished the mile to win from Hiroshima….
Tinus Gericke and Bruce Le Roux added the very smart Captain Al filly to their broodmare band, purchasing Alsflamingbeauty for R150 000 off the CTS Select Fillies For Stud Online Sale. The beautiful mare is impeccably bred – out of a Jet Master / Flaming Rock / Harry Hotspur mare, she is a full sister…
KZN Breeders investment in broodmares continued at the recent dispersal sale of Daytona Stud, with the top price knocked down to Mario Ferreira’s Rathmor Stud – a half-sister to Miyabi Gold named Liquid Force (Duke Of Marmalade) sold for R330 000. She is in foal to What A Winter. Excitingly, the mare has been earmarked…
Young female Apprentice Jockey Rachel Venniker won her first race at Hollywoodbets Scottsville aboard #kznbred Calulo, a Toreador filly bred by Spring Valley Stud who also happened to give Mfanelo Zuma his first winner. Owned by Ralphs Racing, Calulo is trained by former international Champion jockey Michael Roberts – who has given Rachel both of…
Act Of War’s statistics for his 3yo crop are very impressive. His daughter, War Of Athena, was certainly not disgraced in her performance on Saturday after a tough Triple Tiara and Gr1 winning campaign, finishing a fast 3rd just 0.10 off the eventual winner Zarina in the Gr1 Jonsson Workwear Garden Province Stakes. Act Of…
The Rathmor Stud-bred Copper Mountain showed the value of his Gr1 form behind Vodacom Durban July favourite Got The Greenlight, when he cruised to a popular victory in the stakes rejuvenated R600 000 KZN Breeders Mile at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday. The only turf contest on the eight race annual KZN Breeders Race Day which was…
Royal Wulff, a Clifton-bred son of Crusade out of Kahal mare, Conne Mara Black, won his fourth race in a row this afternoon at Turffontein. Trained by Alec Laird and owned in partnership by Messrs A G Laird, C J Brink, D J de Wet, C Gordon, M J Marx and Dylan Smith, the 3yo…
The KZN Breeders Club enjoyed their annual Golf Day on Thursday at the Royal Durban Golf Club, and saw Mark De La Hey from Hadlow Stud’s four-ball take home the overall winning trophy. The winning four-ball went to Deon, Bryce, Ian and Matt from Rathmor Stud, with a score of 89. The winners of the…
Trainer Paul Matchett has withdrawn Triple Tiara and Gr1 Woolavington 2000 champion War Of Athena from next month’s Gr1 Vodacom Durban July. Instead she will take on her own sex in the Gr1 Jonnson Workwear Garden Province Stakes on the same afternoon where she has drawn gate one. She is likely to be up against…
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on 15 June 2021 that Adjusted Alert Level 3 will be in place from16 June 2021. And as per previous communications, Bloodstock South Africa is committed to align to any updates from the South African Government with regard to the respective restrictions. As such the upcoming KZN Yearling Sale has had…
KZN enjoyed several winners over the past week, including two for Bush Hill sire Willow Magic and three for Hadlow Stud. Willow Magic, boasting 41% winners to runners for his 3yo crop with an AEPR of over R60 000, saw juvenile Miss Magician win at the 3rd time of asking and having earned a cheque…
A very proud day for KZN as two of the four Gr1 races were won by #kznbreds – Under Your Spell and Battle Force respectively, both bred by Mick Goss’ Summerhill Stud. Mick Goss continues to breed on small scale, with his mares based at Spring Valley Stud. Under Your Spell, a half-sister to Gr3…
Sandre Trethewey’s pretty chestnut mare Wysiwyg will be represented by two runners on Sunday’s Gr1 Golden Horse Sprint Day. The chestnut mare is resident on Sandra’s budding horse stud and flower farm in New Hanover, outside of Pietermaritzburg and she has a smashing son of Act Of War who has recently been weaned. Wysiwyg hasn’t…
Willow Magic – the speediest Gr1 winning son of the mighty Dubawi and already the sire of a Gr2 winner and a Gr1 placed filly from his first crop, has relocated to Warwick and Karin Render’s Bush Hill Stud in Mooi River. The handsome powerfully-built chestnut stallion standing at 16.1hh, boasts impressive statistics – with…
A son of Jet Master and a half-brother to Gr1 winner Liege, Lance produced his first winner Voltron at Turffontein on Sunday for trainer Sean Tarry, and owner Chris van Niekerk. The 2yo filly Voltron won impressively by four lengths over the 1200m trip under Lyle Hewitson. Bred by Summerhill Stud, Lance has had limited…
Gold Circle has issued its next Vodacom Durban July log following the second declaration stage earlier today which saw 30 of the initial 54 entries stand their ground. Newcomers to the log include supplementary entry [#kznbred] Nexus as well as She’s Keeper, winner of the World Sports Betting 1900, Matterhorn, runner-up in both the WSB…
Star three-year-old filly, #kznbred and Bloodstock South Africa graduate, War Of Athena once again showed her class when she romped home to a facile victory in Saturday’s G1 Woolavington 2000 (2000m) at Hollywoodbets Greyville. In the process, the star three-year-old, who was emulating last season’s Triple Tiara Summer Pudding by landing Woolavington 2000, made it…
Bush Hill Stud’s resident and bred in the purple sire Flying The Flag, enjoyed a debut winner this afternoon at Fairview for trainer Gavin Smith. The three year old gelding named Al Falak sold for R150 000 to Form Bloodstock at the 2019 National Yearling Sale, and descends from one of Bush Hill Stud’s special…
Spyda’s Corner bred by Rathmor Stud showed his mettle when we won impressively under Keagan De Melo – his second ride on the son of What A Winter and second win in a row. Keagan De Melo said in his post race interview, “for a 3yo to carry 60.5kg like he did, it was very…
KZN Breeders once again supported the Cape Thoroughbred Sale Mare and Mixed Sale. Blue Sky Thoroughbreds – a breeding partnership between Tinus Gericke and Bruce Le Roux – bought Mogok mare, Lot 20 Cup Of Rubies for R125 000 from Ridgemont Highlands. The mare originally bred by Scott Bros is in foal to freshman sire…
Mambo In Seattle continues to churn out his weekly winners, and Sunday saw a double in two countries – both in the last race of the day. Only Him won the Gr3 Zimbabwe Derby for trainer Bridget Stidolph and owners Newbury Racing. It was the 3rd leg of the Triple Crown in Zim and the…
Gr2 Cape Peninsula winner Nexus, a son of Dynasty out of Mystery Dame has been supplemented into the Vodacom Durban July by the Snaith Racing team for owners Mrs Hossack and Estate Late Mr Mitchell. The 7-time winning full brother to Gr1 winner Lady In Black and winner Mysterious Boy, has been consistent to win…
Gavin Smith Racing Team completed another terrific day at the office with a hat-trick at Fairview on Friday. Gavin’s purple patch included an eyecatching victory in the R85 000 WSB Listed East Cape Derby by his budding regional champion 3yo male, Jaeger Moon. On Tuesday Smith marked his century of winners this term, and together with…
After failing to take place last year, due to the ongoing COVID19 pandemic, the KZN Yearling Sale makes a welcome return to South Africa’s thoroughbred auction calendar this year. The two-day sale is set to take place this year at the Suncoast Globe in Durban on July 1st and 2nd, and the online catalogue can…
South Africa’s highest rated race horse, Rainbow Bridge, heads the 2021 Vodacom Durban July log which was issued by racing operator Gold Circle today. The next three positions are occupied by automatic qualifiers Linebacker, [#kznbred] War of Athena and Got The Greenlight by virtue of their respective victories in the Cape Derby (Gr1), SA Fillies…
The National Horseracing Authority of Southern Africa (NHA) is proud to announce major funding support from The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) for South Africa’s racing and breeding industries. The funding provided by the HKJC will be applied to work which is critical to the restoration of the direct export of South African horses to…
Ishnana defeated a field that included Gr1 winner Tempting Fate and useful speedsters Good Rhythm, Winter Smoke [the first three horses across the line all #kznbred], Traces, Speedpoint and Hard To Play amongst them. The Al Miqdaam galloper is raced by Thabo Mhlongo and longstanding KZN Breeder Robert Smith, Ishnana was named after a combination…
THE Paul Matchett-trained Triple Tiara heroine War Of Athena will first run in the Grade 1 Woolavington 2000 at Hollywoodbets Greyville on May 29 before a decision is made on her Vodacom Durban July participation. Justin Snaith’s star twice Grade 1-winning filly Captain’s Ransom will not take her place in the July and he said…
The KZN Breeders Race Day takes place on 27 June at Hollywoodbets Greyville with positive news of a stakes increase for all eight races on the day, exclusively for horses registered with the KZN Breeders Premium Scheme. The KZN Breeders Mile stakes has increased by R100 000, to R600 000 and the seven supporting races…
Clifton Stud’s Crusade gelding Royal Wulff produced his third win in a row yesterday for trainer Alec Laird. Out of Conne Mara Black by Kahal, Royal Wulff has never been out of the money for a consistent record of nine starts – moving up from placing third in his first four starts to second for…
The in-form Capetown Noir saw his handsome son, arguably one of the best looking racehorses currently on the track Bohica, finish a flying 2nd to Cape raider Rio Querari on Saturdays Champions Day – which launched the new 4Racing Operator and officially ended the Gauteng season. Rio Querari was impressive and gave Justin Snaith his…
Triple Tiara princess War Of Athena and twice Gr1 2nd placed Running Brave, both bred by Summerhill Stud, have been nominated for the Vodacom Durban July. It is the first nomination for Summerhill Equestrian sire Act Of War, whose own sire Dynasty won the Vodacom Durban July in 2003. The eight-time Gr2 winning daughter of…
Peter and Jenny Blyth’s Clifton Stud is firing on all cylinders – after selling a handsome Gimmethegreenlight colt for R600 000, the yearlings Act Of War half-sister, Shield Of Roses – racing for the same connections and Muzi Yeni as the famed War Of Athena – won a very smart debut at Turffontein on Saturday…
Day two proved very successful for Spring Valley, Clifton, Bush Hill Stud and Blue Sky Thoroughbreds whilst first season sire Rabada sold two lots for up to R150 000. The top price of the day went to Spring Valley Stud acting as agent for Gary Player, selling an impressive filly Lot 237 by Trippi to…
Piemonte Stud’s magnificent Gimmethegreenlight colt topped day one of the #kznbreds at the National Yearling Sale. The colt named Errore (mistake in Italian as the colt has a story behind him when it was thought the mare wasn’t in foal!) The colt is out of Five Star Girl by Al Mufti, from the fast family…
Leading KwaZulu-Natal breeders, the Piemonte Stud, will be offering a top class consignment at the upcoming National Yearling Sale. The farm’s draft includes yearlings sired by some of South Africa’s hottest stallions including Gimmethegreenlight, Pomodoro, Var, The United States and former National Sale graduate Vercingetorix, as well as lots by exciting young sires as Erupt…
Hadlow Stud will be offering four yearlings, each sired by a G1 winning stallion, at this year’s National Yearling Sale. The consignment is made up of a filly by Querari and colts by all of Canford Cliffs, Pomodoro and Rafeef. Querari, South Africa’s Leading Sire of 2YOs in 2018-2019, is the sire of Scarlet Woman…
It was a tremendous day for KZN Breeding as War Of Athena hit the ball out of the park, winning over the 2450m Gr2 Wilgerbosdrift SA Oaks by two lengths with immense ease. In the process, she also gave her Dynasty sire his first Triple Tiara win and 5th Black Type win for the season…
It wasn’t long ago that #kznbred Takingthepeace took two legs of the Triple Tiara in 2018, only to finish two lengths off the winner over the staying leg of 2450m, but Act Of War’s star Gr1 winning daughter – War Of Athena – carries enough staying power in her pedigree which should see her through…
Capetown Noir filly Under Your Spell maintained her unbeaten record to take the Gr3 Protea Stakes under a star ride from Lyle Hewitson, for the stable of Sean Tarry and owners Sean Tarry Racing (Pty) Ltd and Mrs BMA Lahoud and Messrs M A Currie, C N Francis, A Lahoud, Jarryd Lahoud, Allan F Peters,…
Capetown Noir added more Black Type to his stud record when Jaeger Moon won the his sixth consecutive race in a row to get some well deserved Bold Black Type behind his name, taking the East Cape Guineas Listed. The Gavin Smith trained Jaeger Moon is a half-brother to multiple stayer type Before Noon, who…
Clifton Stud will be offering a well-balanced draft of yearlings at the upcoming National Yearling Sale, on April 15th and 16th. This imposing consignment has a horse for every buyer, with Clifton’s National Sale draft including lots by such proven and promising stallions as Canford Cliffs, Captain Of All, Erupt, Gimmethegreenlight, Mambo In Seattle, Oratorio,…
Three year old Silvano filly out of KZN Breeders former Horse Of The Year, and five-time Gr1 winner, Dancewiththedevil, broke her maiden at the Vaal today at the third time of asking. Devilish Dancer, whose owner breeder and trainer St John Gray enjoyed outstanding success with his star daughter of Modus Vivendi and sent her…
Leading KZN breeders, Bush Hill Stud, whose past National Sale alumni include subsequent G1 Summer Cup winner Wolf Whistle, will be offering a top-class consignment at this year’s National Yearling Sale. The Mooi River farm will be offering lots sired by such top-class and popular stallions as Canford Cliffs, Captain Of All, Dynasty, Gimmethegreenlight, Master…
The KZN Breeders Club Annual General Meeting took place today at the Nottingham Road Hotel and saw Cathy Martin of Hadlow Stud, voted in as Chairlady for the next term of two years. Ted Hughes – the former Chairman now steps down to the position of Vice-Chairman as per the constitution. The current Directors re-elected…
Piemonte resident Capetown Noir came very close to securing a Gr2 when Bohica was literally pipped by a whisker on the post in the Senor Santa on the weekend, under jockey S’Manga Khumalo. What has to be one of the most handsome horses racing today, the flashy Bohica is trained by the father-son Azzie team,…
The Wilgerbosdrift SA Triple Tiara crown looks up for the taking after Paul Matchett’s smashing R30 000 sales graduate and #kznbred War Of Athena cruised to a facile victory in Saturday’s R700 000 Wilgerbosdrift Gr1 SA Fillies Classic. With a three-pronged attack at their disposal and nothing near War Of Athena’s ability in the eight-horse…
Paul Peter’s MK’s Pride became the first horse this century to win the R250 000 Ilha Bela Gr2 Hawaii Stakes as a 3yo when he stormed to victory at Turffontein on Saturday to register his maiden stakes success. First run fifty years ago when called the Keith Hepburn Champion Stakes in honour of the Turffontein chairman…
Sean Tarry and Calvin Habib got the Vaal feature quartet – relocated from Turffontein – under way on Saturday when Capetown Noir’s daughter Under Your Spell lived up to her name with a fluent win in the R100 000 Listed Ruffian Stakes. The daughter of Capetown Noir was a facile winner on debut at Turffontein…
Willow Magic seems to have a real hard hitter in the form of the striking chestnut Mk’s Pride. The Summerhill Stud bred colt blew past a talented field of three year olds yesterday to land his fourth win from only seven starts, in the manner of a colt that now understands what his job is. …
Star filly War Of Athena, a bargain R30 000 buy from the 2019 Emperors Palace Ready To Run Sale, picked up her third consecutive graded stakes win when downing Equus Champion, and fellow BSA graduate, Anything Goes, to land Saturday’s G2 Gauteng Fillies Guineas. (Miss Elegance, who ran third in the 2021 Gauteng Fillies Guineas,…
Summerhill Equestrian sire Act Of War enjoyed a double at Turffontein on Saturday. The other sire to feature of Summerhill Equestrian was Willow Magic. Bartholdi, a half-brother to the smart and handsome Bohica (Capetown Noir) sold for R180 000 at the 2019 BSA Ready To Run Sale. Trained by Australian-bound Gary Alexander for syndicate Mrs…
Randjesfontein trainer Fanie Bronkhorst saddles his first Met runner on Saturday 30 January, just about five minutes after taking out his licence. But the experienced horseman believes that despite comparatively taking on the Blue Bulls at Loftus, his gutsy 5yo Running Brave won’t be disgraced. With only 25 horses at his disposal, Fanie Bronkhorst is…
Legendary South African champion jockey Michael Roberts received his annual accolade from KZN Racing Operator Gold Circle at the behind-closed-doors Hollywoodbets Scottsville racemeeting on Sunday. And in an appropriate result, it was Roberts’ Summerveld neighbour Mark Dixon who saddled the winner of the R85 000 Listed Michael Roberts Handicap. Being sentimental, celebratory and hospitable in…
Summerview mare Al Kindi produced a double at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Wednesday. The well put together daughter of Fort Wood also gave sire Rafeef his second career winner with Maiden Juvenile Plate victress Civil Rights – and in the process also gave Sterling Miller his first double as an owner when 3yo Kind Judy (Judpot)…
Filippo, a son of speed on speed champs Toreador out of the Var mare Wishful Eye (who defeated Val De Ra in her race career) flew home to take the feature at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday – the African Holly Non Black Type handicap. The Piemonte Stud-bred gelding trained by Yogas Govender won under Lyle…
Summerhill Stud-bred filly War Of Athena once again met up with her rival Anything Goes, and this time took home the victory in the Gr3 Three Troikas – whilst the courageous Running Brave added yet another Group victory to her record – beating the boys to take home the Gr3 London News Stakes. Another to…
Act Of War enjoyed success yesterday at the Vaal as his 2yo son Rollwiththepunches won on debut over 800m for trainer Roy Magner. The smart colt out of Lady Red sold at the end of July for R160 000 at the National Yearling Sale, and is owned by Messrs M S Cruickshank and S M…
Paul Matchett’s Gr2 Ipi Tombe Challenge winner and #kznbred War Of Athena is among the 14 entries for the World Sports Betting R500 000 Cape Fillies Guineas over 1600m at Kenilworth on Saturday 12 December. Exciting War Of Athena may be racing at Kenilworth next Saturday. She ran out an emphatic 1,75-length winner of the…
The World Sports Betting Summer Cup Day rendered exciting results for #kznbreds, and in particular the feature race as the aptly named Running Brave began her run and was leading, chased the mighty Summer Pudding to the finish, to concede to second place by two lengths but by no means ashamed in defeat. The Brave…
-sportingpost.co.za Saturday’s smart Victory Moon Stakes winner Christopher Robin will attempt to give St John Gray a second Gr1 Gauteng Summer Cup success and he has a very able understudy in the shape of fellow homebred Dance Class. St John Gray in familiar pose Ther latter, out of a Jam Alley half-sister to Dancewiththedevil, is…
The R1 million World Sports Betting Gauteng Summer Cup landscape changed complexion in just under two minutes at Turffontein on Saturday. Trainer St John Gray strengthened his big race claims and saddled his home-bred Christopher Robin for a fluent maiden graded stakes success in the R125 000 Gr3 Victory Moon Stakes. The last chance saloon…
It was a positive sale overall in a tough economic climate, and saw three impressive individuals reach over a R1-million, with the top seller being the first million rand horse consigned by Danika Stud as agent for Missing U Syndicate – also registered as KZN Breeders. The colt was signed for Gavin Van Zyl and…
While a stakes success has puzzlingly eluded him so far, Justin Snaith’s classy Dynasty gelding Nexus bred by Rathmor Stud took the top honours in Saturday’s non black-type R80 000 Cape Mile at Kenilworth in his stride, despite being in need of the run. Nexus storms clear under Grant van Niekerk to win the non…
The KZN based Summerview Stud will be offering two, well-bred lots at this year’s Emperors Palace National 2YO Sale. Both of Summerview Stud’s two-year-olds were sired by G1 sprinters, suggesting that both Forged In Ice and Desert Crusader will have speed to burn! Forged In Ice (Lot 236) is a filly by four time G1…
Spring Valley Stud, whose past alumni include the likes of July winner Dunford as well as the G1 winning siblings Buy And Sell and Count The Money, will be offering three lots at this year’s Emperors Palace National 2YO Sale. The KZN farm’s string is made up of two-year-olds sired by Crusade, Futura, and Judpot….
Vermaak Equine have announced on social media that Garrulous has been sold internationally. “GARRULOUS to Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦Crack juvenile sprinter, last seen running second in the Gr2 Umkhomazi Stakes to ERIK THE RED, has been sold by @vermaakequine to continue racing in SAUDI ARABIA. Part brokered by @sebasmorgan 🇦🇷 Vermaak Equine has now sold South African raced horses…
Summerhill Equestrian saw a 1-2 in the weekends Peermont Emperors Palace Ready To Run Cup presented by BSA, with Willow Magic’s son MK’s Pride snatching it in a close finish from the Act Of War’s sharp filly, the Gr1 placed War Of Athena. It is also the smashing story for lucky owner Mr M K…
Rathmor born and raised Fight Song, bred for breeder Mrs Lynette Ryan, won the Model Man Listed over 1600m at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday. After a change of surface from consistent rain over a few days, the Gareth Van Zyl trained son of Noble Tune flew home under Warren Kennedy to take the race from…
Nottingham Road farm, Rathmor Stud, will be offering seven lots at this year’s Emperors Palace National 2YO Sale, with their draft offering two-year-olds by a host of different stallions. Former Cape Guineas winner Act Of War, whose early runners including rising star War Of Athena, is represented here by a full-sister (Lot 35 pictured above)…
The Piemonte Stud, stalwart supporters of Bloodstock South Africa, will once again be offering a high-class consignment to this year’s Emperors Palace National 2YO Sale. Piemonte will be offering two-year-olds by such proven and promising stallions as Act Of War, Admiral Kitten, Captain Of All, Crusade, Duke Of Marmalade, Elusive Fort, Flying The Flag, Global…
Bush Hill’s smart sire Flying The Flag, a full brother to sensational multiple Gr1 winning fillies at the highest international levels – Rhododendron and Magical – had an impressive winner at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday afternoon. The imposing Flying The Flag gelding bred by Bruce Le Roux, a very high scorer for the National Yearling…
Hadlow Stud, long time supporter of the National 2YO Sale, will be bringing a small but classy draft to this year’s Emperors Palace National 2YO Sale. The Mooi River farm’s consignment is made up of five two-two-year-olds, sired by all of Bezrin, Crusade, Flying The Flag, and Redoute’s Promise. Country Flame (Lot 74) is a…
Chris Saunders, former chairman of Gold Circle and the first chairman of the Tongaat Hulett Group, died on Saturday night after a lengthy illness. Saunders was one of the first directors of Gold Circle and was elected chairman after the company’s first chairman, Roy Eckstein retired. Saunders retired as chairman in 2005 after steering Gold Circle…
The KZN Breeders Awards 2020 will be taking place at the famed Nottingham Road Hotel on 4 December. The theme is “A Touch Of Tweed” and will be an intimate gathering to celebrate the #KZNbred. Amongst the nominees are two Gr1 winners – Rathmor-bred Mississippi Burning and St John Gray’s Ronnie’s Candy, as well as…
Extraordinary Trainer, Owner and Breeder St John Gray has breathed new life into sire Bezrin, a well travelled stallion between KZN and the Cape for some years until finally settling into Cathy and Jonathan Martin’s Hadlow Stud. The bright bay son of Danzig has had a slew of winners recently, with his winners to runners…
Things are hotting up for Summerhill Equestrian’s Gr1 winning son of Dynasty, who produced a flying winner at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Wednesday. The filly named Snatched, owned by the Mauritian syndicate – the Purple Kingdom Syndicate with owners as far as Australian – won for trainer Gareth Van Zyl under a brilliant ride from Anton…
Clifton Stud, whose past alumni include the likes of July winning champion Classic Flag and Charity Mile winner Bezanova, will be offering a quality draft at the 2020 Emperors Palace National 2YO Sale. The farm will be offering two-year-olds sired by all of Act Of War, Admiral Kitten, Capetown Noir, Duke Of Marmalade, Flying The…
Mooi River farm, Bush Hill Stud, will be offering a large, quality draft at the 2020 Emperors Palace National 2YO Sale. This draft includes two-year-olds sired by the likes of Captain Of All, Crusade, Flying The Flag, Pathfork, The United States, Toreador and Willow Magic. Bush Hill’s blue blooded sire Flying The Flag is responsible…
Blue Sky Thoroughbreds, a partnership between Bruce Le Roux and Tinus Gericke, have bred their first winner after they started accumulating mares together in 2016 and their efforts are being rewarded. They are based at the farm of Bruce Le Roux in Mooi River, Spring Valley Stud, that has yielded multiple Gr1 winners and many…
Lee Scribante of Piemonte Stud who have Last Winter, has confirmed that his first mares covered have been confirmed in foal. The impressive son of Western Winter stands at Bush Hill Stud on behalf of Piemonte, for the convenience of farms in Mooi River, Nottingham Road and Rosetta for ease of access for mares. Last…
Bush Hill Stud’s smart young resident sire New Predator (AUS) has his first foals arriving this season, and there is an aura of excitement as the grandson of the world champion Galileo is passing on his substance and quality to his foals. This has also inspired Laurence Wernars to send his Gr1 winning chestnut mare,…
Renamed Hawker Typhoon after being sold as Matador Lady for R125 000 as a weanling at the Scott Bros Dispersal Sale, the dark bay daughter of the deceased Toreador won at Hollywoodbets Scottsville in an amazing fashion after a hindered start. Ridden superbly by Lyle Hewitson, she won her second start to show the same…
Lee Scribante’s Piemonte Stud have welcomed an eyecatching colt out of Flashing Star, by first season sire Hat Puntano. Born on 18 August, the colt is out of a mare by Muhtafal – his yearling half-sister sold at the National Yearling Sale for R100 000 to Corne Spies. Flashing Star won 3 times and placed…
The Mike and Adam Azzie yard continued their dominance of the Listed Spring Spree Stakes today, registering their third win in this race in the last four runnings, and this time the victor, Bohica, could prove to be something special. He was the first of two impressive winners on the day, the other being the…
Paths Of Victory gave Rathmor Stud their first Gold Cup win in the World Sports Betting sponsored marathon 3200m race. The son of Noble Tune won for Gareth Van Zyl, who has trained progeny of Noble Tune to success and it was his first win in the country’s premier stayers race. The last win KZN…
Rathmor and Summerhill will each be represented in the World Sports Betting Gold Cup this weekend – with Paths Of Victory and Before Noon respectively. Paths Of Victory will be partnered by S’manga Khumalo for Gareth Van Zyl, who has trained the Noble Tunes to success – getting four wins with Paths Of Victory and…
Yellow Star’s special Bezrin gelding, who is now nine years old, proved that he still has it when winning his 11th race in his 112th start yesterday at Hollywoodbets Greyville. Gold Circle honoured the gelding with a special blanket when he had has 100th race. Owned by Ashley De Klerk, he was given a great…
St. John Gray and Sherman Brown both rattled off hattricks at Turffontein Inside yesterday and one leg of the double they had together was Dance Class, who has now won five in a row and is threatening to become the next black type earner in a Gray-owned family whose star member was Dance Class’s close…
Hashtagyolo (Dynasty – My Guiding Star) has foaled a super first foal, a colt by Gimmethegreenlight at Spring Valley Stud. Bred by Blue Sky Thoroughbreds – a breeding partnership between Bruce Le Roux and Tinus Gericke – Hashtagyolo was one of their initial purchases for a goal to purchase the best yearling fillies they could…
MIKE and Adam Azzie’s smart weekend winner Bohica’s merit rating has been adjusted from MR99 to MR105, incurring the maximum penalty for a Pinnacle Plate. Azzie has nominated Bohica for the Gr1 Mercury Sprint and said: “His merit rating may be too low. The handicapper offered us a rating of 107, since S’Manga Khumalo rode him…
Act Of War, Willow Magic and Flying The Flag are now well off the mark and getting their fair share of winners over the past week in particular. Act Of War, already an exciting prospect with three winners and two of his fillies already getting Black Type – a recent winner for Paul Matchett, War…
David Thiselton Tributes poured in for Avison Carlisle, one of KZN’s most passionate horseracing men and long-time chairman of the board of the South African Jockeys Academy (SAJA), after he had passed away yesterday. He and his wife Mary are testimony to the enjoyment that can be derived from owning, breeding and watching thoroughbreds…
Flying The Flag has had his first winner this afternoon at Fairview for breeder Lee Scribante, owned in partnership with Lee’s brother and bred by the Scribante’s Piemonte Stud. Bought back at the 2019 KZN Yearling Sale for R15 000, the chestnut filly is a half-sister to Black Type and multiple winner Aloysius and placed…
Bruce Le Roux brought an imposing colt to the Nationals, and sold as Lot 415 for R475 000 to a good judge of yearlings, Tony Rivalland. From the first crop of William Longsword, the colt has an equally outstanding dam line from the Lammerskraal family of Redberry Lane, Solo Traveller and Flying Ice. Piemonte followed…
Henning Pretorius, who acquired Summerhill Stud earlier this year and now known as Summerhill Equestrian, has plunged into the Thoroughbred industry and made waves with his sales topping R7-Million purchase on Day 1 of the Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale. Henning is a leading breeder in the world of Warmblood Sport Horses with Capital Stud….
A Group 1 that should have been run two months earlier, a mare who was supposed to be in the breeding shed, an absent trainer, and a jockey making the most of another COVID-19-inspired opportunity. The 2020 Tattersalls Gold Cup (G1) was unconventional in many respects, although not in its outcome. Magical was sent off…
Bush Hill Stud, the breeders of such standout G1 winners as Stellite, Wolf Whistle and Zirconeum, will be bringing a quality draft of yearlings to this year’s Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale. Their draft includes yearlings sired by such notable stallions as Duke Of Marmalade, Futura, Gimmethegreenlight, What A Winter, as well as Bush Hill’s…
The Paul Matchett-trained Summerhill Stud-bred Running Brave clung on to win the KZN Breeders Mile under a fine ride by Muzi Yeni at Hollywoodbets Greyville yesterday and in retrospect she had a lot in her favour despite being sent off at odds of 35/1. The Brave Tin Soldier filly’s class is emphasized by the fact…
Clifton Stud, a long standing supporter of the National Sale, will be offering a large, quality draft at this year’s delayed Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale. Their draft includes yearlings by such exciting and promising young stallions as Act Of War, Flying The Flag, Red Ray, William Longsword and Willow Magic to name a few!…
KZN BREEDERS SERIES POINTS FINAL 2020 – 3YOS No. Horse Age Sex MR Trainer Breeder Pre-Nom Points 1 CHRISTOPHER ROBIN 3 C 96 St John Gray Graystone Stud Yes 51 2 AT THE OPERA 4 G 66 Zietsman Oosthuizen Summerhill Stud (Pty) Ltd Yes 32 3 GRINDELWALD 4 G 77 St John Gray Graystone Stud …
Willow Magic produced his second career winner on Wednesday at Hollywoodbets Greyville. Willow Express, a grey colt out of Western Winter mare Delmonica, bred by Stonehill Stud, won third time out for trainer Sean Tarry. He debuted at Kenilworth in the beginning of the year, and had his second start against the now Hong Kong…
Aidan O’Brien believes Magical has improved into her five-year-old season after the mare won her fifth Group 1 race by over four lengths at the Curragh on Sunday. Magical was untroubled when leading throughout at her seasonal reappearance in the Pretty Polly Stakes (2012m) for fillies and mares. The daughter of Galileo strode clear from…
Once again St John Gray has pulled off another amazing feat as owner, breeder and trainer, with his chestnut daughter of King Of Kings defeating a quality field in the HSH PRINCESS CHARLENE EMPRESS CLUB STAKES (Grade 1), a race won last year by #kznbred Camphoratus with another #kznbred, Running Brave, finishing a fast second….
As Chairman of KZN Breeders Club I was invited by the new owner of Summerhill Stud, Henning Pretorius to visit the farm and have the opportunity to know his vision for the future of Summerhill. Accompanied by KZN Breeders Club secretary Candiese, we had a meeting with Henning who has a vision of Summerhill once…
Adam Marcus, the Milnerton trainer based at Summerveld for most of the KZN season, spoke on Wednesday. Missisippi Burning is second favourite for the 1 400m Tibouchina on Sunday week but the WSB Cape Fillies Guineas and KZN Fillies Guineas winner is also second favourite for the Woolavington 2000 on the same card – and she…
While it’s a learning curve and new territory for all of us, the inaugural Bloodstock South Africa monthly online sale closed for bids a few hours ago with everybody looking forward to the July sale. Monthly sales will be held hereafter on the first Friday of every month, closing the following Thursday at midday, and…
By Frances J. Karon On Sunday, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith, and Mrs. John Magnier’s Love became the second consecutive 1000 Guineas winner sired by Coolmore’s big gun Galileo (Sadler’s Wells) — sire of at least one Classic winner from each crop of racing age through 3yos of 2020 — out of a daughter of Pivotal (Polar…
-goldcircle.co.za All the top guns were among the first entries for this year’s R1.5 million Grade 1 Vodacom Durban July when nominations closed today. The 52 horses nominated for the showpiece at Hollywoodbets Greyville, included two-time winner of the race Do It Again, who, if he triumphs on Saturday, July 25, will become the first…
The diminutive Rathmor-bred Captain Al filly Missisippi Burning, gave young trainer Adam Marcus his maiden Gr1 win in December last year and she produced the magic again as she bounced back off a 25 week break to score a dramatic last gasp victory in the R150 000 World Sports Betting Gr2 Fillies Guineas at Hollywoodbets Greyville…
KZN BREEDERS SERIES POINTS AS AT 03 June 2020 for 3yos and Up No. Horse Age Sex MR Trainer Breeder Points 1 CHRISTOPHER ROBIN 3 C 89 St John Gray Graystone Stud 34 2 GRINDELWALD 4 G 77 St John Gray Graystone Stud 27 3 NIMCHA 4 G 87 Gary Alexander Summerhill Stud (Pty) Ltd …
Just As Well by AP Indy has been retired from stud duties, to the farm of Juli Santini – Juli, whose family own Roski Stud, were the bulk shareholders of Just As Well during his stallion career. Affectionately known as JAWS, an abbreviation of his name and in no way a reflection of his lovely…
#kznbred Rabada, a twice Gr1 winning son of Brave Tin Soldier bred by Summerhill Stud, has relocated to Bruce and Delia Le Roux’s Spring Valley Stud in Mooi River. The very handsome stallion has his first foals on the ground, and will be yearlings in August. Initially in training Michael Azzie and ending with Brett…
RESUMPTION OF RACING – UPDATE The NHA is pleased to announce that Horseracing in South Africa will resume on 1 June 2020 behind closed doors. The NHA have informed the Racing Operators accordingly on the requirements that needs to be complied with in order to stage these meetings. The following rules shall be applicable on…
South Africa’s longest established thoroughbred sales company Bloodstock SA have taken a quantum leap into a new era in their proud history with the establishment of a digital online sales platform that will revolutionise the way horses are bought and sold in South Africa. The inaugural BSA monthly digital sale will commence on Friday 5…
More great news in for Clifton Stud this morning from Hong Kong, as Chefano came off his Gr3 win in Hong Kong to finish a courageous 2nd to Exultant at Hong Kong, in the Gr1 Champions And Chater Cup. The Silvano gelding trained by John Moore and bred by Maine Chance Farms, is owned by…
You might have expected it in normal times when a major stud farm was disposing of its stock, but in what has been dubbed “South Africa’s deepest online sale of Thoroughbreds”, you would be pleasantly encouraged by the scale of the internet traffic the Summerhill dispersal has attracted, more so with the government’s opening of…
Cathy Martin of Hadlow Stud has given us an update on First Arrival at Hadlow Stud and the mighty mare’s daughter who has joined her, currently in foal to Visionaire. Both mares are owned by Anne and Bruce Nicholas of Hallmark Thoroughbreds. First Arrival is worthy of a Broodmare Of The Year accolade – the…
Horse racing fans can take heart that the 2020 Vodacom Durban July will take place this year, but as a broadcast-only event behind closed doors. Vodacom and Gold Circle have confirmed a joint commitment to run Africa’s Greatest Horseracing Event, but under the strictest adherence to all government health protocols surrounding COVID-19. “Gold Circle, together with the…
Those who’ve known Summerhill for the past 40 years, will know how painful it is to be parting with our horses. They have been the mainstay of our lives and the farm was built on their backs. But the time has come, and the timing couldn’t have been less opportune. That said, one man’s adversity…
PROMINENT South African breeder and erstwhile New Zealand rugby player Alan Sutherland of Somerset Stud, Mooi River, passed away on Monday after a short battle with cancer. He was 76. Alan married Vera (Johns), a Miss South Africa in her day and together they had Somerset Stud. Here is a profile of Sutherland, written for…
The National Horseracing Authority (NHA) have just received feedback on the submissions that were made to the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), as the Horseracing Industry covers multiple sectors, to ensure the ongoing viability of the horseracing and breeding industry. Our submissions thus far demonstrate…
Yellow Star Stud have reported the passing of Spectrum at 28 years of age. Initially imported and standing at Highlands Stud Farm, he was relocated to KZN in 2013. A stallion always filled with character and vigour and still covering mares with great enthusiasm until last season, his influence as a smashing broodmare sire will…
Following on from the NHA press release issued late on Thursday 30 April, the Racing Operators confirm the following: The Kenilworth race meeting on Friday 1 May has been abandoned. A decision on the Turffontein race meeting on Saturday 2 May will be made by close of business on Friday 1 May. In the event…
On 22 April 2020 The National Horseracing Authority sent a comprehensive submission to the President of the Republic of South Africa, the National Coronavirus Command Council, the Department of Trade and Industry and the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. This application set out reasons and motivations as to why the horseracing industry should be…
Our farms around KZN have sent through images of their breeding establishments during lockdown, where the show must go on despite difficult circumstances. The gallery below includes Clifton Stud, Rathmor Stud, Piemonte Stud, The Fort Stud, Far End Pretraining, Bush Hill Stud, Summerhill / Capital Stud. Thank you to the farms for the various images.
The farms are continuing quietly in the background with their work, and whilst the sales have been delayed due to the Covid19 pandemic its business as usual for those working in agriculture and livestock – obviously with the safety measures in place such as social distancing, masks and hand sanitizing in place. The KZN midlands…
As per the previous communication dated 17 March, Bloodstock South Africa announced provisional sales dates for 2020 with the proviso that these dates would be reviewed post any updates from the South African Government. With the extended lockdown and the proposed reshuffle of the South African racing calendar, the following has been agreed by the Bloodstock…
Gold Circle have announced the revised dates for Champions Season 2020, delayed due to the implemented lockdown which is due to lift April 30, in the interest of South African’s safety to ‘break the curve’. Usually run the week before the Vodacom Durban July, it remains in the format – to be held on Sunday…
Further to the National Press release issued by the NHA and the Racing Operators on Monday, 13 April, Gold Circle has amended the dates of its signature race days for Champions Season. Sunday 31 May: IOS Drill Hall Stakes (G 2) WSB Guineas (G 2) WSB Fillies Guineas (G 2) Sunday 28 June: Daily News…
Following Government’s announcement to extend the COVID-19 Lockdown to the end of April, there have been numerous meetings of the Racing Operators, the Racing Association and The National Horseracing Authority over the Easter weekend. The following update is hereby provided :- Targeted Resumption of RacingOn the assumption that the extended national Lockdown is lifted AND…
Leading KZN nursery, the Piemonte Stud, have an excellent draft on offer at this year’s Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale. Piemonte will be offering a 12 strong draft at the 2020 National Sale, with their consignment including yearlings by such exciting and notable stallions as Admiral Kitten, Captain Of All, Flower Alley, Flying The Flag,…
The pride of breeder, owner and trainer St John Gray and Hadlow Stud, Dancewiththedevil, has sadly passed away unexpectedly in Mooi River. She was in foal to Willow Magic. A five-time Gr1 winning mare by Modus Vivendi, she was born at Golden Acres (now known as Yellow Star and she was the produce of a…
Bruce Le Roux’s Spring Valley Stud will be offering seven yearlings for sale at this year’s Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale. The Mooi River farm will be offering yearlings by such top stallions as Gimmethegreenlight and Querari, as well as by such exciting young sires as Flying The Flag and William Longsword. Former SA Oaks…
The Adam Marcus trained Mississippi Burning arrived in KZN last week, and has settled in beautifully. The Rathmor-bred Captain Al filly, born and raised in Nottingham Road sold for R380 000 at the National Yearling Sale to Mario Ferreira. She is out of a Husonnet mare Spitfire Lady, who was sourced in Australia for Rathmor…
Randjesfontein trainer Paul Matchett was stunned to see the price bookmakers were offering for his Brave Tin Soldier filly Running Brave at Turffontein Standside on Saturday. She later converted odds of 15/1 in the Pinnacle Stakes event over 1400m, beating the 15/20 favourite Celtic Sea by 1,50 lengths. Matchett now wants to run the gallant…
MEDIA RELEASESUBJECT: SA horseracing forms special task teamDATE: Tuesday 24 March 2020RELEASED ON BEHALF OF: Gold Circle, Kenilworth Racing, Phumelela Gaming, the Racing Association and the National Horseracing Authority Leaders of the South African horseracing industry met this morning in the wake of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s nationwide lockdown announcement last night and have formed a…
“As an owner, if you don’t get a thrill out of owning a racehorse you’re missing the plot.” That’s was the view of Anton Procter (76), one of the doyens of South African horseracing, who died on Saturday after a short battle with cancer. Gold Circle’s Andrew Harrison writes that Procter was not a man to…
Hadlow Stud’s Cathy Martin has been voted in as Vice-Chairlady of the KZN Breeders Club. Cathy, who has a strong legal background behind her, farms with her husband Jonathan in Mooi River and stands the breeding operation of St John Gray within her own. St John is enjoying enormous success recently with the likes Christopher…
These are unique times that the world finds itself in dealing with a pandemic such as Covid-19 and Bloodstock South Africa is mindful of the challenges facing us all on a global level and in particular, those that face the thoroughbred breeding community in South Africa. Following President Cyril Ramaphosa’s address to the Nation on…
RELEASED ON BEHALF OF: Phumelela Gaming and Leisure, Kenilworth Racing, Gold Circle, the Racing Association, the National Horseracing Authority and the Thoroughbred Horseracing Trust In light of the guidelines and restrictions regarding public gatherings as announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday 15 March to limit the spread of the coronavirus, Phumelela Gaming and Leisure,…
St John Gray pulled his home-bred joker out of the pack in Saturday’s R150 000 Listed Derby Trial at Turffontein. “I thought at one stage that Christopher Robin’s sire Damage Is Done was doing just that to my broodmare band,” laughed the victorious breeder-owner-trainer afterwards. Punters in the Winnie The Poo! Christopher Robin storms clear…
The Robbie and Shannon Hill-trained Camphoratus could well defend her crown in the weight for age Grade 1 HSH Princess Charlene Empress Club Stakes over 1600m at Turffontein on April 18 but it will depend on the draw she lands. The Byword mare went on last year to finish a fine 2,60 length sixth in…
Summerveld trainer Mark Dixon will be targeting his useful filly Silent Crusade at the Grade 3 Poinsettia Stakes over 1200m at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on April 26 and depending on how well she does there she might have a crack at the Grade 1 City Of Pietermaritzburg (SA Fillies) Sprint over the same course and distance…
Clifton Stud’s daughter of Gr3 winner Glenrossal, aptly by Flower Alley, was a fast finishing second for major Clifton supporter and owner Peter White, in the Gr1 Wilgerbosdrift Gr1 SA Fillies Classic. The race was won by Mauritzfontein’s Summer Pudding, who has now nabbed two legs of the Triple Tiara and will need to see…
A multiple Gr1 winning son of Dynasty and his dam an Equus Broodmare Of The Year, Act Of War produced his second winner at Hollywoodbets Scottsville yesterday. Standing at Summerhill Stud, the Summerhill-bred Stella Act – a R30 000 KZN Yearling Sales graduate of 2019 consigned as Agent by Rathmor Stud, won second time out…
The KZN Breeders Club held their Annual General Meeting on Tuesday. Mike McHardy of Rathmor / Macrath Stud and Peter Blyth of Clifton Stud were appointed as Directors of the KZN Breeders Club board. A breeder of local and international Gr1 winners such as Gypsy’s Warning and more recently Mississippi Burning, Mike brings a wealth…
Willow Magic’s first winner came yesterday at Turffontein for owners Messrs M A Currie, C N Francis, B G Gardner, Jarryd Lahoud, Allan F Peters, Larry Pogir, Craig Zoghby, Mrs BMA Lahoud & Sean Tarry Racing (Pty) Ltd, trained by Sean Tarry. Dubawi Princess was born, raised and consigned to the the 2019 Emperors Palace…
The TBA Council welcomes Bradley Ralph to the board. The Council of the Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association of South Africa is very pleased to announce that Bradley Ralph has been co-opted as a Council member. Brad has accepted the position on the Council and joins Lee Scribante (Chairman), Eugene Freeman (Vice-Chairman), Marc Greene, Warwick Render,Rennie Price,…
KZN BREEDERS SERIES POINTS AS AT 10 February 2020 for 3YOS and UP No. Horse Age Sex MR Trainer Breeder Points 1 BINT EL MALAK 4 F 70 Paul Lafferty Bush Hill Stud 22 2 NIMCHA 4 G 84 Gary Alexander Summerhill Stud (Pty) Ltd 18 3 LUNA WISH 3 F 97 Alan Greeff Mr…
Tinus Gericke and Bruce Le Roux of Spring Valley have had their first winner in their joint colours of Blue Sky Thoroughbreds at Hollywoodbets Greyville yesterday. Having purchased and raced several choicely bred fillies with their future aim at stud, they won yesterday with the Michael Roberts trained Amber Forever, a daughter of Bold Silvano…
Bush Hill Stud enjoyed a great double at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Wednesday, and in particular Race 4 with their retired imported stallion King’s Chapel, taking the 1st and 3rd positions. It was also a double in the process for Bush Hill Stud breeder Allan Peters and trainer Gareth Van Zyl, as well as Warren Kennedy…
KZN BREEDERS SERIES POINTS AS AT 03 February 2020 No. Horse Age Sex MR Trainer Breeder Points 1 BINT EL MALAK 4 F 70 Paul Lafferty Bush Hill Stud 18 2 NIMCHA 4 G 84 Gary Alexander Summerhill Stud (Pty) Ltd 18 3 BE HAPPY 4 F 87 Michael Roberts Clifton Stud 16 4 ROCKY…
Rathmor-bred Varina (Var-Hidden Beauty) set the track alight on Tuesday at the Vaal for owner Mario Ferreira and trainer Ashley Fortune. The 2yo filly placed second on debut and followed up to run a phenomenal race to win by five lengths. From the family of Imperious Sue, Victory Moon and Royal Airforce, she sold to…
THE long-awaited European Union (EU) audit date for the South African Bloodstock Industry has been announced. Officials from the EU will be conducting the audit between 20 April and 1 May 2020. The South African Equine Health & Protocols (SAEHP) confirmed today via MD Adrian Todd that the dates were finalised last Friday and said:…
Summerhill Stud’s Act Of War, whose first crop are two-year-olds this season, was one of the very best sons of former SA Horse Of The Year and champion producing sire Dynasty. He produced his first winner from his first runner at Fairview on Friday when his Piemonte Stud-bred son Daichi made a winning debut over…
Clifton owned mare Valdovino has had plenty to boast about over the past week. Peter and Jenny Blyth of Clifton Stud have advised that the daughter of Al Mufti has produced two winners, at Kenilworth and in Hong Kong respectively in a week. Voice Of Reason won for Gavin Van Zyl and Clive Murphy in…
BINT EL MALAK from the Paul Lafferty stable has been the epitome of this in the competition thus far. The filly sits 15 points clear of her nearest rival, with 2 wins and 2 second place finishes from her four runs. Paul Lafferty’s Summerveld yard are going all out to hang on to their lead…
New Approach, the sire of Bush Hill Stud’s New Predator, came to the fore again last night in Dubai, producing Gr2 winner Magic Lily. New Predator stood his first season at stud in 2019, the first son of New Approach at stud in South Africa. He covered 82 mares in his first season, amongst them…
The Late Greg Royden-Turner of Roski Stud, now overseen by Chelle Royden-Turner and Juli Santini, continue their excellent form from small numbers. Enjoying a 61.1% winners to runners percentage with 13 wins from 18 runners, is no small feat, and their Average Earnings Per Runner (AEPR) is almost R65 000 each – and their runners…
A R25 000 graduate off the BSA 2017 National 2YO Sale, bred and consigned by Bruce Le Roux of Spring Valley Stud, Sweet Empress came bounding through to win a brave race from Varsfontein’s American Express with Anton Marcus aboard. Craig Zackey rode a perfect race aboard the Curved Ball half-sister to Gr2 Drill Hall…
The Dazzler has changed hands more often than an Olympic relay baton but the 5yo son of Mogok looks to have found his niche with trainer Gareth van Zyl at Summerveld. The gelding duly picked up a long overdue stakes icebreaker with a late swoop victory to win the R150 000 Listed Christmas Handicap at…
“I’ve been quoted in the local and foreign press recently as saying that breeding racehorses is a business in which you can grow old, and the presence at Summerhill of six young stallions of high racing class is a sign that we have hope for the future. At the same time, we’ve encouraged the younger…
Brave Tin Soldier gelding Merlin From Berlin has now won three races in a row for his elated owner and KZN Breeders Club Chairman, Ted Hughes. It was a joyous occasion in particular as Ted’s wife Ruth, who owns the massive horse Paybackthemoney (Marchfield), was a fast finishing 2nd under Anton Marcus. Just the week…
St John Gray of Graystone Stud, based in KZN, has made a miraculous achievement of 1000 wins this afternoon at the Vaal with his now 11-time winner and #kznbred Dawn Assault. Appropriately, Gavin Lerena, who has ridden several of St John’s top horses to Gr1 success including the likes of 5-time Gr1 winner Dancewiththedevil, was…
A daughter of Crusade bred and owned by the Missing U Syndicate of National Park fame (represented by Rob Knuppe), the diminutive black filly flew home to register her 2nd career win from two race starts – 3 if you include her Barrier Trial. Gavin Van Zyl’s face post race said it all – she…
Bloodstock South Africa graduate Missisippi Burning showed her class, when romping home to a facile and hugely impressive win in the G1 World Sports Betting Cape Fillies Guineas at Kenilworth on Saturday. Bred by Rathmor Stud, the three-year-old daughter of Captain Al was given a superb ride by Craig Zackey, who bought his mount with…
View Gallery at the following link It was the Gr1 winning chestnut daughter of Byword who proved the star of the show, with Camphoratus winning several awards including Champion Middle Distance Female, Champion Older Female and KZN Breeders Horse Of The Year. Her dam, imported Horse Chestnut mare Wild Camphor, was crowned Broodmare Of The…
Warwick and Karin Render of Bush Hill Stud pulled off a 1-2 in the first juvenile meeting of the season, which included the first runner for Summerhill sire Willow Magic. The Mogok colt they bred, Harlington Express, won convincingly whilst their well bred filly by Willow Magic, Magicallee finished 2nd by a whisker – making…
#kznbred Ronnie’s Candy added yet another Gr2 to her impressive list of wins, taking the Ipi Tombi Challenge. The daughter of the late King Of Kings, still making his presence felt, is another stellar achievement for St John Gray, who bred, owns and trains the 4yo filly. Raised at Cathy and Jonathan Martin’s Hadlow Stud…
Aideen, a daughter of Irish Flame gave KZN Breeder Annette Houston her first winner as an owner and breeder of Amberglo Stud. The 4yo filly is trained by Lola Crawford, assisted by her two daughters Haley and Taryn Crawford. “This win was very special for Davin and I and the kids (Christopher and Gary) –…
-www.bsa.co.za Based in Camperdown, and nestled between Summerveld and the Midlands, High Eagle Stud is a new farm with high hopes and bold ambitions. Owned by Rosanne Torr and Karon Totman, the farm first came into being just last year, but lost no time in making its presence felt! High Eagle Stud made headlines on…
Yellow Star Stud’s stalwart Bezrin gelding, Putchini, owned by Ashley De Klerk and bred by Yellow Star Stud will have his 100th start this coming Sunday at Hollywoodbets Greyville. Foaled on the 13 October in 2011, the 8yo gelding has earned R 679,425 in stakes, with 24 places and recording 9 wins to date. His…
Summerhill was the biggest vendor of the BSA Emperors Palace Ready To Run Sale, and averaged R93 875 for 40 Lots sold. Bringing two siblings to Gr1 winners to the sale, its no surprise that the Willow Magic sister to Gr1 winner Hero’s Honour and Gr1 2nd placed Railtrip topped the #kznbreds on sale –…
A brave fellow and not the biggest, Clifton Stud’s Prince Of Kahal fought courageously once again to add the Golden Loom Handicap Listed to his already impressive race record which now features several Black Type wins. Orphaned at 2 weeks of age when his wonderful dam, Vogue (Model Man) died after a severe bout of…
SA Champion trainer Sean Tarry made it a glorious hat-trick of victories in the R1 million Emperors Palace BSA Ready To Run Cup when the diminutive Visionaire grey Spiritofthegroove came from the clouds to deny the Gary Alexander coupling in the final 100m. The first three horses past the post were all #kznbred. From a…
Summerhill Sales will be offering an exceptional draft at this year’s Emperors Palace Ready To Run Sale. The draft includes two-year-olds by such proven and popular stallions as Duke Of Marmalade, Trippi and Visionaire, as well as a large number of youngsters from the first crops of Summerhill Stud’s exciting G1 winning sires Act Of…
Summerhill Stud, as agent, will be offering six classy two-year-olds at November’s Emperors Palace Ready To Run Sale. Watching Closely (Lot 3) is a filly by short-lived G1 Middle Park Stakes winner, and prolific sire of juvenile talent, Crusade. This filly, a half-sister to two winners, is out of a four time winning Kahal own…
Aidan O’Brien described Magical as “the ultimate racehorse” after a typically resolute success in the Gr1 Champion Stakes gave the trainer his first success in the race on Saturday. “Every day, she wakes up with a total clean sheet,” O’Brien said. “She accepts everything on the chin and says what do you want me to…
Record-priced lots were like London buses at the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Oct. 14. Angus Gold struck a winning bid of 1.05 million guineas ($1,392,683) for a well-related daughter of Dark Angel (Lot 767) who will now carry the famous colours of Hamdan Al Maktoum. An opening offer of 100,000 guineas gave little indication of the record-setting territory…
Silent Crusade is owned by the team that raced and had enormous success with the special Mark Dixon trained London Call – closely related to Silent Crusade through her dam – owners Messrs G N Cumming, C N Larsson, & R D Samuelson, and breeder Bruce Le Roux retained a share.
Gary and Colleen De Klerk of Summerview Stud have welcomed their first foal from Mogok mare Sahara, a flashy filly by Master Of My Fate. Summerview purchased the mare off the Scott Bros Dispersal Sale for R170 000 in foal to Crusade – Gary says the Crusade is a smashing individual who will be headed…
HorseName Age Sex Sire Name Dam Sire Name Dam Name Breeder Champion 2YO Filly Luna Wish 2 f Querari Silvano Imperial Wish B Le Roux Montreal Mist 2 f Soft Falling Rain Var Esterel Clifton Stud Spiritofthegroove 2 f Visionaire National Assembly Band Of Angels Tmen Studs Champion 3YO Filly sponsored by ODDS ON COLOURS…
A son of Kahal (Machiavellian) out of the five-time winning Model Man mare Vogue, Prince Of Kahal was bred by Clifton Stud and was bought for R120 000 at the KZN Yearling Sale. Prince Of Kahal was orphaned at 2 weeks old after his dam died from colic. He is a half-brother to Gr2 winner Fort Vogue, who died prematurely after arriving in Dubai, and to the Gr3 winner Whatalady.
Bruce Le Roux-bred and part owned Georgina Rose, a lovely Just As Well filly is now unbeaten from just two starts. Sold for just R75 000 at the 2018 KZN Yearling Sale, she has earned over R120 000 in stakes to date.
Star #kznbreds of their day, Imbongi and Pierre Jourdan made a guest appearance at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday afternoon, showcasing ex racehorses in their next careers after racing. Both Summerhill stars, both retired to their farm of birth, were enthusiastically received amongst the other horses that were presented and have gone on to be dressage…
Murray Makepeace, one of the co-owners of star #kznbred mare Takingthepeace, has confirmed on social media that the Summerhill-bred daughter of Visionaire is in foal at Ridgemont Highlands to European Time Form Rated 133, Canford Cliffs.
Clifton Stud have produced six winners so far for September, ranging from Hollywoodbets Greyville and Hollywoodbets Scottsville, Vaal, Turffontein and Flamingo Park, and already earned stake of R721 000 for the season.
Capetown Noir is off to a flying start at stud and he had a double on Sunday at Hollywoodbets Scottsville.
The high-class catalogue for the 2019 Emperors Palace Ready To Run Sale is now online and can be viewed at www.bsa.co.za
The one day sale is set to take place at the TBA complex on Germiston on November 3rd, with the pre-sale gallops set to be filmed and distributed via social media.
Magical (168 points) , a full sister to Bush Hill Stud’s Flying The Flag, has regained top spot in the Cartier Horse Of The Year and Cartier Older Horse categories after securing her second Gr1 of the campaign in the QIPCO Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown on September 14, day one of Irish Champions Weekend.
A super star graduate of the 2006 Ready To Run Sale, Imbongi has returned to his place of birth at Summerhill Stud, to retire. A #kznbred son of Russian Revival out of a fabulous mare Garden Verse by Foveros, he won the Gr2 Gauteng Guineas, Gr2 KZN Guineas and the Gr2 Drill Hall Stakes. Imbongi,…
Magical (4f Galileo – Halfway To Heaven, by Pivotal) a full sister to multiple Gr1 winner Rhododendron and Bush Hill Stud’s sire Flying The Flag, lead home an incredible 1-2-3 for Ballydoyle in Saturday’s Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown.
The handsome Trippi half-brother to twice Gr1 winner and sire Rabada, Hurricane Harry, has broken his maiden yesterday over 1400m at Durbanville.
Congratulations to the riders competing in the KZN Breeders Dressage Challenge! At a show held at Buffelsbosch Equestrian Centre on 6 July, Adam Smith won the Novice Class on Spurwing’s Rundu. On 4 August 2019, at a show held at Durban Shongweni Club – the KZN Dressage warm up, the winners were: Prelim : Jess…
#kznbreds Angel’s Power (Scott Bros) and Prince Of Kahal (Clifton Stud) dead heated in one of the opening features of the Gauteng season, the Gr3 Spring Spree Stakes.
“Making himself at home, Hat Puntano beginning to look like the sensational multiple Group One winner he was at the races.”
-Mick Goss, Summerhill Stud.
The Robbie and Shannon Hill-trained #kznbred Camphoratus was the only horse to win two awards at the KZN Racing Awards on Friday night and she is now being prepared for a tilt at the Grade 1 Gauteng Summer Cup. The five-year-old Byword mare was named KZN Champion Older filly/mare and KZN Champion Middle Distance horse….
Foaling season is in full swing around KZN, with foals arriving by the likes of Flying The Flag, Lance, Rabada, Redoute’s Promise and from the various farms by William Longsword, Pomodoro, Rafeef, Gimmethegreenlight. New Predator is covering his first season this year.
#kznbreds Camphoratus and Wynkelder took home awards at the weekends KZN Racing Awards, hosted by Gold Circle at the Greyville Convention Centre.
Belinda de la Mare is a fine artist with a passion for horses. She works from her home studio in Lions River in the KZN Midlands. Although she paints a variety of subjects, it is the equine form that inspires her most. She is earning international acclaim with her paintings hanging on the walls of…
Gary and Colleen De Klerk have welcomed their first foal of the season, beautifully bred by Vercingetorix out of Ahlaam by former Mike De Kock super star, Asiatic Boy. The Black Type Ahlaam (ARG) (translated in Arabic meaning Dream) is a 5-time winner, and previously produced a filly by Dynasty. She placed 12 times including a Listed race. This…
Bush Hill Stud enjoyed a good day at Hollywoodbets Greyville yesterday, as Irish Flame had a double and followed by two seconds from the farm in Mooi River. Fire Faerie, bred by Bush Hill Stud, impressed to fly along and win by 7.5 lengths from Bush Hill’s Bally Blue. The Irish Flame filly, out of…
Broodmares and Yearlings (in abstentia) on Wednesday 28 August starting at 13h00 at the Four Cousins Restaurant in Robertson
and Horses in Training and Unraced Two Year Olds on Wednesday 4 September at Randjiesfontein (time to be confirmed).
Bruce Le Roux’s Spring Valley Stud topped the #kznbreds on Day 2 and overall of the Emperors Palace National 2YO Sale.
Bush Hill topped the #kznbreds on Day 1 of the Emperors Palace National 2YO Sale, with an outstanding colt consigned as Lot 122 named Flitterbug. He sold to Jo Muya, and will be on board a flight soon to Kenya.
The Summerview Stud will be offering a pair of classy two-year-olds at the upcoming Emperors Palace National 2YO Sale, set to take place in Germiston on August 15th and 16th. First of Summerview Stud’s two lots to come into the ring is Song Of Ice (Lot 162), a filly by deceased G1 Middle Park…
The Spring Valley Stud will be offering 11 two-year-olds (eight as agent) at the 2019 Emperors Palace National 2YO Sale, set to take place in Germiston on August 15th and 16th. This consignment is made up of lots by such stallions as Legislate, Mogok, Querari, The Apache, What A Winter, and Var to name but…
Gold Circle’s Racing Awards takes place 23 August in the magnificent venue of the Silver Ring, at Hollywoodbets Greyville.
Four #kznbreds have been nominated
A Gr1 winner of the Empress Club Stakes, Middlefield Stud’s Byword filly comes up against last season’s reigning horse of the year, Oh Susanna (AUS) in the category of Champion Older Female, distance immaterial.
Piemonte will be offering a large draft of 15 two-year-olds at this year’s sale, with their consignment including the offspring of such sires as Act Of War, Capetown Noir, Flying The Flag, Global View, Ideal World, Oratorio and Toreador.
The national 2018 / 2019 racing season curtain came down yesterday, and appropriately the final race in the country to be run was won by a #kznbred, a Curved Ball half-sister to a Gr2 winner Tales Of Bravery, named Sweet Empress, bred by Bruce Le Roux of Spring Valley Stud. Amongst KZN’s success for the…
New Predator was in fine condition and full of zest when paraded at the Bush Hill Stud stallion day last Friday and so were his colleagues Flying The Flag and Redoute’s Promise.
The first came with the beautiful Clifton-bred Soft Falling Rain filly Montreal Mist, out of Esterel by Var. Purchased at the National Yearling Sale Session 1 in 2018 for R700 000 and owned in partnership by Mary Slack and Michael Javett, Montreal Mist gave her deceased sire his first Graded Stakes winner. The second was Summerhill-bred daughter of Brave Tin Soldier, taking the Gr2 Kuda Gold Bracelet.
A stallion who has always struggled to gain support, Just As Well produced a double yesterday at Hollywoodbets Scottsville and had a second with King Julian. The bay stallion with an immaculate Gr1 winning record, pedigree and siblings stands at Spring Valley Stud.
“Those who know Lance will tell you he’s a horse of immaculate physical proportions, beautifully balanced, athletic, clean legged and a fluid, panther-like mover. His foals are like peas-in-a-pod, solidly built, grand movers on perfect limbs with big engines, and like their father, deep, rich bays.”
THE 2019 Equus Awards Function will be held at Emperors Palace on Tuesday, 13 August and if ever there was an automatic choice for Broodmare Of The Year, it is Wilgerbosdrift’s Halfway to Heaven, the prolific producer of champions. ANDREW HARRISON tells her story in Turf Talk’s daily Newsletter.
The recently deceased Crusade produced a very smart double at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Wednesday, with Clifton-bred She’s A Crusade finally cracking a win, an Spring Valley’s Lady Abigail destroying the opposition in a flying finish.
A consistent sire with a 45% winners to runners percentage, Crusade has six 2yo’s on offer at the upcoming National 2YO Sale.
As Scott Bros shut their doors at the end of this month, a year after their Dispersal Sale, Mogok has been retired to High Eagle Stud in Camperdown. The star son of Storm Cat and a half-brother to Machiavellian, from the damline of the breeder changer Northern Dancer, Mogok enjoyed enormous success at stud –…
Clifton Stud will be offering ten two-year-olds, four as agent, at August’s National 2YO Sale, with the farm’s draft including lots by such stallions as Flying The Flag, Ideal World, Mogok and Toreador.
New Predator, who will be on show to breeders on 26 July at Bush Hill Stud, has plenty of recent Black Type news from recent European racing results through his superb chestnut sire, New Approach.
“Flying The Flag, whose own sister Magical recently ran second in the G1 Coral-Eclipse to superstar Enable, is also sire of Hoist High (Lot 234), a filly out of an own sister to the stakes placed Oklahoma Sky. This beautifully bred filly is from the same female line as outstanding sire and broodmare sire Pivotal –damsire of Flying The Flag himself!”
Ten Sovereigns Gr1 July Cup win brings news for KZN’s Hadlow and Piemonte Studs.
Invitation to the Bush Hill Stallion Day to introduce New Predator.
Bruce Le Roux brought a strong draft of well prepared yearlings to the Sibaya KZN Yearling Sale, and was rewarded when his outstanding Futura colt was knocked down for R170 000 to Vermaak Equine, making him the most expensive #kznbred colt on Day 2.
Hadlow Stud topped the #kznbreds on Day 1 of the KZN Yearling Sale at Sibaya on July 4. Sold to Mr M Dhanniram for R180 000, the colt is by Querari out of Be My Buddy by Russian Revival, in turn out of a Fort Wood mare. The mare has produced 3 runners and two winners to date. This is the damline of Champion sire and Broodmare sire Jet Master and Festival Of Fire.
The four-year-old Await The Dawn gelding Morning Catch caught most punters and pundits by surprise when he fought a courageous battle in the closing stages to win the R1-million Non-Black Type KZN Breeders Million Mile at Hollywoodbets Greyville in Durban on Saturday. Out of the Jet Master mare Catch The Wind, the bay gelding under…
Camphoratus was given the green light for a run in the Vodacom Durban July with the scratching of Magnificent Seven due to lameness in a foreleg, and gave an impressive account for herself this morning at the Vodacom Durban July Gallops on the same track that she won the Gr3 Flamboyant in December. Interestingly, Camphoratus…
Peter and Jenny Blyth’s Clifton Stud will be offering a quality, eleven strong draft at this year’s KZN Yearling Sale, with four lots offered as agent. This draft is made up of yearlings by a range of different sires including Capetown Noir, Crusade, Flying The Flag, Ideal World and Mogok. Triple G1 winner Capetown Noir…
Gr1 Empress Club Stakes winner Camphoratus is first reserve in the Vodacom Durban July, and trainer Robbie Hill drew card 14. The Byword will be carrying 52kgs if she makes the final field, a week after racing in the KZN Breeders Million Mile. Previous #kznbreds to attempt this double (the Million Mile and VDJ) have been…
They come from racing centres around the country for the unique annual gathering staged by the KwaZulu-Natal Breeders Club in conjunction with Gold Circle for nine exciting races topped by the R1-million KZN Breeders Million Mile, a very popular race confined to horses that are three-year-olds and older that are registered as KwaZulu-Natal bred in…
The well established Mooi River farm, Hadlow Stud, will be offering 15 quality yearlings (three as agent) at next month’s KZN Yearling Sale. The Hadlow draft is made up of lots by the likes of Act Of War, Bezrin, Capetown Noir, Crusade, Elusive Fort, Flying The Flag, Mogok, Noble Tune, Pomodoro, Querari, The Apache and…
The Kinmount Stud will be offering a single lot at this year’s KZN Yearling Sale, but this filly is from the first crop of one of the best bred stallions currently at stud in South Africa. Kinmount’s filly Imperial Banner (Lot 222) is a daughter of G3 International Stakes winner Flying The Flag, a Galileo…
FINAL KZN BREEDERS SERIES POINTS AS AT 16 June 2019 No. Horse Age Sex MR Trainer Breeder Pre-Nom Points 1 BRAVO ZULU 4 G 63 Louis Goosen Summerhill Stud (Pty) Ltd Yes 55 2 WINTER STORM 3 G 93 Paul Peter Mr S R Rosseau Yes 38 3 ABELIE 3 F 77 David Nieuwenhuizen Piemonte…
FINAL KZN BREEDERS SERIES POINTS AS AT 16 June 2019 – 2YOS No. Horse Age Sex MR Trainer Breeder Pre-Nom Points 1 LUNA WISH 2 F 84 Alan Greeff Mr Bruce Le Roux Yes 27 2 ANNATJIE 2 F 79 Ashley Fortune Summerhill Stud (Pty) Ltd Yes 23 3 HEY DELILAH 2 F 85 Michael…
Bruce and Delia Le Roux’s Spring Valley Stud is steadily collecting Black Type this season, with Silent Crusade placing a gallant third closely to Oh Susanna in the Tibouchina, and Luna Wish, sold at the 2018 National 2YO Sale, taking the Lady’s Slipper Stakes Listed for fellow breeder and owner Lee Scribante on Friday afternoon…
After it was reported yesterday morning that Crusade was battling a severe bout of colic and being transported to Baker & McVeigh in Summerveld, it was announced last night that he had died after a decision was made to humanely euthanise Crusade whilst under anaesthetic, due to considerable and irreparable damage found to his colon during…
The Piemonte draft will offer buyers the chance to acquire lots by such popular and promising stallions as Act Of War, Capetown Noir, Crusade, Global View, Ideal World, Judpot, Master Of My Fate, Soft Falling Rain, Toreador and Wylie Hall.
This quality draft includes yearlings by such proven G1 producing stallions as Dynasty, Oratorio and Toreador, as well as lots by the exciting young sires Act Of War, Captain Of All, and Willow Magic.
Bush Hill Stud welcome the first son of New Approach to stud in South Africa, with the multiple Graded Stakes winning New Predator joining the ranks. Trained by Johan Janse Van Vuuren during his racing career in South Africa and owned by Laurence Wernars, New Predator is a very handsome and imposing individual who will…
Multiple Stakes Winning Carlita also gave breeders Piemonte Stud a double on the day, as their Soft Falling Rain colt, Aemiliano, won for the International Racing Club and trainer Gavin Smith.
Bruce and Delia Roux’s Spring Valley Stud will be offering a 20 strong draft at this year’s KZN Yearling Sale, which will, once again, take place at the Sibaya Casino. Spring Valley’s imposing draft, which includes eight lots offered as agent and a further two offered on behalf of the Wynhholme Stud, includes yearlings by…
KZN BREEDERS SERIES POINTS AS AT 27 May 2019 2YOS only No. Horse Age Sex MR Trainer Breeder Pre-Nom Points 1 LUNA WISH 2 F 84 Alan Greeff Mr Bruce Le Roux Yes 19 2 ENJOY THE VIEW 2 C 85 Michael Roberts Mr G C Kalil Yes 18 3 ANNATJIE 2 F 78 Ashley…
KZN farm, The Fort Stud, will be offering four quality yearlings at the 2019 KZN Yearling Sale, which will take place on July 4th and 5th. The Fort Stud’s quartet is made up of lots by Toreador, Mogok, Byword and Eightfold Path, and will be offering the only Byword yearling (Lot 223) at this year’s…
Colleen and Gary De Klerk’s Summerview Stud will be offering a classy quartet at the 2019 KZN Yearling Sale, due to take place at the Sibaya Casino on July 4th and 5th. The Summerview draft consists of lots by Crusade, Flying The Flag, Noble Tune and the very exciting Vercingetorix –making this a draft not…
KZN BREEDERS SERIES POINTS AS AT 27 May 2019 – 3YOs and UP No. Horse Age Sex MR Trainer Breeder Pre-Nom Points 1 BRAVO ZULU 4 G 63 Louis Goosen Summerhill Stud (Pty) Ltd Yes 51 2 WINTER STORM 3 G 93 Paul Peter Mr S R Rosseau Yes 38 3 KINGSMEAD 5 G 78…
Koos and Lorraine De Klerk’s Yellow Star Stud will be offering five classy yearlings at the 2019 KZN Yearling Sale. Yellow Star’s draft consists of yearlings by all of Vercingetorix, Bezrin, Willow Magic, The Assayer and Jackson. The latter, a triple G1 winning son of Dynasty, is represented by a colt (Lot 54), whose dam…
Breeders in KZN wasted no time in reinvesting their recently received KZN Breeders Premiums at two mare sales in the Cape that took place last week. pproximately 70 horses from both the Cape Mare Sale and Moutonshoek Dispersal sales were acquired, many in foal to leading sires, purchased by approximately 12 breeding establishments and individuals…
The KZN Breeders Race Day takes place 29 June. Put on your best black and white and join us to celebrate the KZN Thoroughbred.
Magical, a full sister to Bush Hill Stud’s Flying The Flag, set herself up for a possible trip to Royal Ascot with a dominant display in the Gr1 Tattersalls Gold Cup at the Curragh.
Hat Puntano joins Summerhill Stud.
#kznbreds Camphoratus, returning from her Gauteng Gr1 win and St John Gray’s courageous Dawn Assault will be contesting Saturday’s Gr2 World Sports Betting 1900 at Greyville. Dawn Assault will have leading jockey Gavin Lerena in the irons for breeder, owner and trainer St John Gray whilst Gareth Wright retains his ride on the Gr1 winning…
Four-year-old top filly Magical, a full sister to Bush Hill Stud’s Flying The Flag will be running in the Gr1 Coronation Cup.
KZN BREEDERS SERIES POINTS AS AT 12 May 2019 – 2YO’s And Up No. Horse Age Sex MR Trainer Breeder Pre-Nom Points 1 LUNA WISH 2 F 76 Alan Greeff Mr Bruce Le Roux Yes 19 2 ENJOY THE VIEW 2 C 79 Michael Roberts Mr G C Kalil Yes 18 3 ANNATJIE 2 F…
KZN BREEDERS SERIES POINTS AS AT 12 May 2019 – 3yos and up No. Horse Age Sex MR Trainer Breeder Pre-Nom Points 1 BRAVO ZULU 4 G 62 Louis Goosen Summerhill Stud (Pty) Ltd Yes 45 2 WINTER STORM 3 G 93 Paul Peter Mr S R Rosseau Yes 38 3 ABELIE 3 F 77…
Only six of the 49 original entries for Africa’s greatest race, the R4.25-million, Grade 1 Vodacom Durban July to be run over 2 200m at Greyville in Durban on Saturday, July 6, failed to stand their ground at the first declaration stage today together with the recent sad loss of SA Derby winner Samurai…
Our smart Captain Of All (pictured right), one of the top sales prices of his year at R325 000 – Indy Go – won impressively on debut for Candice Dawson and Ralphs Racing. He is the first foal of his Gr2 winning dam, the speedy Go Indigo. Her second foal by Var, a proper looking…
Magical stamped her class on the Coolmore Highland Reel Irish EBF Gr2 Mooresbridge Stakes at the Curragh.
KZN BREEDERS SERIES POINTS AS AT 05 May 2019 No. Horse Age Sex MR Trainer Breeder Pre-Nom Points 1 ANNATJIE 2 F 74 Ashley Fortune Summerhill Stud (Pty) Ltd Yes 16 2 JUSTAGUYTHING 2 G 87 Gavin van Zyl Mr Bruce Le Roux Yes 13 3 EDMONDA 2 F 74 Alan Greeff Piemonte Stud Yes…
KZN BREEDERS SERIES POINTS AS AT 05 May 2019 No. Horse Age Sex MR Trainer Breeder Pre-Nom Points 1 BRAVO ZULU 4 G 62 Louis Goosen Summerhill Stud (Pty) Ltd Yes 45 2 WINTER STORM 3 G 93 Paul Peter Mr S R Rosseau Yes 34 3 ABELIE 3 F 77 David Nieuwenhuizen Piemonte Stud…
P R E S S R E L E A S E 2ndMay 2019 AN INNOVATIVE KZN STALLION PACKAGE THAT MAKES SENSE and helps the cash flow Allan Bloodlines – having been appointed to promote and manage a stallion standing at Rathmor Stud – introduce their innovative “Pay When You Sell”terms, removing a…
Two #kznbreds impressed at the Greyville meeting yesterday, with a lovely debut win from Mogok filly Marsanne and Vinson stamping himself as possibly a feature horse for the upcoming KZN Champions Season.
The magic continued for Summerhill Stud on the 3rd and last day of the National Yearling Sale, with Champion trainer snapping up the Willow Magic’s, including a superb colt from the Eastern Cape’s Birch Bros. Willow Magic sold 9 yearlings overall for an average of R255 000 each, whilst Act Of War sold for R160…
Whispers around the sales yard speak highly of the impressive type of yearling Dubawi Gr1 winner, Willow Magic, is producing and it was evident in the prices in the sales ring when his first yearlings entered the sales ring.
Rathmor Stud’s Frankel, the only colt by the famous English son of Galileo on the National Yearling Sale, was knocked down to Bass Racing for R1,2-million. The colt named Juan Carlos and consigned as Lot 182 is out of a five star pedigree, the dam being a R2,6-million purchase at the CTS Mare Sale….
A Capetown Noir colt trained by Justin Snaith has won very impressively this afternoon at Durbanville, with Kamadeva, a juvenile half-brother to Gr1 winner Love Struck, leading from almost the start to win going away by over 3,5 lengths 0ver 1250m.
2019 VODACOM DURBAN JULY FIRST ENTRIES The first entries for the R4.25 million Gr1 Vodacom Durban July to be run over 2200m at Greyville racecourse on Saturday, July 6 are in. Five of entries are #kznbred, including two Gr1 winners – Hero’s Honour (Summerhill Stud) and Camphoratus (Middlefield Stud). Sire Mogok is represented with…
The Mooi River based farm will be offering two high quality colts by triple Equus Champion and rising star sire What A Winter.
KZN BREEDERS SERIES POINTS AS AT 14 April 2019 For 2YOS No. Horse Age Sex MR Trainer Breeder Pre-Nom Points 1 ANNATJIE 2 F 78 Ashley Fortune Summerhill Stud (Pty) Ltd Yes 14 2 EDMONDA 2 F 74 Alan Greeff Piemonte Stud Yes 12 3 AD ALTISIMA 2 C 74 Michael Roberts Mr G C…
KZN BREEDERS SERIES POINTS AS AT 14 April 2019 – 3YO’s And Up No. Horse Age Sex MR Trainer Breeder Pre-Nom Points 1 BRAVO ZULU 4 G 62 Louis Goosen Summerhill Stud (Pty) Ltd Yes 41 2 WINTER STORM 3 G 93 Paul Peter Mr S R Rosseau Yes 34 3 CUMULUS 4 G 77…
“Remarkably, each and every yearling in the Summerhill draft was sired by a G1 winner.”
Bruce and Delia le Roux’s Spring Valley Stud will be offering 11 quality yearlings at this year’s Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale in Germiston.
Flying The Flag’s younger full sister, already a Gr1 winner, added the Gr3 Alleged Stakes this afternoon at Naas to her impressive winners honour roll. She left the colts behind her, with Gr1 Irish St Leger winner Flag Of Honour finishing second, and Gr1 Irish Derby winner Latrobe in third, making easy work of the soft turf to win by over four and a half lengths.
Rob and Michele Pickering’s bred and part owned #kznbred Byword filly, Camphoratus, didn’t buckle from a fight and flew past the much touted Oh Susanna to win from another #kznbred filly by Brave Tin Soldier, Summerhill’s Running Brave who finished a close second. Both fillies cost a combined R80 000 at BSA sales, and both…
Bush Hill Stud enjoyed a phenomenal win by 50/1 Chipofftheoldblock, a son of Redoute’s Promise who give his Redoute’s Choice sire his third individual winner. He won over 1400m from Stock Bridge and African Rock.
Rathmor’s draft includes yearlings by outstanding stallions Frankel, Captain Al, Dynasty and Var, as well as lots by such exciting and popular young sires Coup De Grace and Global View, while the blue blooded Unbridled’s Song horse Noble Tune has six in the Rathmor draft.
Based in the heart of racehorse country in KZN, Piemonte Stud will be offering a very attractive draft at the 2019 Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale. Piemonte’s NYS draft consistes of yearlings by such exciting young stallions as Captain Of All, Capetown Noir, Global View, Flying The Flag, Vercingetorix and Wylie Hall –making this not…
Download your KZN BREEDERS CLUB Registration Letter 2019 here and email it to [email protected] to secure your 4-ball.
Pencil in Saturday 29 June on your racing calendar, which sees the running of another KZN Breeders Race Day at Greyville. The KZN Breeders Series incorporates the running of our feature KZN Breeders Million Mile. Amongst the entries for the KZN Breeders Series are Graded Stakes Winners Hero’s Honour (Gr1), Ronnie’s Candy (Gr2), Matador Man (a previous Million Mile…
Syd and Shirley Rosseau of St Helier Stud are enjoying a purple patch with recent wins across the country, and the current nhra.co.za stats tell the story impressively. A small stud that retains only quality and Black Type mares, St Helier Stud are currently boasting 50% winners to runners from 18 runners – incredibly they…
A sire that has produced the likes of star fillies Gr2 winner Rosier and Gr3 winner Beach Goddess, he has also produced the speedy Vision To Kill and Gr1 Mauritius Cup winner, Scotsnog.
Based in Rosetta, Clifton Stud will be offering four yearlings, two as agent, at the 2019 Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale, due to take place at the TBA complex from April 24th-26th next month.
Warwick and Karin Render’s Bush Hill Stud, the breeders of such G1 winners as Wolf Whistle, Stellite and Zirconeum, will be offering a top-class draft at the 2019 Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale this April.
Keith Russon and Ian Todd’s Backworth Stud had a super double at Greyville yesterday, with the smart Var filly Extravargant (a full sister to winner Cuvara) taking it for Mrs Mary Liley, who is enjoying a purple patch of late, and Noble Tune gelding Romanesca winning for trainer Paul Lafferty.
Yellow Star Stud have reported that Warm White Night has lost his struggle with a painful hoof condition in horses, namely Laminitis, and passed away peacefully this morning.
The eight KZN farms represented include half-siblings to Gr1 winner Lady In Black, and Black Types Malak El Moolook, Angel’s Power, King Neptune, Stella Mia, Celestine, Amazing Strike, Exit Here, Eventual Angel, Extradite, Just As I Said, Lala, One Cool Dude, Royal Pleasure and Queen Laurie.
Bize, bred by Moutonshoek won her second start yesterday at Turffontein in the Oaks Trial Listed and is definitely on the list of a horse to following the future. The three year old filly, out of a Goldmark mare is trained by Alec Laird and owned by Mr J Gerber. Bize won by close to two…
Majestic Mambo, by Mambo In Seattle, will have his first start in Dubai this Saturday on 9 March in the Jebel Hatta sponsored by Emirates Airline, time 19h30/13h30. He races in Race 7 over 1800m, drawn 1 and saddle cloth 1.
The beautifully-named Sweet Preserve was part of a ding dong clash yesterday at Greyville which saw her get up to win courageously, for the stable of Glen Kotzen, owned by Mr J Buckler. By Duke Of Marmalade out of the evergreen Surfers Eye by Elliodor, Sweet Preserve has won twice and placed five times from just…
Piemonte Stud is firmly established on the breeding map in South Africa, with their horses easily recognisable country wide with their Italian names.
“While Hawwaam was the undisputed attention grabber on Classic Day, the back story to the Diane Stenger-trained High Seas Beauty’s smooth victory in the R250 000 Gr3 Acacia Handicap is a tale of great horsemanship, attention to detail and a mini dream come true.” – sportingpost.co.za
Splat The Cat’s dam Penthouse Mouse is a half-sister to Gr2 and Gr3 winner The Mouseketeer, by Cataloochee (Al Mufti) as her broodmare sire. Splat The Cat, a beautifully topped and flashy filly sold for R100 000 at the 2017 National Yearling Sale.
Eightfold Path is amongst the leading sires nationally for his winners to runners percentage, an impressive 43,5% and included two winners over the weekend, and three winners in five days.
Wissahickon, a Tapit half-brother to Spring Valley sire Just As Well, had an impressive victory in the £100,000 Gr3 Betway Winter Derby on Polytrack at Lingfield Park on Saturday.
Piemonte-bred Brandina by Capetown Noir has made it two wins from only three starts – her only other place was third by a head in the Listed Tattersalls Summer Juvenile Stakes at Kenilworth.
Scott Bros evergreen Mogok, a sire with consistently good stats in each and every season had a double at Scottsville yesterday, including an impressive debut win with Wave.
Gr1 Middle Park Stakes winner Crusade has been bringing home a slew of winners lately, and his stats are impressive – with 39% winners to runners overall and currently 75% for his 2yo’s – with 4 runners, 3 winners and 6 places!
Summerhill have a plum sire in Willow Magic, the first Gr1 winning son of Dubawi to stand at stud in South Africa and getting off to a start at a farm that held the National Breeders Title for 9 consecutive years, 10 in total.
Bruce Le Roux once again brings an outstanding draft of yearlings to the Nationals at the end of April, including progeny by Querari, Flower Alley, first season sire Flying The Flag, Futura, Mogok, Twice Over, Legislate, Crusade, What A Winter and Master Of My Fate amongst others.
A Gr1 winning son of sire producing Dynasty, Summerhill resident sire Act Of War has his first yearlings on offer this year at the Cape Yearling Sale, taking place 17 March.
Flying The Flag, the full brother to Gr1 winners Rhododendron and Magical has his first yearlings on offer at the Cape Yearling Sale and Nationals.
Only a R30 000 purchase off the 2016 KZN Yearling Sale and reselling at James Goodman’s Kilimanjaro Bloodstock Dispersal for R220 000, son of Mogok, The Dazzler finished just a neck off Doosra in the Wolf Power Listed on the weekend.
He’s a lovely horse and will probably end up racing in America come the fall and next year. He is a Tapit, so he is really going to suit the surfaces out there. He has run a lovely race today and enjoys this surface.”
#kznbred Grade 1 winner and Equus Champion Sprinter Talktothestars half-brother by Eightfold Path broke his maiden at the Vaal yesterday.
Capetown Noir’s first runner and winner, the Piemonte-bred Brandina, followed up from her impressive win at Fairview on debut to fly up to third by a head in the Tattersalls Summer Juvenile Listed at Kenilworth on Sun Met Day, giving her sire her first Black Type. Capetown Noir, a son of Western Winter out of…
Ted Hughes has been named the new KZN Breeders Club Chairman after yesterday’s AGM held at the Nottingham Road Hotel. Ted takes over the reins from Bruce Le Roux (Spring Valley Stud), who has stepped down to position of Vice-Chairman. Director Warwick Render thanked Bruce Le Roux for his tremendous work, effort and ideas over…
Spring Valley-bred Crusade filly flew home yesterday at Greyville racecourse over 1000m by almost three lengths, giving her delighted owner his first winner. Trained by Michael Roberts and sold at the National Yearling Sale for R140 000, the filly also took home the BSA Maiden Juvenile Plate Bonus of R50 000. It was only her…
A stalwart of the breeding industry in South Africa, it is very sad news to hear of the passing of Mr George Rowles of Ivanhoe Stud. George Rowles had always been guided by his belief that the best course of action is that which will be to the ultimate benefit of the game as a…
Voted KZN Breeders Horse Of The Year in 2015, Yellow Star-born Futura has his first crop of yearlings on offer in 2019 and saw a colt, bred by Ridgemont Highlands, knocked down to Peter Doyle and Diane Nagel for R1,2-million. Futura was bred by Guy Murdoch and the young Dynasty sire resides at Drakenstein Stud.
KZN breeders based in Nottingham Road, Rathmor Stud, topped the buyers list at the CTS Premier Yearling Sale –purchasing 13 lots for a total of R6 725 000. Seven of the thirteen yearlings were colts – which included a full brother to Chimichuri Run (out of #kznbred Gr1 winner Spiced Gold, bred by Greenhill Farm).
Bruce has another exciting draft headed to the Emperors National Yearling Sale this year, and inspections took place with Jane Thomas and Alistair Gordon doing the rounds on their last leg for 2019.
Hadlow resident sire The Apache has had two winners in two days, impressive from his first crop with limited numbers.
The Assayer has produced his first winner and looks to have more with Thomas Shelby and Flirty Girty knocking on the door.
Ella’s World, pictured going to the start at Scottsville yesterday looks a bright prospect for owner Brian Burnard and trainer Dennis Bosch. She has won twice and placed from three starts.
Spotted at Summerveld Training Centre earlier this week, history was made at the Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale in 2018 when Bush Hill Stud sold a flashy grey Judpot colt for their staff co-op.
Paul Lafferty’s handsome chestnut Buckleberry, bred by Alan and Vera Sutherland of Somerset Stud, impressed to win at Greyville after being unlucky in his three prior starts – finishing in 2nd place in all three previous attempts.
The KZN Breeders Club AGM will take place on Tuesday 29 January, 11am at the Nottingham Road Hotel.
The Ato gelding Chijmes confirmed again that he is no slouch when leading all the way to win the R150 000 Listed Sea Cottage Stakes at Turffontein on Sunday to give claiming apprentice Denis Schwarz his first feature success. Summerhill also produced Gr3 2nd placed Running Brave in the Gr3 Three Troikas.
#kznbred Dawn Assault has snatched the Gr3 London News Stakes from favoured Al Danza and Pietro Mascagni (a R2,3-million yearling). Second to Tilbury Fort in the Gr1 Summer Cup, Dawn Assault is yet another feather in the cap for owner / breeder / trainer St John Gray.
KZN got off on the right foot in 2019 with six winners from nine races carded at Greyville on 1 January.
Camphoratus comes forward on the outside to win under Calvin Habib (Pic – Candiese Marnewick/Gold Circle) The father-and-son training team of Robbie and Shannon Hill produced the knockout blow that floored Pick 6 punters at Greyville on Boxing Day. The upper cut came courtesy of the chestnut filly Camphoratus, who charged home at any price…
Matador Man flew home under Lyle Hewitson on a very hot and humid Wednesday at Greyville to give the South African Champion Jockey and Apprentice Jockey his third win in the Christmas Handicap, now a Listed race.
The Tapit half-brother to Spring Valley sire Just As Well won a Listed race in England yesterday. The chestnut colt named Wissahickon beat home Big Country (High Chapparal) by over two lengths clear.
Noble Tune was very well supported in his first few seasons at stud with full books each year, and the stats show that he has only had 34 of his progeny on the tracks to date and 11 of them are winners, giving Noble Tune a lifetime winners to runners percentage of 32%.
“Similarly, horses with a GBV of 1 have the highest genetic probability of producing elite racehorses and passing on favourable genetic variants to their offspring, when compared with other horses assigned a lower score.”
KZN produced a double at Greyville on Friday night for Avontuur sire Oratorio. Bush Hill’s handsome Grande Maestro got a well deserved win after placing six times from eight of his starts. Bred by Bush Hill Stud and trained by Darryl Moore, Grande Maestro is out of Felix The Cat (Black Minnaloushe) and owned by Late…
Entries have opened for the KZN Breeders Series of eight races at a stake of R200 000 each, held on KZN Breeders Race Day taking place on Saturday 29 June 2019, and last year saw 700 horses entered for the day.
Triple Gr1 winning sire Capetown Noir is off the mark, a very pleasing start for the Summerhill sire by Western Winter. Brandina, out of Var mare Bedouin from the family of Fair Brutus and Grand Format, won impressively on debut this afternoon in Fairview in one of the first juvenile races of the season. Bred…
The KZN Breeders Awards took place on Saturday evening at Fordoun and saw Gr1 winning filly and Triple Tiara contender Takingthepeace crowned KZN Breeders Horse Of The Year.
There was plenty to celebrate at the KZN Breeder’s Awards held at Forduin in Nottingham Road on Saturday night but the most heartwarming story was of a new breeder, Nothemba Mlonzi, whose first two runners had both recently won on debut. She was given a special acknowledgement for this feat on Saturday night.
Takingthepeace is crowned KZN Breeders Horse Of The Year!
Summerhill had an incredible evening at the KZN Breeders Awards, scooping 10 awards last night including the Leading Breeder of the year and made all the more sweeter with a Grade 2 winner on the day at Turffontein.
Bush Hill Stud report that they have had 11 winners for the season so far and achieved over a million in earnings for their owners, with two wins this month and seven 2nd places (from 16 places in total), which should convert to wins very soon. The honest Kahal gelding Aramouse, a full brother to Gr2 winner…
Love And Peace (FR) finished just a neck off in the Listed Prix Petite Etoile over 1900m at Deauville today.
I Like It and sire Solskjaer share interesting stories. Vaal trainer Steve Moffatt’s three-year-old filly I Like It almost caused the upset of the year when she ran Ghaalla to a short-head in Saturday’s Gr3 Fillies Mile at Turffontein, starting at 66-1. I like It and her sire Solskjaer (IRE) share quite a remarkable story….
Whilst their places will only be confirmed after National Yearling Sales inspections have taken place in January, Rathmor Stud have a very strong draft beginning their sales preparations for the 2019 Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale. They include the progeny of Dynasty, Frankel and Noble Tune and from the families of Mastercraftsman and Mastery.
Noble Tune has had seven wins this season, impressively with I’m Free on Sunday, Noble Joshua recently and Paths Of Victory winning on two occasions.
Summerhill was fortunate enough to have a visit from one of the great women trainers of the modern age, Criquette Head- Maarek recently.
Summerhill-bred star filly Takingthepeace lived up to expectations to swoop through the field and add the Gr3 Victory Moon Stakes to her record.
“I bought Pas De Basque from a girl based in Johannesburg who had her as a riding horse – a mutual friend had advised that she was looking for a home for Pas De Basque. She was not the easiest broodmare to manage when it came to stud duties, and was retired from breeding altogether – she either reabsorbed or kept aborting her foetuses.”
We catch up with Peter Blyth of Clifton Stud based in Rosetta. Peter has had a lifetime with horses in various disciplines including polo, racing and breeding. He is assisted on the farm by his wife Jenny and Manager Christine Quinn. Another little known fact is young and upcoming jockey Luke Ferraris is the nephew…
Look at the liftetime statistics of some of KZN’s resident sires, which make for interesting reading.
With 13 winners in South Africa so far for the season, Greenstreet Bloodstock’s Crusade, The Byzantine, won his third start in Mauritius. Consistently placing in South Africa with four places from six starts, the Scott Bros-bred The Byzantine is a half-brother to 4-time winner Moon Of Ragoon. This is the damline of the brilliant Argentine gelding…
Noble Tune’s Curlin half-sister sold for $600 000 at the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale. The half-sister to Gr1 winner Honor Code, Gr1 Breeders Cup placed Noble Tune, the handsome Declarationofpeace and Stakes horse Lady Serena, dam Serena’s Cat has been an outstanding broodmare and saw her Curlin filly achieve the third-highest price for a…
The Emperors Palace Ready To Run Sale exceeded all expectations with KZN’s Summerhill Stud and Far End Racing Stables leading the first two places on the top Vendors list.
Sean Tarry’s maiden Viva Pipa shattered the Gary Alexander Racing Team’s dreams of winning another Emperors Palace Ready To Run Cup when she flashed home late to catch the free-striding Chijmes in the shadow of the post. It was a 1-2-3 for Summerhill who either bred or raised the first three past the post. A…
“With five lengths to make up at the 350m marker, the racy chestnut grew wings under Corne Orffer to put 2,20 lengths between herself and the 10-1 Nafaayes, with the runner-up’s stablemate Ghaalla (a R5-million graduate off the National Yearling Sale) staying on for third.”
#kznbreds at the Emperors Palace Ready To Run Sale, 4 November. #kznbreds will be easily identified with Hip Stickers and stable door posters. View the lots available as well as those who have Black Type siblings in brackets.
*We are very sorry to hear of the passing of Chris Gerber of Moutonshoek, who brought in and owned Mambo In Seattle. Our thoughts go out to his family and friends during this difficult time, he is a devastating loss to the racing and breeding industry in South Africa. May he Rest In Peace. “This horse…
Summerhill Stud, acting as Summerhill Sales as Agent, will be offering 64 two-year-olds at Sunday’s Emperors Palace Ready To Run Sale. Set to be held at the TBA complex in Germiston, the one day auction gets underway this weekend at 14:00 pm sharp, with the sale due to be conducted by auctioneers Graeme Hawkins and Andrew Miller….
Log 29/10 Log 22/10 Age Sex Horse MR 1 1 3 F RAILTRIP 100 2 2 3 F THE SASH 85 3 3 3 G CHIJMES 87 4 4 3 F VI VA PI PA 79 5 5 3 G CHECKPOINT CHARLIE 83 5 5 3 G PATROL OFFICER 83 7 7 3 F SEE…
Sydney Opera House, by young Galileo sire Australia out of the dam of Gr1 Melbourne Cup winner Rekindling and Golden Sword, finished second by a neck to winner Wonderment at Saint-Cloud over 2000m, in the Gr1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud today
With the well-performed Just As Well’s biggest crop now 2yo’s, Spring Valley Stud’s Bruce Le Roux is hopeful that the market will start sitting up and taking a little more notice of his well-bred son of AP Indy. Just As Well has a lifetime winners to runners percentage of 50%, with only 61 progeny to race from seven crops.
A survey of racing success as a factor of how much money you spend was recently undertaken in Australia. While its outcomes were “Aussie” specific, it’s probably fair to say, they’re likely to have universal application wherever horse racing is conducted as a serious commercial pursuit. The answer, rest assured, is that the more money…
The Spring Valley Stud is home to the blue blooded A P Indy son Just As Well, who is from a family which continues to fire on all cylinders and Just As Well’s impressive pedigree page got a further boost following the running of the Listed Prix du Ranelagh at Chantilly Racecourse on Sunday.
Wendy Whitehead’s big and handsome son of Curved Ball, Hard To Play, flew to a phenomenal victory at Greyville on Sunday in the Pinnacle Stakes, his fifth career win to date and it doesnt look like hes stopping there.
The long awaited R500 000 WSB Grand Series Leg 1 finally got its moment in a rare dash of sunlight at Turffontein on Saturday and produced a classic grandstand finish. Having his first ride since a return from injury, super sub Marco van Rensburg took over from Diego De Gouveia and rode an inspired race to…
The Rising Legend continues to fly the flag for his Spring Valley based sire Eightfold Path, winning a brilliant race at Turffontein this afternoon over 1600m, making it his fourth career win. Geoff Woodruff is excited about his prospects and he is being aimed at the Gr1 Summer Cup for owner LTK Racing & Breeding (Nom:…
Gallops Live: Emperors Palace Ready To Run Sale 4 November
“One of the most colourful characters of the game and an ‘alternative horseman’ if there ever was one, former Cape trainer Lenny Taylor passed away suddenly from a heart attack in Mooi River on Tuesday.”
Celebrate the KZN Thoroughbred with us on 1 December, Fordoun Hotel from 17:30.
“Peach Tree completed a Listed race double for Aidan O’Brien at Navan, as she justified favouritism in the Staffordstown Stud Stakes. Peach Tree is bred on the same cross that produced Flying The Flag, by Galileo out of a Pivotal mare.”
A R150 000 purchase off the 2016 National Yearling Sale, a steal for a handsome brother to Gr1 winner Orbison, The Bayou impressed his connections to collect his second win in a bravely contested race to fight off Belinda Impey’s Amor Ardiente, whilst the highly-thought-of Thanksgiving finished third.
“Notation (Fastnet Rock), a filly out of Group 1 winning mare Chocolicious (SAF), was a 3.25 length winner of the opening race over a 1300m.”
Those that’ve made the annual pilgrimage will know that the Ready To Run gallops at Summerhill had evolved into a national institution over the first three decades of their existence. The dictates of a lower market have called for a more modest approach, now in the form of what one might term “private” gallops, where…
The superbly bred Equus Champion Capetown Noir is strongly represented in the Summerhill Sales draft at the 2018 Emperors Palace Ready To Run Sale, which is due to take place at the TBA complex on November 4th.
Nobody worth his salt in the sport of racing needs an introduction to Pat Shaw – he’s as much a totem of the game in South Africa as Vincent O’ Brien was to Ireland and Bob Baffert to America. You don’t reach those heights as a racehorse trainer without a gifted eye, an abiding intuition and dare we say it, a smattering of courage and “chutzpah”. While some of those legends might’ve chosen to be excluded from the latter category, there’s no escaping it for Mr Shaw.
We have a chat to Haley and Taryn Crawford of Lola Crawford Racing Stables, situated at Ashburton Training Centre. They are having a cracking new season, currently with 20% winners to runners percentage and 40% places.
Bruce Le Roux of Spring Valley Stud always breeds a consistently smart horse, and it seems he has another with impressive debut winner Silent Crusade, out of Silver Fantasy by Silvano.
A product of Clifton Stud, he is a son of the ill-fated Kahal (Machiavellian) out of the top class winner producing Vogue – a five time winning daughter of champion Model Man. Vogue is the dam of the talented and ill-fated export and Gr2 winner Fort Vogue, as well as Gr3 winner Whatalady.
“However, Flying The Flag’s appeal lies not only in the fact that he is a son of the world’s premier sire, but also that he hails from a tremendously powerful female line.”
As predicted by Rathmor Stud who have been emphasising that the Noble Tune’s will be at their best as 3yo’s and over sprinter-miler distances, he is off to a start with four winners in the new season and a winners to runners percentage of 25% and almost R300 000 earned to date. His stats make…
“The BIG movers towards qualification for the tenth renewal of the world’s first Ready To Run sales race, turned up at Turffontein on the weekend. While the odds of getting a run this year are better than they’ve ever been (16 out of a catalogue of just 50 odd,) it’s getting hot at the top of the log, with the Group One performer, Railtrip, setting the benchmark.”
Bloodstock South Africa are proud to announce that the catalogue for the 2018 Ready To Run Sale is now online and can be viewed live at www.bsa.co.za Traditionally one of South Africa’s most popular auctions, the Ready To Run Sale is due to take place this year at the TBA complex in Germiston on 4th of…
The KZN Breeders Club wish to pass on our condolences to the family of Lord Ivor Kensington who passed away on 12 September, a long time breeder (St Brides Stud) and owner in KZN. Our sympathies to his wife Lady Judy Kensington and their family.
Mambo in Seattle progeny have earned 24 stakes cheques in their last 30 appearances. This includes 5 winners and 5 2nds! Mambo In Seattle stands at Peter and Jenny Blyth’s Clifton Stud.
The KZN Breeders Awards takes place this year at Fordoun on 1 December. KZN had a great year once again, producing two Gr1 winners in the season with Takingthepeace excelling to take two legs of the Triple Tiara and placing in the final leg. She will be aimed at the Gr1 Summer Cup, taking place…
The Emperors Palace Ready To Run Cup boasts an illustrious history as a font of outstanding racehorses and future champions. The tally of millionaire graduates from one consignor alone is nudging the 40 mark now, and the 2018 edition of the sale looks set to continue the tradition. What’s different about this year’s 13th…
The Thoroughbred Breeders Association and Bloodstock South Africa held a seminar for the KZN Breeders Club recently to discuss the scoring of mares for the National Yearling Sale.
Horses like The Apache, with a GRV score of 1, have the greatest genetic potential to become an elite racehorse and are 5.4 times more likely to achieve this than horses assigned a lower GRV score of 4.
Similarly, horses with a GBV of 1 have the highest genetic probability of producing elite racehorses and passing on favourable genetic variants to their offspring, when compared with other horses assigned a lower score.”
With his results to date of 36% winners to runners, coupled with his own outstanding performance on the track, his genetic tests are proving to be very accurate.
“Racing and breeding are filled with opportunities and sadly we all miss many that are available to us. The emphatic third win in row for the very promising Aldo yesterday highlights one of these.” – Warwick Render, Bush Hill Stud
The son of Mogok has a phenomenal race record and earned R17-million in stakes, in a career that saw him race on three continents and win at the highest levels, including the Gr2 Rashidiyah (Dubai), first across the line in the Gr1 Arlington Million (USA) and a winner of the Gr1 Daily News 2000 and Gr1 Champions Cup in South Africa and placed in many more.
Piemonte-bred son of Crusade, Alfeo, has won the award for the Eastern Cape’s Champion 2YO Colt.
Yellow Star have welcomed a beautiful foal by Noble Tune (Unbridled’s Song) out of Magical Trip by Trippi, and a beautiful Kildonan for owner and breeder Ted Hughes.
Its the 1 September and breeders will begin frantic few months ahead covering their mares today for the 2019 foaling season.
“With breeders nationally feeling the effects of a subdued economic climate and taking major knocks at sales country wide with sales averaging below what it costs to produce a Thoroughbred to sales age, a Breeders Premium Scheme is greatly appreciated to assist in the running costs of a Thoroughbred breeding operation.”
With the opening of breeding season on Saturday, KZN farms are welcoming new mares to the broodmare band this season, including a full sister to African Night Sky and PE Champion Beataboutthebush.
“He won first time out and has paid his way, so when Anton showed me a yearling – Hungry Eyes by Toreador out of Step it Up – I did not hesitate as he oozes class. He is now a two year old and is already more imposing than Misty Dawn or Cumulus, and will join Nathan Kotzen’s yard at Summerveld next month,” said Haswell.
“While I have to admit to some personal sentimentality, it’s every stud man’s ambition to stand a horse of his own breeding. The end of 2018 will mark forty years of our existence at Summerhill; in that time, we’ve bred a number of top class performers as you know, yet I have to say that in Rabada, we’ve at last reached the point of standing a horse that embodies just about everything we as breeders have been trying to produce for the past three hundred years. Apart from being an outstanding racehorse, he is the embodiment of physical perfection, and moves as well as any horse I’ve had the privilege to behold.” – Mick Goss, Summerhill Stud
KZN farm Summerhill Stud were awarded the KZN Racing Awards accolade of Leading Breeder in the province for the season on Friday night at the Greyville Convention Centre. Summerhill finished ahead of Mauritzfontein & Wilgerbosdrift, R400 000 in stakes head, earning a total of R4,786,975 for the season and 29.3% winners to runners – 48…
The former Mike de Kock trained Toreador gelding Misty Birnam registered his first win in the UK when he scored with ease in a Class 5 Handicap over 1400m at Redcar on Saturday. The gelding was raced here by his breeder Anton Procter in partnership with Mike de Kock.
Bloodstock South Africa would like to take this opportunity of expressing their gratitude and appreciation to all loyal vendors and buyers for their wonderful support of the various yearling sales conducted during the course of the year. Although 2018 has been a difficult period for our economy, and even more so for our industry, Bloodstock South Africa’s sales have held up remarkably well.
Rathmor sire Linngari has had 10 wins in one month, as well as in South Africa with Elangeni recently at Turffontein over 1400m.
#kznbred Two year olds Carlita, Alfeo and Born A Bully feature in the Eastern Cape Award nominees. The awards take place on Saturday, 1 September.
Kjell Foundation’s spectacular son of Noble Tune was the leading colt of the 35 #kznbreds consigned to the 447 strong National 2YO Sale catalogue, whilst Spring Valley’s athletic Oratorio lead the fillies. Mike Benson of Spurwing Horse Feeds and Kjell Foundation has had a phenomenal strike rate over the years, breeding Graded Stakes Winners and…
Bruce le Roux’s well-established Spring Valley Stud will be offering nine quality lots at this week’s National Two-Year-Old Sale. The draft offers two-year-olds by such proven and popular sires as Crusade, Querari, Oratorio, Twice Over, Visionaire and What A Winter, as well as by the vastly underrated Just As Well.
Amongst KZN’s broodmare band for 2018 is #kznbred five-time Gr1 winner Dancewiththedevil at Cathy and Jonathan Martin’s Hadlow Stud, for owner-trainer and breeder St John Gray.
Pleasingly, the Piemonte Stud Grooms Program will also feature in this draft, with the grooms set to consign a striking son of G1 winner Byword in the form of Giacomo (Lot 298) at this year’s Two Year Old Sale.
Hero’s Honour by Await The Dawn, the Gr1 SA Derby winner, has been nominated for Equus Champion 3YO Colt and Equus Champion Stayer.
57 #kznbred Black Type horses were produced for the 2017 / 2018 season. They sold for an average of R106 929 each at sales, and earned their owners an incredible R554 787 each on the race tracks, including TWO Gr1 winners. Small numbers, Big Results! #buykznbred
Save the date for the KZN Breeders Awards 2018, taking place 1 December.
#kznbreds at the National 2YO Sale: siblings to Black Type Horses on offer, including The Mouseketeer, Ideal Secret, O Tamara, Carlita and Markofdistinction.
Hadlow Stud will be offering a single lot at the 2018 National Two Year Old Sale –and this is a filly (Lot 207) by the Fastnet Rock sired Dingaans winner Curved Ball.
Kjell Foundation offer two quality juveniles at this year’s Two Year Old Sale. Both are sired by Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf runner up Noble Tune (the only son of the top US stallion Unbridled’s Song ever to stand at stud in South Africa), whose first runners include the Gr1 placed Play Another Tune.
KZN featured on Gold Cup Day with #kznbred Spiced Gold producing Gr3 Umkhomazi Stakes winner, Chimichuri Run, whilst Summerhill-bred Railtrip finished second in the Gr1 Thekweni Stakes, with Noble Tune’s Play Another Tune fourth in the Gr1 Premiers Champion Stakes. Another interesting results for Rathmor Stud was Will Pays – a half-brother to Rathmor broodmare…
First foals arriving in KZN for the 2018 season!
The equine industry has suffered due to onerous export requirements and SAEHP has been working hard in conjunction with the South African Dept. of Agriculture. South African Equine Health and Protocols (SAEHP), led by Adrian Todd, was charged with spearheading the equine industries efforts to implement long term sustainable export protocols in 2017. The equine…
Ms Nothemba Mlonzi, a Johannesburg based business lady who breeds Thoroughbreds in Birnamwood outside of Howick at her Mwetwood Stud, has now produced two winners from two runners in her first crop season.
One of the patterns that gets people excited is inbreeding to great mares. In this respect, I’ve been watching Mambo in Seattle (grandson of Weekend Surprise) with interest, particularly when his first crop delivered the Grade I winning Same Jurisdiction out of a Captain Al mare.
KZN farm Clifton Stud will be offering eight (three as Agent) two-year-olds at next month’s National Two Year Old Sale in Germiston. The draft includes lots by such popular and promising sires as Capetown Noir, Noble Tune, Toreador and Visionaire.
As a small breeding establishment, we are very proud of the recent statistics on the www.nhra.co.za website, which sees us producing over 55% winners for the season. From 27 runners, we have had 20 wins and 57 places, and our horses have earned over R1,5-million for their connections over the past season.
Bush Hill Stud, perennially among KZN’s leading breeders, will, once again, be offering a high class draft at the National Two Year Old Sale this year.
A few current stallion statistics from www.nhra.co.za that make for interesting reading. Name Runners AEPR Wins Wnrs / Rnrs% Places B.T. Winners B.T. Wins Total Stake Standing At Stud Mambo In Seattle (USA) 135 52200 70 32.6 332 3 3 7047025 Clifton Stud Crusade (USA) 88 50073 48 39.8 205 2 3 4406450 Clifton Stud…
Amongst the #kznbred draft are several well related two year olds, including siblings to Gr2 winner The Mouseketeer (Lot 361 from Bush Hill Stud), a half-sister by Capetown Noir to Gr3 winner O Tamara (Lot 87) a full sibling to East Cape champion Kalamain (Lot 331) from Piemonte Stud, and an Eightfold Path sibling to Mark My Card and Markofdistinction, as Lot 380.
Tuesday was a sad day in the history of KZN (and South African) racehorse breeding, as Scott Bros held their Total Dispersal Sale. Scott Bros got off to a start early in the game 52 years ago, with the likes of the brilliant Politician getting the Scott Bros on the map. Robin recalled how at…
Leading sire Mambo in Seattle (USA), a nose second in the Group 1 Travers Stakes and a 7/8 brother to Lemon Drop Kid, has arrived at Clifton Stud in Rosetta. The son of Kingmambo burst onto the scene with Gr1 winning filly Same Jurisdiction and since has had a steady stream of good horses including Mambo…
Over a half century of producing champion racehorses culminates in the end of an era for South African horseracing and breeding when the Scott Bros hold their Total Dispersal Sale at Highdown Stud in the foothills of the Drakensberg on Tuesday. Well-bred Weanlings, yearlings and broodmares – some in foal to top sires- make up…
Two shares in Crusade have become available. The stallion currently has 40% winners to runners and has produced 4 Stakes Winners this season. Please contact 083 789 1631 for further information.
Crusade, who has produced four Stakes Winners this season is relocating to Peter and Jenny Blyth’s Clifton Stud for the 2018 season.
In a wintery but pleasant day at Yellow Star Stud, the KZN Mare & Weanling Sale took place on Monday in Mooi River, with support from farms outside of KZN such as Gary Player Stud, Riethuiskraal and John Slade. The top priced Lots of the day came from two fillies consigned for stud – Lot…
Bush Hill’s imposing and impeccably bred son of Aussie super sire Redoute’s Choice has produced his first winner – the Piemonte-bred Aldo won second time out after placing second on debut.
The magnificent daughter of Flower Alley consigned by Bush Hill Stud attracted plenty of attention and was knocked down to Mr G Van Lear for R375 000.
Piemonte Stud have bred a very handsome but unusually marked Var colt named Aberto, as Lot 200 at the KZN Yearling Sale. Out of Selkirk / Sadler’s Wells mare Irish Heroine, he is just about a guaranteed winner with his dam who has produced four winners from six runners – including 5-time winner Lee’s Pick,…
In an exciting build up to the final of the KZN Jockey’s & Trainers Challenge, it was Garth Puller in the end who won the R30 000 Sales Voucher and jockey Lyle Hewitson who took the Jockey leg of the competition.
One horse that has come full circle is the Toreador three year old gelding Unbelievable Lad. His owner purchased him from the 2016 KZN Yearling Sale for R90 000 and used his R5 000 voucher against the purchase – which he had recieved from the 2016 KZN Breeders Race Day when Caprivi placed third, also in the car of Ivan and Darryl Moore.
Warwick and Karin Render’s Bush Hill Stud will be offering a large draft of 16 (one as agent) at Thursday and Friday’s KZN Yearling Sale at the Sibaya Entertainment World. The Bush Hill draft includes yearlings by such popular and promising stallions as Capetown Noir, Crusade, Flower Alley, Jackson, Ideal World, Soft Falling Rain, and…
Peter and Jenny Blyth’s Clifton Stud will be offering seven yearlings, and two other lots as agent, at the 2018 KZN Yearling Sale next week. Remarkably, all nine of the Clifton yearlings are sired by either a G1 winner or a G1 sire!
“On Saturday the senior statesman of the SA training ranks took the honours in the restricted feature again. This time with the Rathmor Stud-bred Romany Prince, who got the better of a thrilling Kahal exacta duel with 7yo sprinter, London Call.”
The KZN Jockeys and Trainers Challenge will be hotly contested in tomorrow’s KZN Breeders Race Day, and the prizegiving will be taking place after Race 9.
The Hadlow Stud will be offering eight quality lots at next week’s KZN Yearling Sale. Their draft includes yearlings by such popular stallions as Crusade, Flower Alley, Visionaire and the sadly now deceased Toreador. The latter, whose best offspring include champion Link Man, dual G1 winner Bull Valley, and July hope Matador Man, is represented…
The KZN Breeders Race Day final fields have been announced, with Matador Man now heading up the Million Mile field and in the final field for the Vodacom Durban July. The son of Toreador is bred by Scott Bros and Robin Scott has retained a share in the gelding. On the afternoon of his announcement…
Photos of yearlings by Just As Well headed to the KZN Yearling Sale.
Bush Hill Stud’s KZN Yearling Sale draft including horses by Flower Alley, Soft Falling Rain, Just As Well, Jackson, Toreador, Redoute’s Promise, Capetown Noir, Ideal World, Crusade, Judpot, Irish Flame, Curved Ball and Seventh Rock. There are also siblings to Arizona Sunset, Celestina, winners Crusado and Midnight Messenger, debut winner Cat ‘n Mouse (died thereafter)…
“Sean Tarry’s hard-knocking Kahal mare Witchcraft enjoyed the very rare distinction of achieving the KZN Oaks double when she dictated matters under an enterprising ride by Lyle Hewitson to win the Scottsville R300 000 Gr3 Track & Ball Oaks on Saturday.”
The final log has been published for the KZN Breeders Series for the juveniles, to be run on 30 June at Greyville Racecourse, lead by Piemonte Stud’s Alfeo, a stakes winning Crusade. Crusade is currently on 39.5% winners to runners and has produced 4 Stakes Winners this season.
The final log has been published for the KZN Breeders Series for 3YO’s and up, to be run on 30 June at Greyville Racecourse. Seven races for a stake of R200 000 each are up for grabs, with the winning connections taking home vouchers in addition to the stakes to be used towards a #kznbred…
Warren Kennedy rode three winners at Greyville on Friday night and is fast catching up to Lyle Hewitson.
The beautiful Piemonte Stud, breeders of this season’s talented filly Carlita, have a large draft of 21 lots on offer at the 2018 KZN Yearling Sale, set to take place next month at the Sibaya Entertainment World. Leading 2yo sire Var, responsible for recent G1 winner Sommerlied, is the sire of Aberto (Lot 200). One…
The four-year-old, that features in the top 20 on the latest July Log and could well be included in the final big race field, is one of 14 KwaZulu-Natal-bred entries for the Million Mile event that heads the annual KZN Breeders meeting that includes seven other non-black type races that each carry a stake of R200 000 and cater for horses that qualify over distance from 1 200m to 1 900m.
The KZN Yearling Sale will take place on 5 & 6 July at Sibaya Casino once more, and amongst our quality draft is the last produce from our exceptional broodmare, Gypsy Queen.
Duncan Howells heads up for the KZN Jockeys & Trainers Log as of 9 June, with recent wins from Kinmount Stud’s Crystal Ball, Silver Raisin and places with Inyati, High Altar and Love Theme, all KZN-born.
Howick farm Roski Stud will be offering three classy yearlings at next month’s KZN Yearling Sale, which takes place at the Sibaya Entertainment World on July 5th and 6th.
Somerset Stud, breeders of such standouts as July winner Teal and champion sprinter Taban, will be offering a pair of high quality fillies at this year’s KZN Yearling Sale.
The Scott Bros 2018 KZN Yearling Sales draft including the progeny of Mogok, Crusade, Miesque’s Approval, Linngari, Eightfold Path, Noble Tune and Redoute’s Promise.
“No fewer than seven of the Spring Valley yearlings on offer are sired by the farm’s resident A P Indy sire Just As Well. Best known as the sire of G3 winner Just Cruised In and Ready To Run Cup hero Chili Con Carne, Just As Well has been enjoying a prolific run as a sire of winners this season and is a sire who represents good value for money.”
KZN farm Summerview Stud will offer five yearlings at the 2018 KZN Yearling Sale, which is set to take place at the Sibaya Entertainment World on July 5th and 6th.
KZN BREEDERS SERIES POINTS AS AT 3 June 2018 – 2YO’s Only No. Horse Age Sex MR Trainer Breeder Points 1 ALFEO 2 C 94 Alan Greeff Piemonte Stud 30 2 CARLITA 2 F 96 Alan Greeff Piemonte Stud 30 3 AWESOMELY TUNED 2 F 84 Kumaran Naidoo Mr S Bunwarie 18 4 FROZEN TUNE…
KZN BREEDERS SERIES POINTS AS AT 3 June 2018 – 3YO’s And Up No. Horse Age Sex MR Trainer Breeder Points 1 DAWN ASSAULT 4 C 103 St John Gray Graystone Stud 34 2 PANZA 6 G 79 Ivan Van Wyk Yellow Star Stud 32 3 VICTORY TRIP 3 F 84 Dennis Bosch Rathmor Stud…
Kom Naidoo continues to lead the trainers log, whilst Lyle Hewitson continues his domination of the jockeys log, all aboard KZN born horses, whilst Warren Kennedy is catching up on 46 points. One of KZN’s leading trainers, Duncan Howells is lying in second place.
A list of the #kznbreds registered with the KZN Breeders Premium Scheme can be found below. 142 Yearlings from the province of KZN will be represented at Sibaya the week before the running of the Vodacom Durban July, with the auction days scheduled for 5 and 6 July.
The Fort’s draft includes yearlings by successful sires Querari and Toreador, and promising young stallions Crusade, Master Of My Fate, Noble Tune and champion first crop sire What A Winter.
Sunny Bill Du-Tooy will look to emulate his sire Irish Flame on Saturday, by taking the Gr1 Daily News 2000. A dead-ringer for sire in looks, he has won his last three starts on the trot by a combined almost 10 lengths over 1800m – 2000m. Irish Flame stands at Warwick and Karin Renders Bush Hill Stud.
Mooi River farm, and long-time KZN Yearling Sale stalwarts, Yellow Star Sale will be represented by six quality yearlings at the 2018 KZN Yearling Sale, set to take place on the 5th and 6th of July this year.
Crusade is continuing his good form and has produced three winners in four days at Greyville, the Vaal and Turffontein – in particular, Piemonte Stud is having a lot of success with recent Stakes Winner Alfeo, and breeding two of the winners over the past four days – including a half-sister to Gr3 placed Celestina.
Horse Of Fortune is a half-brother to Singapore multiple winner and #kznbred Mighty Emperor (by Kahal), and to recent impressive Gr2 winner and Vodacom Durban July entrant, Do It Again.
KZN is having a great season with two Gr1 winners amongst our Stakes Winners this season, and three of our #kznbreds walked away with Awards – including two out of three Triple Tiara winner, Takingthepeace.
Recently relocated trainer Kom Naidoo, who has moved his string from Summerveld to Ashburton, leads the current KZN Jockey and Trainers Log for this week. Lyle Hewitson continues to dominate the Jockeys log with 40 points.
Boom filly Takingthepeace, who won two legs of the 2017 Triple Tiara after a most exciting public build-up following her spectacular wins for new, young owners Michael Shea and Murray Makepeace, will have the names of the prominent brothers Craig and Ross Kieswetter added to her list of owners. The Kieswetter family, who own Highlands/ Ridgemont,…
“She’s a Group 1 winner at two three and four, over different trips and different ground and is very straightforward” It was somehow one of the few to get away from world record-holder Aidan O’Brien last year but the Al Shaqab Lockinge Stakes was added to this year’s Group 1 roll of honour when Rhododendron,…
Larry Wainstein, CEO of The Racing Association and Clyde Basel, Racing Executive of Phumelela, will be hosts in the Aquanaut Room at Turffontein Racecourse on Wednesday 23 May for the RA Highveld Feature Season Awards. Five KZN-breds feature prominently – see the #kznbreds highlighted in BOLD ITALICS below. The nominees: Champion two year old filly: Celtic…
The striking son of AP Indy at Spring Valley Stud, Just As Well, had a massive week with five winners and six places, including a debut win with a 2yo at the Vaal. The lightly supported Just As Well has only produced 53 foals to date since going to stud in 2011 – which amounts to approximately…
The next log of the KZN Jockey and Trainers Challenge, being run in partnership by the KZN Breeders Club and Gold Circle, sees Antony Hotspur take the lead, whilst Lyle Hewitson continues his leadership for the second week running. The talented Antony Hotspur also gave KZN Breeder Bruce Campbell a double victory on the day,…
Lee and Dino Scribante of Piemonte Stud are having an outstanding season, producing 42.6% winners to runners to date, with 90 places and 2 Black Type Winners this season – all from 54 runners with over R2,1-million in earnings. The Piemonte horses can be easily recognised at the tracks, all sporting Italian names.
The 2YO Log is being lead by three quality juvenile racehorses, the first making KZN proud is Piemonte-bred Carlita with 30 points, followed hotly by another Piemonte horse, the Crusade gelding Alfeo with 22. Third on the list is shock Gr2 SA Fillies Nursery winner Ronnie’s Candy, a daughter of King Of Kings bred, owned…
The first Log of the Trainers and Jockey’s Challenge, sponsored by KwaZulu Natal Breeders’ Club and Gold Circle kicked off on Wednesday 2 May at Scottsville, and sees the Piemonte-bred Oratorio juvenile colt Di Me (pronounced De-May) in the lead. Di Me won his second start for Mr and Mrs Lance Duncan for trainer Ivan Van Wyk.
St John Gray’s Dawn Assault leads the KZN Breeders Series Log for 3YO’s and up.
The son of Call To Combat is also a Vodacom Durban July entry and leads by 34 points, whilst Yellow Star’s Panza, named after a tank used in World War II, lies in second position, adding pressure with 32 points. Mario Ferriera’s honest Trippi filly, bred by Rathmor Stud has gone fromm leading to third position on the log with 31 points.
KZN had a brilliant day yesterday at Turffontein, kicking it off with a surprise Gr2 win in the SA Fillies Nursery, whilst Takingthepeace did not disgrace herself to finish 4th in her Triple Tiara bid, and Summerhill gained another outstanding Gr1 with son of Await The Dawn, Hero’s Honour.
“How a couple of guys from down the block invested in a filly that hates to lose and is on the brink of winning them a cool couple of million. They are becoming one of the sport stories of the year.”
— Andrew Bon
The first entries for the Vodacom Durban July are in and several KZN-breds are amongst them – including half-siblings, dual Gr1 winner Rabada (from the stable of Brett Crawford) and his grey AP Arrow half-brother, Glider Pilot, as well as Triple Tiara contender, Takingthepeace.
Too Phat To Fly can run on her day and she stormed home to register her first stakes triumph to take her earnings close on R300 000 in the R150 000 Listed Sweet Chestnut Stakes at Kenilworth on Saturday. She is by Bezrin who has relocated back to KZN once more and stands at Hadlow Stud. This…
Two KZN-breds impressed outside of South Africa’s borders – the first being Traffic Guard’s son Free Wheeler who won the Ngong Kenya Derby, whilst Curved Ball’s Zimbabwean champ Knuckleball, won yesterdays Zimbabwe Derby Listed.
“The KwaZulu Natal Breeders’ Club and Gold Circle have joined forces to introduce a new Trainers and Jockeys’ Challenge which kicks off on Wednesday 2 May at Scottsville and culminates with the KZN Breeders’ Race Day at Greyville on Saturday 30 June.”
The third and final day of the National Yearling Sale proved a successful one for Scott Bros, who knocked down a beautiful son of first season son of Galileo, Kingsbarns, to David Ferraris for R400 000. Lot 261 is the first foal out of Trippi mare, Sebonac. The impressive colt will be destined for Hong Kong, and descends from the family of French Gr1 winner, Zambezi Sun.
KZN once again had success yesterday with a half-sister to Gr1 winner Lady In Black from Rathmor, whilst Bezanova’s half-brother sold from Clifton to Chris Gerber, whilst Hadlow sold their outstanding Querari to Mary Slack. Session 1 saw Rathmor Stud sell The Vow, an Oratorio half-sister to charismatic KZN owner Alesh Naidoo for R425 000….
Clifton Stud did KZN proud when their magnificent daughter of first season sire, Soft Falling Rain, was knocked down to Form Bloodstock for R700 000. Rathmor Stud also had a great day, their best with Lot 68 In Auro who sold to Eight Mile Lodge for R500 000, whilst Roski’s eyecatching grey son of Captain Of All sold for R325 000.
Summerhill Stud, who topped South Africa’s Breeders List for ten seasons running, have been enjoying another superb season in 2017-2018. The KZN powerhouse are responsible for breeding this season’s Triple Tiara hope Takingthepeace, as well as this season’s feature race winners Champagne Haze (Tommy Hotspur Handicap) and The Thinker (The Merchants). Once again, Mick Goss…
Prominent KZN farm Spring Valley Stud will be represented by high-class draft of eight at next week’s Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale. The farm, famed for breeding the 2005 July winner Dunford as well as G1 winning siblings Count The Money and Buy And Sell, will be offering four lots outright and another quartet as…
KZN farms Summerview Stud and The Fort will both be represented by a single lot at next week’s Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale. Summerview Stud will be offering a standout daughter (Lot 425) of triple G1 winning Equus Champion Elusive Fort. The latter is an excellent filly sire, with his daughters including G1 winners Siren’s…
G1 WINNERS SIBLINGS HIGHLIGHT SCOTT BROS NATIONAL DRAFT The Scott Bros’ Highdown Stud will be represented by a 13 strong draft at next week’s Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale. Perennially among the country’s leading breeders, the Scott Bros have produced a long string of champions over the years. Among the current high class performers representing…
Roski Stud will be represented by six exceptional yearlings at next week’s Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale.
The Roski draft includes yearlings by such prominent and popular stallions as Gimmethegreenlight, Oratorio and What A Winter.
Rathmor Stud, home of promising young stallion Noble Tune, will be represented by a top class draft at the 2018 Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale next week. Rathmor’s draft includes lots by such top class sires as Captain Al, Flower Alley, Ideal World, Oratorio, Visionaire and Silvano, as well as the very promising Vercingetorix. The…
Remarkably, 11 of the Piemonte yearlings on offer are sired by G1 winning stallions, with the draft including lots by the likes of Capetown Noir, Captain Of All, Jackson, Soft Falling Rain and Wylie Hall.
Roski’s draft is impressive, with yearlings by What A Winter, Gimmethegreenlight, Oratorio and Captain Of All.
The KZN Breeders Series Log for 2YO’s has been published (points as of 9 April 2018) and congratulations to the combination of Piemonte Stud and Alan Greef who lead in the first two places – with a top filly by Oratorio, Carlita, and Alfeo (by Crusade) respectively.
The KZN Breeders Series Log for 3YO’s and Up has been published (points as of 9 April 2018) and sees the recent Rathmor-bred winner Victory Trip in the lead with a dominating 31 points. Trained by Dennis Bosch for owner Mario Ferreira, the smart filly has an outstanding Silvano half-brother at the National Yearling Sale…
“Matador Man, who won last year’s KZN Breeders Million Mile over 1600m at Greyville from Dawn Calling, is coming along the right way for a defence of his title.” – Turf Talk Newsletter
Gary and Colleen De Klerk of Summerview Stud are sending a single lot to the Nationals – Lot 425, a classy dark bay filly that stands over ground and oozes plenty of quality. The Elusive Fort filly named No Money Honey is out of Trippi mare, Harlem Nocturn.
Warwick and Karin Render of Mooi River, KZN purchased Lot 336, named One Kiss, as a weanling and donated him to their staff at Bush Hill to prepare for the yearling sale. Although this is a private initiative by the farm, it is part of a greater drive by the Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association of SA, to encourage transformation at all levels within the stud farm industry. “This gives our staff equity in the business and a tangible stake in the results from a sale”, says Warwick Render of Bush Hill Stud.
Clifton Stud, breeders of one this season’s top fillies in Covered In Snow, will be represented by nine yearlings at the 2018 Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale next month. Crusade, sire of Covered In Snow, has two colts in the draft –Star Effect (Lot 285) is a half-brother to 7 winners headed by Listed Banyana…
A list of yearlings registered with the KZN Breeders Premium Scheme at the upcoming National Yearling Sale, that will qualify for the KZN Breeders Race Day from 2019.
“First of the Kjell pair on offer is Praise Singer (Lot 500), a colt by Noble Tune. This bay, a half-brother to 2 winners, is out of a 3 time winning ¾ sister to G1 Premier’s Champion Stakes winner Fez and half-sister to the top class broodmare Salaam. The latter produced the high class, Kjell bred siblings Eastern Greeting, Kwinta and Kalaam.”
The Apache produced his first juvenile winner at Greyville on Sunday for trainer Gavin Van Zyl, who trained The Apache to Gr1 success when the son of Mogok was in South Africa.
Just Cruised In took his first stakes success when winning the R250 000 Gr3 Caradoc Gold Cup over the marathon 2850m at Turffontein on the weekend. Just Cruised In was born and raised at Spring Valley Stud for his breeder, Shadwell Stud.
Rathmor had two very exciting results at Greyville over the weekend, with wins from Rathmor-bred Victory Trip and a Gr3 win by the brilliant Gr1 winning filly, Lady In Black. Rathmor stand the dam of Lady In Black, Mystery Dame.Rathmor Stud have half-siblings to both on offer at the upcoming National Yearling Sale.
A R280 000 purchase from the CTS 2016 Johannesburg Ready To Run Sale, KZN-bred Takingthepeace made dreams come true yesterday at Turffontein for owners Murray Makepeace, M F de Kock & Michael Shea when the Mike De Kock trained flying filly, came from stone last off the turn to accelerate under a phenomenal ride from the…
Scott Bros 2018 National Yearling Sales draft by stallions Kingsbarns, Linngari, Crusade, Mogok and Eightfold Path. Our draft includes a full sibling to Gr1 winner Wild One, a half-sibling to Gr1 winner Orbison and Gr2 winner Meadow Magic, a half-sister to The Rising Legend and Cannes, and a half-sister to Gr1 placed Matador Man.
Spring Valley Stud have eight yearlings on offer at the upcoming Nationals, including progeny by Querari, Oratorio, Philanthropist, Judpot, Crusade, Just As Well, Linngari and Visionaire.
Summerhill’s outstanding draft ahead of the National Yearling Sale, including the first crop of Capetown Noir, Linngari and Visionaire.
Registration Letter at the following link: KZN BREEDERS CLUB Registration Letter 2018
After Butchie Boy (Crusade) took the first leg of the Zimbabwean Triple Crown a few weeks ago, Clifton-bred Knuckleball followed up with a win in the Gr3 Zimbabwe 2000 on Saturday. Trained by Penny Fisher and with Ryan Munger in the irons, the three-year-old gelding has now won four and been placed seven times from…
Mooi River farm, Hadlow Stud, will be represented by a six strong draft at the 2018 Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale.
Rathmor Stud’s promising young stallion Noble Tune was represented by a second winner from his first crop when the Gavin Van Zyl trained Play Another Tune won a juvenile plate over 1400m at Greyville on Good Friday.
Thank you to the TBA for this great initiative and support which we really appreciate, to assist with the education and upliftment in the industry, of the most important people who work with our horses and play an important role in producing winners for owners and trainers.
A fantastic story by Daithi Harvey, and update about Flying The Flag’s second dam, Cassandra Go. Flying The Flag stands at Bush Hill Stud and his first crop will be yearlings in August 2018.
It was a red-letter day for Piemonte who produced three winners on the day, including Alfeo (Crusade) and Romano (Irish Flame) and Carlita winning the Listed East Cape Nursery on Friday.
History will be made at the 2018 Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale, when Lot 336 comes into the ring.
This flashy grey Judpot colt is the first yearling ever sold at the National Sale by Bush Hill Stud grooms.
St John Gray’s bred, owned and trained Dawn Assault, recent winner of the Drum Star Listed, heads up the latest KZN Breeders Series Log for 3yo’s and up. Born and raised at Cathy and Jonathan Martin’s Hadlow Stud for St John’s Graystone Stud, Dawn Assault is a son of Call To Combat. Graystone Stud have…
Golden Sword has been purchased by breeder and owner Ted Hughes and relocated to Yellow Star Stud. The stallion has settled in very well to his new home.
Basic information on the trials, such as time recorded and lengths behind the ‘winner’ of the trials is carried in the Gold Circle racecard, Computaform and other relevant formguides.
However, in an effort to make the Barrier Trials punter friendly and to provide more detailed information, Gold Circle has appointed a team of seasoned ‘race readers’ to give their opinion on each trial. They will comment on and assess the performances of individual participants as a guide to punters. It is hoped that this initiative will lead to further transparency regarding first timers and prove to be a valuable aid for punters. Each Barrier Trial will be archived and comments can be accessed on the Gold Circle website
Gauteng based owner-trainer and breeder in KZN, St John Gray had plenty of cause to celebrate at Turffontein on Saturday. His stallion Call To Combat marked his first stakes winner courtesy of a gutsy victory by Dawn Assault in the R150 000 Listed Drum Star Handicap. More of a boutique sire for his gentleman breeder, Call…
Bush Hill Stud have introduced the first foals of Flying The Flag. The superbly-bred handsome chestnut son of Galileo has impressed, with his offspring throwing his presence, substance and quality.
Clifton Stud, breeders of one this season’s top fillies in Covered In Snow, will be represented by nine yearlings at the 2018 Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale next month. Crusade, sire of Covered In Snow, has two colts in the draft –Star Effect (Lot 285) is a half-brother to 7 winners headed by Listed Banyana…
Warwick and Karin Render’s Bush Hill Stud, whose past National Sales graduates include millionaire The Mouseketeer and G1 Woolavington 2000 winner Zirconeum, will be offering another top class draft at April’s Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale. Bush Hill’s nine strong draft (two offered as agent) include lots by such prominent and promising sires as Crusade, Toreador,…
KZN Breeding had a good days racing at Turffontein on Saturday – not only did Covered In Snow take the Bauhinia Listed, but two horses on the day by Summerhill sires secured two of the Non-Black Type features.
Scott Bros sire Crusade had a big weekend, producing two Stakes Winners with the second Listed win for Covered In Snow at Turffontein, and Butchie Boy in Zimbabwe taking the Gr3 Zimbabwean Guineas. Covered In Snow, who recorded her fourth consecutive win on the trot, gave her sire his second Stakes Winner when taking the…
The Level 1 Grooms’ Course will be held on Tuesday the 27th and Wednesday the 28th March at the Summerhill School of Excellence.
Two new Directors have been elected to the current Board, and the KZN Breeders Club would like to welcome Cathy Martin of Hadlow Stud and Mick Goss from Summerhill Stud.
Summerhill-bred Visionaire filly Takingthepeace has once again stamped KZN Breeders in Gauteng, with a dominating run in the Gr2 Wilgerbosdrift Gauteng Fillies Guineas (the first leg of the Triple Tiara), a race previously won by the likes of Heaps Of Fun (a Summerhill-bred daughter of Visionaire).
A respected business lady in Johannesburg who also owns a farm in the beautiful Birnamwood area outside of Howick, Ms Mlonzi made the news when she sold her Master Of My Fate filly, Master Keys, at the National Yearling Sale in 2017 for R100 000 to Nathan Kotzen, becoming the first black lady to do so in the history of the National Yearling Sale. Master Keys won impressively on debut yesterday at Scottsville.
Garlingari is a true group horse and his track record speaks for himself, reports paris-turf.com. The multiple French Group Winner added the Cagnes-sur-Mer Grand Prix du Departement Listed to his impressive record. His sire Linngari has several yearlings for sale at the upcoming CTS and BSA April Yearling Sales.
More Energy produced a strong finishing burst to overhaul favourite Supply and Demand in Saturday’s Listed Parramatta Cup (1900m) at Rosehill. The six-time winning son of More Than Ready is a half-brother to Bush Hill sire, Redoute’s Promise – both out of the superb South African-bred international Gr1 winning racemare, Perfect Promise by Caesour.
The successful partnership of Tinus Gericke and Bruce Le Roux (Chairman of the KZN Breeders Club) have purchased a share in South Africa’s champion sire Dynasty. Next month’s Parade Magazine will feature the story of both Bruce Le Roux and Tinus Gericke, who have purchased amongst the winning fillies A Woman’s Way, Marsala, Hashtagyolo, Love Theme and originally, the great Green Pepper!
Exciting Piemonte Stud-bred prospect, Carlita, is at the top of the Log of the KZN Breeders Series for Juveniles with 14 points. Piemonte Stud have bred the likes of O’ Tamara, Celestina, Lee’s Star and Kalamain amongst others. The KZN Breeders Race Day takes place on Saturday, 30 June at Greyville, and both juvenile races…
The full sister to 4-time winner and Gr3 placed Mogok’s Desire, Royal Agree heads up the first KZN Breeders Series Log for 2018 for 3yo’s and up. Trained by Glen Kotzen, the four year old filly is ahead with 22 points under her belt.
Pat and Lloyd Lunn are having a golden run at the moment from a small stable, and with another double yesterday at Scottsville, their KZN-bred juvenile filly impressed with a very fast win leading from start to finish over the 1000m.
Summerhill Stud bred the winner Champagne Haze, and his champion half-brother Pierre Jourdan and Belle Rose, and also claimed a terrific feat by producing the top three in this Gr3 cracker, with Greasepaint and Pure Blonde respectively.
The South African racing community were saddened by the death yesterday of one of the sport’s most loyal servants and passionate owners, Benji Jonsson.
Cascada is owned by French couple Xavier and Nathalie Bozo. They have been breeders for over 40 years in France, where they own a stud farm. Xavier is also a bloodstock agent. The small Doug Campbell-trained Visionaire filly Cascada quickened in eye-catching style to win over 1600m at Scottsville on Sunday, but it was just an ordinary Maiden Plate…
“Every element of the raceday has the aspect of time attached to it,” explained Gold Circle’s Event Marketing Manager Ken Tweddell, “from the time used to select the right stallion for the perfect mare, to the preparation of the perfect yearling for the sales. “From the time of the two-year-old’s first race, to competing as a seasoned contender in the “ultimate” race – the Vodacom Durban July, it is years of time focused on a race that lasts just over two minutes,” he added.
The overcast and wet conditions didnt deter a good turnout of buyers to the BSA Shongweni Sale, which saw a marked improvement on the sales results from last year. Monte Christo and Rainbowinthesky topped the KZN results of the day.
“KZN Dressage are thrilled to announce that KZN BREEDERS have once again picked up the reins in support of our THOROUGHBRED Dressage Riders!”
Carrying top weight of 61kgs at the Vaal, Africa Rising put them to sleep by winning by a quarter of a length over the 1200m and showed his turn of foot, in the process defeating the very smart Gr1 winner, Mustaaqeem, who had his first defeat yesterday.
KZN BREEDERS CLUB AGM – 6 March 2018 – Agenda and AFS attachedAs per our original notice sent out 31 January, The KZN Breeders Club AGM will take place on Tuesday 6 March, 11am at the Nottingham Road Hotel.Please see attached the completed Annual Finanical Statements for 2017, previous Minutes and the Agenda. Please rsvp to [email protected] for catering purposes. Please click…
KZN-breds won six of nine races yesterday at Greyville – and in particular the wins by Putchini and Curved Ball filly, Je Suis Silver, stood out from the rest.
Over the last few racing seasons, a general decline in the Merit Ratings was observed, especially in relation to the large group of horses rated 70 and less.
Trainer Doug Campbell has recounted previously how her connections never placed a bet on Val-La-Ree in her first run, after her gallop at Scottsville saw the filly flitting all over the track and her antics didnt infuse much confidence for her first race – however she blew them away by winning on debut by four lengths!
Very pleasantly surprised, Mike went on to say “It is a little unexpected as Awesomely Tuned is out of a stout mare, which shows that Noble Tune is adding plenty of speed.”
The KZN Breeders Club AGM will take place on Tuesday 6 March, 11am at the Nottingham Road Hotel.
London Call is Merit Rated at a very respectable MR 111, and its a shame that luck has not been on his side to secure a much deserved Graded Stakes win – he has defeated amongst many Gr1 winners Seventh Plain, Talktothestars, Sergeant Hardy and Kochka amongst others.
Photo Call, a twice-Gr1 winning three parts sister to Flying The Flag has produced her first foal by War Front, a filly.
Her dam Theann is a half-sister to Flying The Flag’s triple Gr1 winning dam, Halfway To Heaven, sharing the speedy third dam of Cassandra Go who raced under Michael Roberts. Both Photo Call and Flying The Flag share super sire Galileo.
Miesque’s Approval’s half-brother World Approval followed in his footsteps to win Eclipse Champion Male Turf Horse of the year.
White Dragon, ridden by Leslie Sercombe, clocked 1:38 1/10 to emerge victorious in the 2018 Britam Kenya Guineas Challenge at Ngong Race Course in Nairobi yesterday. White Dragon is by Await The Dawn, bred in partnership by Mr Steve Sturlese and P De Marigny.
In a further effort to further boost the blue-blooded broodmare band for young stallion Noble Tune, Rathmor Stud for the second time headed the buyers list at the CTS Breeding Stock Sale by purchasing Lot 269 Queen Of Spain (IRE) for the sales topping R2,6-million, with a Frankel foal at foot and in foal to first season sire, William Longsword.
In yet another double for Scott Bros sire Crusade, juvenile Lady Abigail won the Maiden Juvenile Plate whilst Greenstreet Bloodstock’s imposing three year old Calladdi impressed to win his first race from four starts.
KZN is represented by four horses on the CTS Cape Premier Yearling Sale and saw Summerhill sell their outstanding and well-bred Silvano filly for R500 000.
DIED 3 December 2017 RACE RECORD In England, Ireland and South Africa. 4 wins, 17 places 1200-1600m. MR 103, TFR 98 at 2. at 2 3rd Acombe Stakes (L) (1400m) at 5 2nd Gr2 Sentinel Spring (1200m) 3rd Gr2 Hawaii S. (1400m)…
Alareef last raced in February 2017 and will open his account at Meydan on Thursday night for the stable of Mike De Kock. The Stronghold gelding out of Spring Valley resident broodmare Modraj (by Machiavellian) had three wins in Dubai last season, along with six places from 13 starts in the United Arab Emirates.
“By happy coincidence, Hong Kong developed its interest in the South African market some three years ago, based on the quality and value of SA-bred horses.”
The Scott Bros’ well performed young stallion Crusade was represented by his first stakes winner when his progressive daughter Covered In Snow captured the Listed Swallow Stakes at Turffontein on Saturday. Bred by the Clifton Stud, and owned by Peter White, the Dianne Stenger trained three-year-old made it three wins from just four outings when…
The entries for the Michael Roberts Handicap (Listed) are in and include seven KZN-breds including Crusade entry, Slightly Scottish from the yard of Dean Kannemeyer.
The ever successful KZN Breeders Golf Day will be taking place once again on Friday 1 June 2018 at the Royal Durban Golf Club (centre of Greyville Racecourse). Tee off will be at 9:30. Contact [email protected] for further information if you would like to book a four-ball. As always, fantastic prizes on offer up to…
First yearlings in 2018 for Capetown Noir, the triple Gr1 winning son of Western Winter at Summerhill Stud.
Warwick Render of Bush Hill Stud comments on how fortunate they have been to have a horse of Flying The Flag’s calibre on the farm: “Every day I look at this horse I find it hard to believe just how lucky we are to have him here, had it not been for timing in our favour I doubt very much we would have seen him in this country at all with the recent international performances of his family. The quality of his first crop of foals just emphasises how special he is they are much in the mould of their sire, strong quatered high quality with good size and substance – we are absolutely thrilled.”
Backworth-bred Talk Of The Town has changed ownership and didnt disappoint, winning his third on the trot for Avontuur Estate (Pty) Ltd (Nom: Mr M J B Taberer), Mr K P Truter & Mrs Jane Truter on Friday at Kenilworth.
Summerhill are sending an outstanding draft to the CTS Premier Yearling Sale, including two siblings to Gr1 winners (Love Struck and Rabada) and a Gr3 winner, as well as a Silvano filly out of a half-sister to Bankable. The first crop of Capetown Noir are represented.
Almosthaditall, who made South African breeding news headlines when she sold for a sales topping R2,4-million to Rathmor Stud, is at home in Nottingham Road in foal to Noble Tune, with an outstanding Dynasty colt at foot.
Please take note of the new BSA National Yearling Sale inspection dates for KZN from Jane Thomas: 11th January 8.30 Spring Valley 10.30 lngrid Klug under Spring Valley 11.00 Hadlow 12.00 Summerhill 2.30 Bush Hill 4pm Somerset12th January 9am Rathmor 11.30 Scott Bros 2.30Fort stud 3.30 Almiray under Rathmor 4.00 Clifton Stud 13th January 9.00 Kjell Foundation…
An exciting KZN double took place at Kenilworth yesterday, with two smart fillies crossing the finish line in first place.
Yellow Star Stud held a Christmas Party Sale and Open Day on Thursday. Owned by Koos and Lorraine De Klerk, Koos has always been known for his clever marketing concepts and this sale proved that thinking out of the box can often reap the rewards! A clever concept with 15 two year olds for sale…
After crossing the line first in an impressive Barrier Trial run, The Bayou’s first race start at Scottsville saw him get left behind at the gates, and he ran courageously to fly up for third place. Its no surprise therefore that he started as favourite at Greyville over 1400m and flew home comfortably by over two lengths.
Backworth Stud enjoyed a great weekend’s racing with their talented Var winning at Kenilworth, whilst Love Theme by Oratorio flew home for her first maiden win at Scottsville yesterday. Talk Of The Town, who sold for R3-million at the CTS Select Yearling Sale, has now won both of his previous starts and placed from all…
The first juvenile winner for Eightfold Path came this afternoon at Fairview over 800m in the Maiden Juvenile Plate. Born A Bully, bred by Peter and Jenny Blyth of Clifton Stud is a half-brother to Gr3 winner The Plunderer.
The well related 3-time winner Belle Rose has landed in Dubai for the upcoming Dubai Carnival as part of the Mike De Kock team. By Golden Sword, she is out of star broodmare Vin Fizz – the dam of Pierre Jourdan and Champagne Haze. Merit rated 97, Belle Rose is owned by Al Adiyaat South Africa.
Yellow Star Stud will be holding a Christmas Party Sale on 21 December, including a half-brother to Putchini and the first juveniles by son of Galileo, The Assayer.
Summerhill have produced more winners this season (nine ahead of the second placed farm according to current nhra stats -3 December) than any other stud in the top 10 breeders log. There is a thought that you can predict what is to come in the future based on the past – if Summerhill’s ten year leading breeder accolades are anything to go by, their draft is to be respected.
Entries have opened for the KZN Breeders Series of seven races at a stake of R200 000 each, held on KZN Breeders Race Day taking place in Saturday, 30 June 2018, and last year saw 700 horses entered for the day.
Winners for both Crusade and Eightfold Path yesterday at Greyville..
Kjell Foundation’s handsome big chestnut son of Kahal, the aptly named Wynkelder, won the KZN Summer Challenge Final (Non Black Type) at Scottsville yesterday for trainer and part owner Tony Rivalland and owners Messrs G N Cumming, Clint Larsson, Arthur Potts and Mrs Mary Liley. Wynkelder, out of Al Vino [read more about her here] by Al…
“It is with heavy hearts that we report that Toreador had to be euthanased for humane reasons this morning after a brief but severe ailment. We thank the Vets and staff of Almiray Vet practice and Baker & McVeigh for their help and efforts in fighting for him.”
Our KZN Breeders Awards will be taking place on 2 December at Fordoun, from 5:30. A big thank you to our sponsors for making our special evening possible. Keep an eye on our social media for the results of the KZN Breeders Awards on Saturday evening.
Scenes from Hadlow Stud at the end of breeding season 2017, including foals by Bezrin, Noble Tune, Redoute’s Promise and Crusade.
From small numbers in our province, KZN had a great Summer Cup race day with a Gr2 Merchants win, followed up by several places in the feature races of the day including a very close second in the Gr2 Dingaans. Summerhill Stud are doing KZN proud once again on the seasonal stats, as the current leading breeders of South Africa.
“He’s a very unassuming little horse,” commented Woodruff. “Nobody considered him for the Derby and the winner went on and ran second in the Durban July. There’s the form line!
Gypsy Queen is the sort of mare that keeps all breeders hopes alive at sales – unplaced in one start at age 3, but a full sister to two Gr2 SA Oaks winners amongst their other Stakes wins – namely Royal Prophecy and Noble Destiny.
Gypsy Queen has no doubt trounced her Bold Black Type sisters at stud, whose progeny have won but not excelled to the the heights of Gypsy Queen.
This is the first crop of Flying The Flag, a full brother to double Gr1 winner Rhododendron and Gr2 winner Magical.
The Var colt is out of Backworth-bred 8-time winner Raise The Bar, a daughter of exceptional broodmare sire Goldkeeper who flew the flag brightly for Backworth Stud in her heyday. Her first foal is already Bold Black Type, the Gimmethegreenlight filly Rose In Bloom winning the Irridescence Stakes and Stakes Placed. The colt sold for R850 000 to Mark Erasmus.
KZN stallions are leading the way for the first season sires in South Africa so far this season in AEPR and Winners to Runners percentages, and the stats make for interesting reading (from www.nhra.co.za as of 15 November).
On Sunday the previously raced KZN-bred Alldressedup led most of the way under Athandiwe Mgudlwa to hold off the unraced Twice Over gelding Sequel. The winner clocked 62,05 secs.
Queen Laurie by Great Britain, out of Maggie Kay, swooped to victory last night for Mr G Maroun as trainer and owner in the Gardenia Listed over 1000m. Bred by Worldwise Breeding Syndicate (Nom: Mr K Hunter), the dam Maggie Kay stands at Yellow Star Stud who consigned a full brother to Queen Laurie at the 2017 KZN Yearling Sale.
No Worries arrived home at the place of his birth yesterday to take up his place as a “babysitter” at Summerhill alongside fellow millionaires, Hear The Drums and Amphitheatre. He’s in the shape of his life, complete with the offset knees that left him out of the conventional sales a horse of his class would otherwise have been consigned to. Long live the new king!
Crusade’s three year olds are flying and he produced his first double yesterday at Greyville for trainers Paul Lafferty and Dean Kannemeyer, whilst KZN breeder Mr Shakti Bunwarie enjoyed a double on the day.
“Anyone at the “Big T” on Saturday would’ve had no illusions about the truth of the adage: Big Bear made sure of that with a pulsating performance in the Emperors Palace Ready To Run Cup, putting to bed two of the nation’s highest rated three year old colts and a Group One winning filly, to deliver its eighth victory in eleven renewals of one of the country’s richest prizes to the KZN nursery, Summerhill.”
THE 2017 Melbourne Cup will be remembered as the day 24-year-old trainer Joseph O’Brien overshadowed his legendary father Aidan O’Brien to create a famous chapter in the race that stops the nation with a full brother to Golden Sword, who was also the youngest horse in the race.
Miesque’s Approval, Flying The Flag, Crusade and Noble Tune were all represented with siblings at the weekend’s Breeders Cup and impressed with their efforts, with two of them winners.
Brave Tin Soldier’s smart daughter and Gr1 winner Brave Mary, second in the Emperors Ready to Run Cup, is headed to quarantine at Kenilworth in advance of a long trip through Mauritius to France in late February. KZN-bred Anna Pavlova made the trip to France at the end of October for Team Valor.
The Melbourne Cup, to be run at Flemington racecourse tomorrow morning (Tuesday), has to date eluded record-breaking trainer Aidan O’Brien. However, KZN Breeders will be hoping his son Joseph wins it this year with Rekindling, who is a full-brother to the Summerhill-based stallion Golden Sword.
Summerhill-bred Big Bear galloped to a scintillating win in Saturday’s R2,5 million CTS Emperors Palace Ready To Run Cup at Turffontein, in a 1-2-3 past the winners post for KZN-breds.
In a thrilling finish Declarationofpeace, a War Front half-brother to Rathmor sire Noble Tune, under a rousing ride by jockey Ryan Moore forged to the front in the final strides to shade Sound And Silence and win the $200,000 Qatar Juvenile Turf Sprint Stakes, the final stage-setter before nine consecutive Breeders’ Cup championship contests at Del Mar.
Aiden O’Brien’s twice Gr1 winning fillies – Rhododendron and Seventh Heaven – will each be lining up at the Breeders Cup taking place today and tomorrow at Del Mar, part of the biggest team he has ever sent to the Breeders Cup.
Eight Cities, a three year old son of Eightfold Path bred by Scott Bros gave his sire his fourth winner for the season this afternoon at the Vaal Classic track over 1500m.
After Crusade’s flying grey filly’s annhilation of the field at Kenilworth on Tuesday, the son of Mr Greeley followed up with Crusado at Greyville on the turf over 1200m for breeders Bush Hill Stud.
St Helier Stud’s beautiful grey filly Velvet Dawn, who sold for R300 000 at the BSA National Yearling Sale in 2016, won for trainer Paddy Kruyer at Kenilworth yesterday in a phenomenal fashion over 1200m and owner Mrs Rathbone.
The sale, conducted by Jan Naude and Caroline Simpson’s Livestock Auctions, achieved an aggregate of R4 145 000, with an average of R69 083 and a top price of R380 000 paid by Bobby Rajhuhanan for a beautiful Visionaire colt. – Turf Talk
Hadlow Stud have welcomed a special foal late last week, an eyecatching filly by Flying The Flag. What makes her special is her inbreeding to world super-sire Galileo.
Run Rhino Run, bred by the former Aldora Stud in Nottingham Road, shocked the Sunday afternoon punters at Greyville with a 21.25 length win over a marathon 3000m. It was a goosebump moment as the Greyville crowd watched the Silvano corner and cheered Serino home under his hard pulling mount.
After producing two winners last week, Crusade had an eight length debut winner at Flamingo Park this afternoon.
Mustajeeb has his three parts brother Tamayuz at stud in England and the young sire is off to enormous success already – including producing Woodbine Gr1 winner Blond Me. Tamayuz shares his second dam with Mustajeeb, both sons of 5-time Gr1 winner Nayef. Ascot record breaker Mustajeeb will be standing at Bush Hill Stud in 2018 after his export was delayed in the 2017 breeding season.
Crusade has produced two winners in a week, the first with Roski’s Onamission for Mike De Kock at Turffontein, the other with Romantic Crusade at Durbanville yesterday for July winning trainer Candice Bass-Robinson. Glen Kotzen’s debut winning Crusade, Wings Of Honor, followed up with a third place yesterday at the same course.
Invitation to the KZN Breeders Awards 2017, taking place 2 December at Fordoun. Please rsvp by 20 November.
Another impressive day for KZN-breds at Turffontein yesterday, as five of the 10 races carded went to horses born and raised in Kwa-Zulu Natal, including two for De Kock Crusade filly Onamission and Await The Dawn’s talented daughter, Tammany Hall.
Flying The Flag’s youngest full sister Magical, will be looking to emulate her older full sisters race record after being entered to run in the Gr1 Fillies Mile tomorrow.
Foals from Scott Bros this season by The Apache, Flying The Flag, Crusade and Mogok.
We hope that you will be able to join us at the upcoming Ready To Run sale at the School Of Excellence, Summerhill Stud on Wednesday, 25th October. To book your seat, apply for a buyer’s card or to find out more information, please e-mail [email protected] or [email protected]. Gallops can be viewed individually by clicking here: http://www.summerhill.co.za/ready-to-run-sale-2017/ or by visiting Summerhill’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/SummerhillStud/playlists and clicking on…
Congratulations to the nominees of the KZN Breeders Awards 2017! We look forward to seeing all at the KZN Breeders Awards taking place 2 December at Fordoun in Nottingham Road.
KZN had a cracking day at the Vaal yesterday, with 6 of our stallions winning races with their progeny on the 8 race card – 7 if you include Kahal as a broodmare sire.
Scott Bros are off to a smashing start at Vaal today, producing three winners from the first four races on the card all by their resident sires which include Miesque’s Approval and Mogok, however Crusade’s first time filly impressed in the fourth race on the card.
Darley’s outstanding stallion, Dubawi, second only to Galileo as Europe’s premier sire, has enjoyed yet another magnificent season in 2017, says Sarah Whitelaw for Sporting Post. Dubawi is the sire of Summerhill’s handsome chestnut stallion, the only Gr1 winning horse at stud in the Southern Hemisphere – the Sean Tarry-trained Willow Magic. Willow Magic’s first…
South Africa’s leading thoroughbred auction house have reinforced their longstanding commitment to the local racing and breeding industry by introducing a revamped 2018 sales programme, which incorporates a R2 million cash relief for breeders. Unveiling the 2018 sales roster at the opening of the National 2yo Sale at the TBA Sales Complex in Germiston, Bloodstock…
Garlingari, a son of KZN based Linngari, produced another victory in the Qatar Prix Dollar Gr2 over 2000m for Madame Corine Barande Barbe at Chantilly, a race that contributed towards the fame of the great Cirrus Des Aigles.
One of the brightest stars in the Ballydoyle firmament at the start of the year, Flying The Flag’s full sister Rhododendron claimed a hard-fought victory over stablemate Hydrangea, her second Gr1 victory to date for the Irish Champion Juvenile filly.
Two stallions are available for rehoming, Overlord and Atso respectively as they have been retired from Thoroughbred breeding. Both horses produce good looking individuals with exceptional temperaments. Overlord is the sire of many winners including Gr1 winner and Equus Champion Sprinter Talktothestars, whilst Atso has produced winners and many successful horses outside of racing. Please…
Crusade’s twice Gr1 winning Galileo half sister is amongst the entries for the Gr1 Arc De Triomphe, along with the likes of Enable and Cloth Of Stars. Seventh Heaven will be looking to capture her third Gr1 victory – Crusade’s damline has strengthed over the years and their younger Galileo sibling recently placed fourth in…
Its always good news when a stallion has a sibling entered for a Gr1, but to have two full sisters on one of the worlds most exclusive race days is certainly an astounding achievement in itself. Flying The Flag’s Group winning full sisters – Rhododendron and the youngest Magical – will be competing in France on the day of the Arc De Triomphe.
Please let Summerhill know if you would like them to send you a hard copy of the Catalogue.
Only 62 lots available including the last of the Await The Dawns. E-mail [email protected] or [email protected] to book your seat.
Gold Circle will be staging official barrier trials for unraced horses from as soon as the first week of November 2017, turftalk.co.za reports. The trials will be held at the Kwazulu-Natal racetracks prior to the start of race meetings.
Eightfold Path’s second winner Esploratore came quickly after the first, along with an impressive debut run from Jet Path in the last race. Bred for owner Michael Leaf and trained by Alec Laird, the three year old filly is a half-sister to Michael’s Ready To Run Cup winner, Chilli Con Carne. Peter Gibson, who manages…
The bay son of Linngari and a previous Gr2 winner and Gr1 placed, Garlingari walked away with the Gr3 La Coupe de Maisons-Laffitte on the weekend over 2000m in France. Linngari, a son of Indian Ridge, has produced a lifetime winners to runners percentage of an impressive 60% with progeny the world over.
Coming off her impressive Gr2 Debutante win, Flying The Flag’s juvenile full sister by Galileo followed up with a Gr1 second place in the Moyglare Stakes at the Curragh by a short head to Happily. Magical defeated Happily by one and quarter lengths in the Gr2 Debutante.
It is with great disappointment that we have to inform breeders that Mustajeeb will not make it to South Africa for the 2017 covering season.
We have had a long battle with the authorities over EVA vaccine regulations in our import protocols that currently have an impact on the direct import of stallions to South Africa from Europe and USA.
Save The Date for the KZN Breeders Awards 2017, taking place 2 December at Fordoun Hotel.
The daughter of Crusade dominated most of the running, with Runaway Rebel looking to be a threat but Wings Of Honor fought doggedly to the finish with plenty of determination.
Brigtnumberten gave his sire Eightfold Path his first winner comfortably this afternoon at Turffontein over 1000m under Gavin Lerena for trainer Roy Magner. Eightfold Path, a French Gr3 and Listed winner by Giant’s Causeway is impeccably-bred out of the 5-time Gr1 winner Divine Proportions, stands at Scott Bros’ Highdown Stud.
Lee and his brother with whom he races in partnership with, dominated the juvenile category at the recent Eastern Cape Racing Awards, winning with Queen Forever in the fillies category and the smart Kimberley Star the colt / gelding award, whilst Beataboutthebush secured Champion 3YO Filly.
Sold for R100 000 at the National 2YO Sale and closely related to Pocket Power and River Jetez, Angel’s Power has earned almost R500 000 in stakes to date with four wins and 24 places.
Former Mike de Kock assistant Nathan Kotzen finally broke the ice in his new role as trainer for his own account when the Toreador colt Cumulus won the third race at Scottsville on Sunday. A relieved looking ‘Natie’ said that the 3yo colt had shown some good work at home, but was surprised to see…
The Scott Bros’ liver chestnut Gr1 producing mare and KZN Breeders Broodmare Of The Year for 2016, Tellittothestars has produced a Mogok filly at Highdown Stud the night before last.
The breeding sheds in the Southern Hemisphere will open tomorrow on the first day of Spring, and will see the KZN Midlands roads filled with horseboxes transporting mares to and fro for covering.
KZN have two new stallions for the upcoming season; the first is Mustajeeb at Bush Hill Stud, and the second is a well bred son of Jet Master at Roy Moodley’s stud farm, named Jayyed.
Toreador’s twice Gr1 winning son Bull Valley secured the honours at last night’s Gold Circle KZN Racing Awards, the Ambiance Stud-bred Bull Valley winning Champion Horse Of The Season.
We trust this note finds you well. Kindly note that to expedite the booking process for any outside mares visiting Summerhill stallions outside of business hours, the weekend manager on duty will have with them an after-hours mobile phone. Should you wish to call, book covers, WhatsApp outstanding copies of contracts etc, the following number can be used: 078 192 5804.
Born and raised at Bush Hill Stud for breeders Mr S Fuhri, the handsome Curved Ball colt Bad Attitude won his second start yesterday at Scottsville for trainer Dennis Drier – one of four winners for the conditioner on the day. He beat a field which included the favourite, a Captain Al colt named Drageda….
The racing world was shocked and saddened on Thursday morning by news of the sudden death of jockey Alec Forbes overnight. He had ridden five horses at Scottsville on Wednesday, winning on Master Of Mischief. He had apparently been feeling “fluish” before using the sweat box to lose weight for a ride and felt worse…
“A daughter of top-class SA sprinter Noble Heir (Kahal) maintained her unbeaten record from three starts when she beat Blue Diamond Stakes winner Catchy by a head in a thrilling finish to the Gr3 Quezette Stakes run over 1100m at Caulfield on Saturday.”
Flying The Flag’s younger full sister, Magical, followed in her older Gr1 winning full sisters footsteps by winning the Gr2 Debutante in Ireland. Rhododendron won the race in 2016 and was crowned Irish Champion 2YO Filly after an exceptional Gr1 winning season. Aidan O’Brien won the Group 2 Debutante Stakes for the 12th time. Despite…
A gallery of KZN-breds at the National Yearling Sale. First season sires include Redoute’s Promise and Noble Tune.
“It remains a fact though, that too many horses are not making their production costs in the sales ring, and
while the future may hold brighter prospects, the reality is that stallion fees are a material cost of
every horseman’s budget, and we want to play a role in mitigating deficits in the meantime.”
Toreador’s outstanding sprinting son and dual Gr1 winner this season, Bull Valley bred by Ambiance Stud (and trained by Champion Sean Tarry), won the the Cape Breeders Award last night for Champion Sprinter.
Magical, a 2YO sister to Gr1 Fillies’ Mile winner and English 1,000 Guineas & English Oaks placegetter Rhododendron and Bush Hill Stud’s resident international Group winning sire Flying The Flag, got off the mark when scoring by a head in Ireland on Tuesday.
“Whereas in the past CTS offered six sales for yearlings and two year olds, we have now consolidated them into three sales. The new format provides buyers and vendors with every level of sales platform, from a select offering for later developing horses, to a value session with low costs to buyers and sellers for value buys.”
Coenie De Beer, the owner and trainer of Gr1 Tsogo Sun Sprint winner and Equus Award Champion Sprinter Talktothestars, brought the leading sprinter to Scottsville yesterday along with his full sister by Overlord, Lady Starlett, the latter giving a galloping lesson to win strongly going away.
Summerview will be offering two-year-olds by such well performed South African raced stars as Curved Ball and Irish Flame.
The first foal by Gr1 winning son of Dubawi, Willow Magic, has arrived at Summerhill Stud. Certainly stamped by his impressive chestnut sire, Willow Magic is the only Gr1 winning son of Dubawi at stud in the Southern Hemisphere.
Summerhill Sales will be strongly represented at the 2017 National Two Year Old Sale, by no fewer than 33 juveniles.
Bruce and Delia Le Roux’s Spring Valley Stud, responsible for producing such high class performers as July winner Dunford and fellow G1 winners Buy And Sell, Count The Money and Indiscreet Fantasy, will be offering 14 lots at this month’s National Two Year Old Sale. Bruce Le Roux ended the 2016/2017 racing season on an impressive 49% winners to runners ratio.
Lady In Black trained by Dennis Drier remains unbeaten after three starts – winning the Gr1 Thekweni over 1600m on the Greyville turf in the same colours carried to multiple Gr1 success for KZN-born Futura.
Lady In Black is out of Mystery Dame by Jet Master – an astute purchase by Rathmor Stud to bolster the book of Noble Tune, Rathmor sold her Dynasty full brother earlier this year for R1,7million at the National Yearling Sale.
The stable of Paul Peter stunned with a winning double from his raiders, including the Arc-En-Ciel bred Fort Ember – a grand-daughter of Kahal who took home the Gr2 Gold Bracelet from favourite Nightingale by two lengths. Other KZN horses to impress was Scott Bros’ Matador Man who ran a phenomenal third in the Gr1 Champions Cup, after not jumping out the stalls on terms and trailing by four or five lengths. His Crusade half-brother Subtropical also caused a stir when the handsome colt won the second race of the day – giving Crusade his seventh winner of the season (six in South Africa).
The National 2YO Sale has produced amongst others KZN-breds Gr1 winner and Equus Champion Sprinter Talktothestars, as well as the recent Million Mile (and Stakes winner), Gr1 aimed Matador Man and international globe-trotting multiple Group Winner The Apache, who was famously purchased for R80 000 and earned in excess of R17 million.
King’s Chapel had a double yesterday at Flamingo Park, including a win with juvenile colt Bishop Of Bombay in the Non Black Type Flamingo Nursery over 1400m.
“Sean Tarry raised the bar from last term and set a new record for winners in a season when the Mullins Bay mare Wukkin’ Up enjoyed a beautifully judged ride from the front to win the R150 000 Listed Off To Stud Stakes at Greyville on Saturday.”
Bush Hill Stud’s son of Danehill, Toreador, secured his third career Gr1 win at stud, and the second for the handsome Bull Valley of the season in yesterday’s Gr1 Mercury Sprint.
A reminder of the seminar for all KZN TBA members, to be presented by Dr Martin Schulman (Veterinary reproduction specialist), and associates on the 2nd of August at Rawdons hotel.
Devil’s Peak, a chestnut juvenile full brother to five time-Gr1 winning Dancewiththedevil, won his second start for breeder / owner/ trainer St John Gray at the Vaal this afternoon. He was born and raised at Cathy and Jonathan Martin’s Hadlow Stud for breeder St John Gray of Graystone Stud.
Purchased off the Klawervlei Farm Sale, the juvenile out of Kahal mare La Mascarata bred by Dr Ian Heyns, sauntered to an easy victory under Craig Zackey over the 1200m comfortably by over a length.
Summerhill Stud hosted a group of international press from leading Thoroughbred publications world wide, including the likes of the Racing Post, Bloodhorse and TDN amongst others last week. The internationally renowned group of journalists from across all corners of the globe, lead by South Africa’s leading international photo journalist Liesl King, were in town for…
Rathmor Stud held their annual stallion day in honour of their special stallion Noble Tune on Sunday at their beautiful farm in Nottingham Road – with 200 guests from across the country, including leading breeders and trainers from the Cape and Johannesburg. An eyecatching setting with an impressive transluscent tent and Noble Tune beanies on…
Another KZN-bred filly, Gr1 Allan Robertson winner Brave Mary has been purchased by Team Valor. The speedy Brave Tin Soldier filly who showed the Allan Robertson field a clean pair of heels is in training with Paul Matchett.
It was a typical winter day in Mooi River with visibility interrupted after the neighbouring farm chose to burn their fire breaks for the season, but a big thank you to Bruce and Delia Le Roux for hosting the BSA KZN Mare Sale, with plenty of steak rolls, coffee and wine to keep everyone warm!…
Rathmor Stud’s Noble Tune did KZN proud again and topped the leading sires of the KZN Yearling Sale, selling twenty Lots from various vendors for an aggregate of R1 335 000. The only son of Unbridled’s Song at stud in South Africa has impressed since his arrival and will be on show tomorrow (Sunday) at…
Rathmor Stud once again did KZN proud as they dominated the KZN Yearling Sale on Day 1, topping the sale with an outstanding Duke Of Marmalade filly who sold for R460 000 to Team G Racing. KZN topped the first three places on the top prices of the day – after Rathmor’s Lot 25 Cést…
Backworth Stud, breeders of Gr1 winning filly Chocolicious, have a very special filly on sale at the KZN Yearling Sale, Backworth’s only offering. Lot 205 stable number C21, the filly named Extravargant is a full sister to Cuvara, a winning three year old son of Var out of Cupid’s Daughter (AUS) by Ad Valorem (USA).
It was a big day for the Kwazulu-Natal breeders at Greyville on Sunday and particularly for the Scott Bros that bred the winner of the KZN Breeders Million Mile, Matador Man, and the winner of the “Level the Playing Fields” series final, Mark My Card.
Bush Hill Stud’s Redoute’s Promise saw his multiple winning half-brother More Energy (by Fastnet Rock), further boosting the pedigree when he placed second in the Gr3 Qld Tatt’s RC Tattersall’s Cup over 2200m by a neck under South African Jeff Lloyd, from only five starts. View the KZN Yearling Sales draft on offer from Bush Hill, including the first progeny of Redoute’s Promise.
Cathy Martin of Hadlow Stud comments on their draft the KZN Yearling Sale: “This KZN Yearling Sale draft from Hadlow contains some outstanding types. We have a beautiful draft of horses covering all racing types and distances. A number of them are well suited to the KZN Yearling Sale Million race attached to this sale. Our…
The list of KZN-breds registered with the KZN Breeders Premium Scheme, who all qualify for KZN Breeders Race Day and stakes of R2,8million to be won in total.
Dual Gr1 winning son of Western Winter, Warm White Night has joined Yellow Star Stud for the upcoming 2017 breeding season. The handsome stallion who won the Gr1 Gold Medallion as a juvenile and the Gr1 Cape Flying Championship at age 4, relocated from Klawervlei Stud and Koos De Klerk reports that the stallion is settling in well.
The latest log of the KZN Yearling Sale Million to be run on Vodacom Durban July day, for juvenile graduates of the 2016 KZN Yearling Sale. The winning KZN-bred (registered with the KZN Breeders Premium Scheme) stands to take home an added stakes bonus of R200 000 over and above the million on offer. Previous KZN-bred winners include Gr2 winner Virgo’s Babe and Cutting Edge. Dont forget to “tick the box” in order to qualify.
After Brad McHardy won the KZN Breeders Golf Day in 2015, his older brother Devon took the Ben Jonsson Floating Trophy and a voucher of R5000 towards the purchase of a KZN-bred yearling at the upcoming Sibaya KZN Yearling Sale. Devon is the son of Mike and Tanya McHardy of Rathmor Stud. The field included…
13 KZN-bred horses will line up for the KZN Breeders Million Mile on Sunday, which will see over R2,8 million in stakes awarded to the connections of KZN-breds on the 9-race card Proudly KZN day.
“Not since perhaps Northern Guest’s glory years at Summerhill have we seen such an interest in a KZN based stallion,” he said. “We’re getting over 20 mares from breeders around the country including Lammerskraal and we’re sending ten of our own away to other stallions.”
The KZN Breeders Club are once again offering a bonus of R200 000 to the KZN-Bred (registered with the KZN Breeders Premium Scheme) that may win the KZN Yearling Sale Million on Vodacom Durban July day this year.
The Rathmor purchase and top price of the CTS Mare sale, broodmare named Allmosthaditall (USA) sold as Lot 15, a winner in Ireland with a previous foal by Rock Of Gibraltar in 2015. She is out of a Storm Cat / Mr Prospector mare, from the damline of Gr1 winner Mastery and sire Miswaki and will be a perfect fit for their resident sire, Noble Tune.
The big quiet bright bay mare who was voted KZN Breeders Broodmare Of The Year in 2011, is fast establishing herself a dynasty with six daughters acquired by leading Thoroughbred nurseries in both South Africa and overseas – going on to produce six winning progeny between them, including in Ireland and more recently a Listed winning juvenile at Fairview – Queen Forever on Friday, whilst her grandson So Var won at Turffontein this week.
Piemonte Stud’s talented juvenile Kahal filly Celestina, leads the KZN Breeders Series Juvenile Log for a stake of R200 000. The Gr3 2nd placed filly is a winner and placed three times from six starts for owner and champion trainer, Sean Tarry. Piemonte Stud bring 17 yearlings to the upcoming KZN Yearling Sale at Sibaya, including…
Bush Hill Stud’s The Poet leads the KZN Breeders Series Log for the seven races on offer for a stake of R200 000 each on KZN Breeders Race Day, taking place 25 June. The handsome son of Brave Tin Soldier, who recently produced Gr1 Allan Robertson winner Brave Mary, is a 3-time winner owned by…
Flying The Flag’s full sister finishes second in the Gr1 Investec Oaks. “That was a real Oaks,” exclaimed Gosden. “The drama before and the flash of lightning as they were loading – it was all a bit Hollywood. I thought they were two magnificent fillies; they fought hard down the straight.”
Summerhill stallion Brave Tin Soldier produced the goods again just a week after his Scottsville Gr1 success with his daughter Brave Mary, when the supremely consistent mare Easy Street streaked to her fourth win on the trot, slamming her field to win the R150 000 Listed Milkwood Stakes at Fairview on Friday.
It is with great sadness that I heard Sue Winter had passed away on Tuesday night. Sue, our fellow Breeder and friend for many years, managed Rondebosch Stud and then moved to Avalon Stud in Mooi River. She lived for her horses and Dogs – we say goodbye to Sue with many fond memories. Our…
Three KZN associated horses will be running in the Gr1 Daily News 2000, which was won by Summerhill-bred Rabada last year. The three include Rabada’s grey half-brother Glider Pilot, Varsfontein son of Mogok, Pagoda, and Summerhill-bred Gr3 winning Visionaire colt Africa Rising.
Aidan O’Brien’s bid for a third consecutive Investec Oaks will be led by Rhododendron as she featured among ten declarations for Friday’s Classic at Epsom. Cartier Juvenile Filly of the year and Gr1 winner Rhododendron is a full sister to Flying The Flag at Bush Hill Stud. His first foals are due this year.
Jockey Morne Winnaar will take a slender one point lead over Billy Jacobson into the final of “Levelling The Playing Fields Series” on Sunday, 25 June 2017. After winning rounds 1 and 2, Jacobson did not fare too well in the draw for Round 3 and his charge Roy’s Power could only finish 5th. Winnaar’s fourth placing on Royal Agree on Sunday was enough to reverse a one-point deficit into a one-point lead in their chase for the R50 000 bonus for the leading jockey of the Series.
Three of our KZN resident sires flew the flag high for our small province with three winners from the four Gr1 races on the day – two of them from from sires Brave Tin Soldier and Toreador, and the other from broodmare sire Spectrum with Sand And Sea, and Just As Well’s handsome son Zodiac Jack placed in the Gr3 Cape Of Good Hope Nursery Stakes, just a length off the winner for breeder Roski Stud.
Bush Hill Stud’s promising young sire and former Horse Of The Year Irish Flame got off the mark as a sire when his son Gizmo thrashed his rivals to break his maiden by three and a quarter lengths on Monday.
It gives Bush Hill Stud great pleasure to announce that we will be standing a new sprinting sire for the 2017 season in MUSTAJEEB, the fastest colt to come out of the famous sire producing Allegretta family of champion sires Galileo, Sea The Stars and King’s Best. In fact every group winning colt to go to stud from the family has become a Gr 1 sire, including MUSTAJEEB’s close relative Tamayuz.
The invitation for the KZN Breeders Race Day luncheon. Dress in Black and White, and join us for the theme Christmas In Winter!
“A passionate racehorse owner and breeder, based at his Kwazulu-Natal Piemonte Stud, Lee brings with him a wealth of knowledge, business acumen and solid leadership.”
The KZN-bred fillies racing on Saturday’s big Gr1 sprint day at Scottsville include several entries into the Gr1 Allan Robertson, whilst Paul and Beth Gadsby-trained Vision To Kill will contest the Gr1 South African Fillies Sprint.
Invitation to the Noble Tune Stallion Day. A bus service will be on offer, along with lunch and live music.
The often shoeless champion Talktothestars (pictured winning last year’s Gr1 Tsogo Sun Sprint) will have a fine chance of defending his crown in the Gr 1 Tsogo Sun Sprint over 1200m at Scottsville on Saturday. The current KZN-bred Equus Champion Sprinter’s last run in the Gr 1 Computaform Sprint over 1000m where he flew home for…
KZN BREEDERS SERIES POINTS AS AT 22 MAY 2017 – 3YO AND UP LOG No. Horse Age Sex Trainer Breeder Points 1 BANKING APRIL 4 F Lucky Houdalakis Summerhill Stud (Pty) Ltd 37 2 THE POET 5 G Mark Dixon Bush Hill Stud 36 3 ROY’S TAXI 5 G Kumaran Naidoo Mr Bruce Le…
Piemonte’s Stud’s Celestina pictured as a yearling. Unsold at the National Yearling Sale, the daughter of Kahal out of Sully’s Landing is already Gr3 2nd placed from two starts from the stable of Sean Tarry. KZN BREEDERS SERIES POINTS AS AT 22 MAY 2017 -2YO LOG No. Horse Age Sex Trainer Breeder Points 1 CELESTINA…
The well related Firth Of Tay proved the star attraction at Thursday’s Cape Mare Sale, held for a first time at the Mistico Equestrian Centre. The full sister to Kildonan was consigned by Wilgerbosdrift, the mare was knocked down to John Kramer for R300 000.
The Summerhill Mare & Weanling Sale took place on Sunday in icy conditions, which saw 184 horses catalogued, amongst them the dams of Rabada, Royal Pleasure, Love Struck, Intergalactic, Witchcraft and multiple Black Type producer, Surfer’s Eye.
Starting off in KZN and later purchased by Mauritzfontein, the Gr1 winning young sire Byword, whose half-brother Finche made a stunning winning debut at Deauville on Sunday, was represented by his first winner when first crop son Talk Wrench won over 1000m on Monday at Flamingo Park.
An elated Billy Jacobson won the second leg (of four) of the KZN Breeders “Level The Playing Fields Series” on Sunday at Scottsville – putting him line for the jockey prize of R50 000. Wendy Whitehead won the second pool of the day with her Brave And Bold – making it a double in the series for sire Brave Tin Soldier.
The War Front Coolmore-owned half-brother to Noble Tune and Honor Code is making waves in Ireland after a six length victory for trainer Aiden O’Brien at Navan in Ireland. Save The Date for Noble Tune’s Stallion Day 2 July at Rathmor Stud.
Witchcraft, Africa Rising, Pagoda, The Elmo Effect and Bold Viking are amongst the KZN-bred or by KZN Sire entries for the Vodacom Durban July.
– by Mick Goss Let’s face it, it was tough going at the National Yearling Sale, more so on the third day. There were those who complained that the market could not take more than 600 horses in a matter of a fortnight, and there was probably some truth in it. Others complained about…
Considering the minority of the numbers of horses produced in KZN compared to the neighbouring provinces, two of them – one a KZN-bred, the other by a KZN sire, came very close to securing Gr1 victories but finished close second each. There were plenty of results over the weekend which saw KZN-breds place closely in…
The big sale at Summerhill on Sunday 14th May looks like “opportunity” with a capital “O”. While it’s obviously the golden chance to grab a clutch of broodmare gems, history only has to repeat itself for the Summerhill offering of 80 weanlings to throw up some elite racehorses, and all it calls for is for buyers to plunge their hands into a “pipe” which has yielded more premierships than any other in modern history. The bonus is that the old adage “the early bird catches the worm” applies here, too. A timeous application for the three payment credit terms will put you in the box seat to get what you like, when you want it.
Seventh Heaven, a dual Gr1 Oaks winner added to her record by winning the Gr2 Dunaden Jockey Club Stakes at Newmarket on Saturday. The filly is a Galileo half-sister to KZN sire Crusade.
Rathmor Stud did KZN very proud with exceptional results over the three days of the National Yearling Sale with their registered KZN-breds – overall the National Yearling Sale surprised many with extraordinary results for a supressed economic climate.
St Helier Stud has a successful day with two Lots sold – the first an outstanding What A Winter colt for R375 000 and Piemonte an imposing Noble Tune colt for R350 000.
Mike and Tanya McHardy’s Rathmor Stud dominated the first day of the National Yearling Sale for the KZN Breeders, achieving outstanding results from four horses sold for an average of over R740 000 each, whilst history was also made when a yearling bred by Nothemba Mlonzi was sold at the Nationals for R100 000 from her Mwetwood Stud.
110 KZN-breds will be represented at the National Yearling Sale this year, including the half-siblings to two Gr1 winners – Wild One and Talktothestars. Stakes Winners by KZN Sires or KZN-Bred horses include
Africa Rising, Champagne Haze, The Elmo Effect, Bold Viking, Daring Diva, Anna Pavlova, Patchit Up Baby, Dawn Calling, Matador Man, Alareef, London Call, Romany Prince, Scandal, Intergalactic, Bezanova, Rikitikitana, Beach Goddess, Chilli Con Carne, Angels Power, O Tamara, Talktothestars, Rabada, No Worries and Celestina.
Athandiwe Mgudlwa rode Royal Agree in the first leg of the KZN Breeders “Level The Playing Fields” Series for a total stake of R1million over four legs, and won on the well-bred Mogok filly for owner Peter De Beyer and trainer Glen Kotzen. We catch up with Athandiwe to find out more about the reserved, hardworking jockey riding Roy Is Second on Sunday.
Billy Jacobson opened his account in the first leg of the KZN Breeders “Level The Playing Fields” Series by winning aboard Putchini in a brilliant race with a nail-biting finish. On Sunday’s second leg at Scottsville of four, Billy will be aboard The Poet competing against Athandiwe Mgudla in the same pool for log leader.
Round two of four in total, of the “Level The Playing Fields” Series takes place at Scottsville on Sunday 30 April.
The final fields of both pools to be run on the day have been released below and see the previous winning jockeys Billy Jacobson (previously on Putchini) and Athandiwe Mgudla (previously on Royal Agree) drawn to ride The Poet and Roy Is Second respectively, this time over the 1400m.
Backworth Stud’s National Yearling Sales draft for 2017, including yearlings by Var, Byword, Crusade, Judpot and Bold Silvano.
With Varsfontein-bred Pagoda (an entry into the Vodacom Durban July) leading the way for Mogok colts this year, Mogok filly Fortissimus won the East Cape Oaks (Listed) over 2000m on Friday at Fairview for the Justin Snaith racing stable. Owned by Mr EA Braun, the three year old filly won by one and half lengths under…
Bruce le Roux of Spring Valley Stud is currently sitting on an outstanding percentage of 48% winners to runners – with 34 winners from 51 runners for the current season.
London Call gave the crowds at Scottsville a jaw dropping performance in the Pinnacle Stakes at Scottsville on Sunday which had a quality field of competitors that could have equalled a Group One race.
Await The Dawn, a prematurely deceased son of Giant’s Causeway that stood at Summerhill Stud, grabbed his first winner early in the season at Kenilworth with an impressive debut win for trainer Joey Ramsden, and owners Mayfair Speculators (Pty) Ltd (Nom: Mr D L Brugman), Miss S Grentell and breeders Mrs Vanashree and Mr Anant Singh.
Tony Rivalland’s courageous Curved Ball filly, Je Suis Silver, broke the Class record at Greyville on Friday night in a time of 57,94 seconds.
Qualifying KZN-breds for the upcoming National Yearling Sale.
Summerhill Sale of Mares and Weanlings – 14th May 2017 The catalogue is now available online – click HERE to download your copy or visit http://www.summerhill.co.za/sale-of-broodmares-weanlings/. Please e-mail [email protected] or [email protected] with your postal address to request your hard copy.
Retired from Thoroughbred stud duties in 2017.
Relocated out of KZN.
Most of the country’s top middle distance gallopers are among the first entries for the Gr1 R4,25 million Vodacom Durban July to be run over 2200m at Greyville on Saturday, 1 July 2017. Eight of the entries are either KZN-bred or by KZN resident stallions.
Gr1 Middle Park Stakes winner Crusade has had his third winner at the Vaal this afternoon, with Roski-bred Onamission, a juvenile filly out of Gr2 winner Tempted, finding victory over 1200m by almost two lengths.
Imposing son of Crusade and twice placed Calladi, leads the KZN Breeders Series Juvenile Log.
Roy’s Taxi and Banking April are joint log leaders at 31 points each of the KZN Breeders Series.
American property entrepreneur Robert Muir, a great friend of South African racing, has passed away.
Once again KZN broodmares were in demand at the Backworth Stud Dispersal Sale with most of them sold beyond the borders of KZN, which included stock from Summerhill and Janet Baker Properties. Noble Tune sold the top priced yearling.
The lightly raced Summerhill-bred son of Visionaire, Africa Rising, finished powerfully to win the Gr3 Byerley Turk at Greyville on Sunday afternoon. Jockey Lyle Hewitson was ecstatic after the win, seen wrapping his arms around the three year old chestnut colts neck when walking into the winners enclosure.
Scott Bros’ exciting young stallion Crusade was represented by his second first crop winner when his son Brave Endeavour got off the mark on Wednesday afternoon. His 2017 Nationals crop includes siblings to Gr3 placed Celestina, Wild One, Matador Man and impressive debut winner, Cat ‘N Mouse.
Level The Playing Fields Points table after the two heats comprising Round 1 at Scottsville last Sunday.
Ever since they announced their intention to reduce their numbers, there has been much speculation as to when and what form the Summerhill sale of breeding stock would take. It’s now official: the sale will be held on Sunday, 14th May in the School Of Excellence at the farm.
The first Leg of four of the inaugural KZN Breeders “Level The Playing Field Series” saw 21 horses line up at Scottsville yesterday over two pools, with Yellow Star-bred Putchini taking the first pool of the day from a strong field for owner Ashley De Klerk and stakes money of R100 000, whilst Glen Kotzen trained Royal Agree grabbed the second pool on the day.
FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT of the 2017 CHARITY TURF CHALLENGE sponsored for the first time by TRACK AND BALL The 2017 Track And Ball Charity Turf Challenge kicks off on The Independent On Saturday Drill Hall Stakes Day, Sunday 7 May, and finishes on eLan Gold Cup Day, “Super Saturday”, 29 July. The Charity Turf Challenge worth R100 000…
In what is an historic and sad moment for KZN Breeding, Bloodstock South Africa are set to host the Backworth Stud Dispersal Sale, which will be held at Backworth itself on April 10th.
International news related to KZN is that Arrogate, who share sire Unbridled’s Song with Noble Tune, amazed the racing world with an astounding last to first Gr1 Dubai World Cup victory whilst Crusade’s half sister, Seventh Heaven, gave a courageous account of herself to finish second in the Gr1 Dubai Sheema Classic behind Jack Hobbs.
Apart from the stake money on offer for each race (R100 000) and the R200 000 final on Sunday 25 June, a prize of R50 000 each is on the table for the Owner, Trainer, Jockey and Breeder who accumulates the most points over the Series, including the final. Points will be earned as follows:- 1st – 20; 2nd 17; 3rd – 15 ; 4th – 13; 5th 11 and then reducing by one point for each following position.
KZN-breds and horses by KZN sires won four of the nine race card at Turffontein yesterday, including three of the days features – the Oaks Trial Listed, the Derby Trial and the Gr2 Senor Santa Stakes, whilst Rabada’s grey half-brother won over 2000m on debut in the last race.
KZN produces less than 20% of the racing stock annually in South Africa and yesterday’s performances at Turffontein are not to be ignored.
The juvenile log for the KZN Breeders Series is still being lead by Muhtafal filly, Rose Hill, from the stable of Doug Campbell.
KZN Breeders Series: Updated Log 21 March. Roy Moodley’s Roy’s Taxi, bred by Bruce Le Roux, leads the current log. Roy’s Taxi is by Fort Beluga, a half-brother to Indiscreet Fantasy, Malinga, London Call, Silver Fantasy and Vasilisa, Personal Fantasy amongst others.
Both Seventh Heaven and Arrogate are of particular interest to KZN Breeding, with Gr1 Middle Park Stakes winner Crusade’s half-sister by Galileo, Seventh Heaven, contesting the Gr1 Longines Dubai Sheema Classic whilst Arrogate shares a sire with Rathmor Stud’s Noble Tune, and is favourite to win the Gr1 Dubai World Cup.
St Helier Stud present their National Yearling Sales draft for 2017, by What A Winter, Var, Oratorio and the last foal born by Fort Wood. The yearlings are situated in Block B (stable 103 – 106) at the TBA Complex, please contact Anne Woodham for more information on 083 954 7444.
The much anticipated KZN Breeders Golf Day will take place once again on Thursday, 15 June at Royal Durban Golf Club. The four balls are R1200 each and include green fees, goodie bag with shirt and cap, dinner and prizegiving.
Sponsorships are available for the day at R2000 each.
Amy Bronkhorst’s Comanche Brave, a Summerhill Stud-bred son of Kahal out of Alami mare Aces Wild, took home the Champions Cup (Listed) at Borrowdale yesterday under Callan Murray.
Bred by Taryn Liebenburg and Annet Becker of Summerhill Stud, The Elmo Effect is a son of Admire Main out of the one-time winning Northern Guest mare, Dream Starling. This is the third Bold Black Type horse for the dam, after she produced Gr2 Gauteng Guineas winner, Heaps Of Fun and Gr3 placed Cookie Monster. Her other daughter Red Spirit in turn has produced two winners – including Gr3 placed Newton Power for Bush Hill Stud.
Boasting superb pedigrees, they are by sires Flower Alley, Soft Falling Rain, Var, Oratorio, Potala Palace, What A Winter and Byword and boast leading pedigrees from around the world – including damlines of Redoute’s Choice and Bela-Bela.
Yellow Star’s Kildonan is in form with 33% winners to runners currently, excluding his winner last night for the stable of Alyson Wright. He also had a superb winner for the yard of Paul and Beth Gadsby on Wednesday at Scottsville with Clifton-bred Kildonan Lad whilst Vision To Kill is an exciting prospect for Champions Season….
“Levelling The Playing Fields” – New R1-Million Series Announced By KZN Breeders KZN Breeders in partnership with Gold Circle have announced the “Levelling The Playing Fields” R1-million rand Series for KZN-bred horses, in the interests of KZN Racing and Breeding. The competition is for a sound and versatile KZN-bred horse that can race over distances…
After King Of Kings death in 2015 due to heart failure at The Fort Stud, the son of Sadlers Wells may be gone but not forgotten after his as yet unbeaten juvenile daughter, Daring Diva, sprinted to almost a three length victory in the Ruffian Stakes Listed over 1000m and downed Kissable in the process.
The added stake bonus for all qualifying Maiden Juvenile Plate winners will be R 40 000.00. This bonus will be paid to eligible candidates in all of South Africa’s racing jurisdictions be it Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Kimberley or Port Elizabeth.
Scott Bros present a few of their foals from the 2016 season, including siblings to Matador Man and Markofdistinction – by sires Crusade, Eightfold Path, Mogok, Noble Tune and Linngari. Please note these photos were taken 31 January
Backworth Stud are having an incredible run with four winners in four days from four runners, from Greyville to Fairview and the Vaal. A double at Scottsville on Wednesday set the ball rolling with Je Suis Silver, a daughter of Curved Ball capturing her second victory whilst Miesque’s Magic won her first race for trainer…
With currently only 40 racehorses on the track in total and in his oldest crop being four year olds (only 16 registered horses in his first year), Just As Well has maintained incredible winners to runners percentages since his juveniles hit the tracks two years ago – for most of last year at over 40%.
A flashy bay colt was the news of the day at Scottsville last year, as the white faced juvenile Ishnana blazed to a debut victory not only for himself, but for his first time owner Mr Thabo Mhlongo.
A juvenile daughter of Muhtafal trained by Doug Campbell, Rose Hill leads the KZN Breeders Series Juvenile Log as of 1 March.
Updated KZN Breeders Series Log as of 1 March is currently lead by Banking April, for 3YO’s and up.
Irwin continued, “The filly was bought to race a few more times in South Africa, with the Gauteng Fillies Guineas first and probably the Gr1 Empress Club on April 15 next. The Gr1 SA Fillies Classic is possible, but I think she is a miler and will have to show us she wants to run further. We plan to send her to Europe by way of Mauritius. We will decide in the fall if we want to give her to Mike de Kock to go to Dubai, or leave her in France to be trained by Andre Fabre.”
“In an already busy day, you can’t make space for these things without reducing your concentration on others and in the Summerhill context, that means a reduction in the horse population.”
The first son of the great Redoute’s Choice to retire to stud in South Africa, Bush Hill Stud’s Redoute’s Promise has his first crop of yearlings on offer at sales this year. News in yesterday is that his promising Hard Spun half-brother, Hard Promise (AUS), placed a close second in the Gr3 Ladbrokes Zeditave Stakes at Caulfield over 1200m on Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Stakes day.
Spring Valley Stud’s Bruce Le Roux and long time Director of the KZN Breeders Club, has been elected as Chairman. Former Chairman Lee Scribante (of Piemonte Stud) has been appointed as Vice Chairman, whilst breeder and racehorse owner Ted Hughes has been inducted as a Director.
Bloodstock South Africa held their Shongweni Mixed Sale on Wednesday and it was very pleasing to see the very wet conditions didnt deter a full house of buyers from attending. The sale opened with the broodmares and saw Lot 2, the beautifully-bred and performed Felix The Cat sold to Welcome Home Farming for R200 000….
In just his third start after placing twice in each previously, Tapit colt Morse Code, a half-brother to Noble Tune and Honor Code shed his maiden tag at Gulfstream Park by a neck in the same familiar green and yellow colours that his AP Indy half-brother carried to multiple Gr1 success.
The top seller of the day was an outstanding Await The Dawn colt out of Dignify by Rambo Dancer, beautifully named Genesis, he sold as Lot 65 to Nchakha Moloi who has an eye for selecting top horses – one of whom is his own Gr2 winning filly, Heaps Of Fun.
KZN’s Patchit Up Baby has regained form since her move to Gauteng, producing two wins and a place since December for trainer Ormond Ferraris. The mare, crowned KZN Breeders Outstanding 3YO Filly in 2015, is bred by Anton Procter and raced in the partnership of her breeder and Larry Nestadt and took home the Allez France Stakes at Turffontein over the weekend.
Lucky Houdalakis filly Banking April is currently heading up the top of the KZN Breeders Series log for three year olds and up, with 23 points. Clifton Stud’s Fashion Talk, a half sister to Fort Vogue and Whatalady, follows suit along with Roy’s Taxi.
A few foals from Clifton Stud in Rosetta, photographed 18 January. Peter and Jenny Blyth have a superb crop of foals on the ground by the countries leading sires and exciting young freshman sires such as Flower Alley, Soft Falling Rain, Jackson, Master Of My Fate, Noble Tune, Toreador, Oratorio, What A Winter and Crusade…
Trainer Colin Scott, the nephew of the late “Uncle George” Scott and the brother of Tellytrack CEO Rob Scott, died on Sunday night after a protracted battle against cancer. The 52-year-old had held a trainer’s license since 1999 and was one of the most popular racing industry men in the country due to his ever…
Our province of KZN produces less than 1100 of 5000 foals nationally – based on those stats, our KZN horses won five races yesterday at Turffontein including a Gr3 and filling second and third too. Matador Man (Scott Bros) and Chilli Con Carne (Just As Well) placed in the Gr3 Tony Ruffel Stakes, whilst Rathmor’s Romany Prince finished third in the Wolf Power 1600 Listed. Six of the eight races carded at Greyville just the night before were won by KZN Breeders – and it was a double for Bush Hill Stud sire King’s Chapel who had Cup King and Mr McSteamy to both win in a gutsy fashion, whilst Roski produced a five length maiden winner at Kenilworth yesterday.
A horse with an unusal facial marking of a blaze that started halfway down his nose, his 16hh size was misleading – a compact stallion with mighty hindquarters which he passed onto his progeny, you could easily mistake him for being on the small side until he stood next to you – he was striking and imposing individual who threw good looking and correct foals with plenty of bone and substance, and eye catching toplines.
Chinese businessman Mr Guo of the Brigt Shipping Company is in South Africa with his family, and currently on a tour with Peter Gibson of Racing South Africa to the farms in KZN to visit his mares, foals, yearlings and stallion Eightfold Path.
Our current National Champion Breeders Summerhill Stud have foaled down the first crop of foals by triple Gr1 winner Capetown Noir, and the first South African crop from international multiple Group winner Linngari.
Alareef’s third dam is Allegreta – the dam of outstanding Urban Sea, who in turn has produced world champion sire Galileo, Sea The Stars and Black Sam Bellamy. Modraj stands at Spring Valley Stud on behalf of Shadwell.
Rathmor Stud have had their second foal crop from the impressive Noble Tune, whose sire and damline frequent the Thoroughbred news the world over on a regular basis. Noble Tune’s first crop are yearlings and will be presented at the National Yearling Sales in May. Noble Tune placed in the Gr1 Breeders Cup Juvenile on…
Two of KZN’s exciting young stallion prospects were further boosted over the weekend with news that Flying The Flag’s full sister Rhododendron had taken the award for Ireland’s Champion 2YO Filly, whilst Arrogate, who shares a sire with Noble Tune in Unbridled’s Song, produced an earth shattering win in the Pegasus $12 million dollar race by over four lengths.
Spring Valley-bred London Call, a brilliant son of Kahal out of one of Bruce Le Roux’s top former mares Fancy Fantasy, defeated a quality field of sprinters in the Marula Sprint yesterday at Scottsville, including the likes of Gr1 placed Barbosa and recent Gr3 winner Rikitikitana.
National Yearling Sale inspectors Kerry Jack and Paddy Kruger have arrived in KZN this morning, on the last leg of their Bloodstock South Africa national inspection tour to score and inspect yearlings for the National Yearling Sale, taking place this year on 3, 4, and 5 May at the TBA Complex in Johannesburg.
Just the typical type of horse Crusade has developed a reputation to produce, Roski-bred Calladdi was the pick of the parade ring on his debut at Scottsville, owned in the combined and successful partnership of Team G Racing (Nom: Mr G H van Zyl) & Green Street Bloodstock (Pty) Ltd (Justin Vermaak, C Vermaak & A Vermaak).
Patrick Ellis of Yellow Star says of Panza: “He really is a one of a kind horse – he refuses to work and show us anything at home but come race day he tries his heart out! It is very difficult to keep him fit, but when he is fit he is always a tough horse to beat.”
Kjell Foundation have enjoyed brilliant success from their small band of Thoroughbred mares, and Al Vino looks to be another mare to potentially fill the shoes of the late and great Salaam – the type of broodmare that comes along once in a lifetime and can almost visit the stable teaser to produce a Group…
The Summerhill Summer Ready To Run Sale – Save The Date!
This sale from South Africa’s leading breeder has produced amongst its many winners, No Worries.
Notice is hereby given that the KZN Breeders Club Annual General Meeting will be taking place on Tuesday 7 February 2017, 11am, at the Nottingham Road Hotel.
Rathmor-bred Romany Prince continued the good family name of his dam with an easy win the Gr3 London News Stakes. The son of Kahal and a half- sibling to several top horses including American and South African Gr1 winner, Gypsy’s Warning, also gave Ormond Ferraris his 2500th win in 2016 when he took home the Drum Star Listed.
Noble Tune’s dual Gr1 winning half-brother Honor Code, from the last crop of the great AP Indy, has had his first foal born at Cobra Farm which Lane’s End announced early this morning. Honor Code’s service fee for 2016 and 2017 has been set at $40 000. Noble Tune’s first yearlings go under the hammer this year.
Miss Millionaire galloped home to an easy victory for her sire Crusade, winning her debut impressively by over a length from trainer Belinda Impey and owners Messrs P Gounden, J Jacobs & E H Seedat. The filly, bred by Bruce Le Roux of Spring Valley Stud, sold for just R70 000 at the 2016 KZN Yearling…
Summerview Stud is nestled in a quiet lane in the middle of Summerveld, the home to KZN’s bustling horse racing training centre that houses almost 2000 horses when the Champion Season, from March to August, is in full swing. A tranquil beautiful property owned by Gary and Colleen De Klerk which is also a stone’s…
Bruce and Ann Nicholas of Hallmark Thoroughbreds have enjoyed much success with their mare First Arrival who has now produced two South African exports, and a daughter of Summerhill champion sire and broodmare sire Northern Guest.
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Spring Valley sire Just As Well has only 40 runners in total on the tracks in South Africa, from juveniles to four year olds and December saw him achieve five winners and 10 places, taking his winners to runners percentage to an impressive 30%.
Rikitikitana, a son of Toreador owned in partnership by Dr K G Bakos & Mr G M Bakos & Mr Clyde Basel and trained by Sean Tarry, swooped past Celtic Captain to win the Gr3 Christmas Handicap at Greyville under Lyle Hewitson.
Bush Hill Stud’s Curved Ball produced his sixth winner this afternoon at the Vaal for breeders Cathy and Jonathan Martin of Hadlow Stud – who also bred the first ever winner by Curved Ball, a juvenile filly in the previous season named Fast And Rocking.
Scandal provided her dam Lewinsky’s Lover with the rare feat of producing two speedsters that have set blistering fast records on two tracks in South Africa – the aptly named half siblings include the imposing son of Miesque’s Approval, Humidor who shattered Kildonan’s Gr1 record at Scottsville.
The family owned Roski Stud, a product of the passion of the late and great Greg Royden-Turner, had an epic weekend country wide as the boutique stud produced three wins and two places since Friday evening – from Greyville, Turffontein and Scottsville proving Greg’s theory of quality over quantity, when it comes to breeding Thoroughbreds.
The Scott Bros’ had great weekend with Matador Man winning the Secretariat Stakes Listed at Turffontein on Saturday, whilst their gelding by The Sheik – Road To Dubai – won the Borrowdale Cup Sprint Listed over 1200m. It was a KZN-bred dominated race, with the first four crossing the line all produced locally.
KZN was well represented at the recent CTS Ready To Run Sale, with the top priced colt by Visionaire coming from Summerhill Stud and the top priced KZN-bred Var filly originally bred by Backworth Stud.
KZN’s recently crowned 2016 Stallion Of The Year Kahal, saw his dual Gr1 placed daughter, an impeccably Summerhill-bred grand-daughter of the great Galileo, secure her first much deserved first Graded Stakes win in the Gr2 Ipi Tombe Challenge.
The KZN Breeders Awards were held at Bellwood Stud on 26 November. Scott Bros’ son of Overlord, also voted Equus Champion Sprinter, was crowned 2016 KZN Breeders Horse Of The Year.
Entries have opened for the KZN Breeders Series of eight races at a stake of R200 000 each, held on KZN Breeders Race Day taking place in Sunday 25 June 2017, and last year saw a record with almost 900 horses entered for the day. Download Form in link.
The following KZN-breds will be up for auction on 24 – 25 November at the CTS Ready To Run Sale, taking place at Randjesfontein. First season KZN sires with progeny on sale include Crusade and Await The Dawn, whilst Linngari has progeny on offer and the last two year olds by Kahal – consistently a national top 5 sire – will be up for auction. KZN-breds can be identified with stable door posters and hip stickers on during the sale.
A R150 000 National Two Year Old Sale graduate, Clifton-bred Bezanova has won six races with 10 places from 34 starts and took his career bank to R1 966 775.
Kildonan’s daughter Beach Goddess won the R150 000 Listed Laisserfaire Stakes yesterday at Kenilworth for trainer Brett Crawford.
“That’s a very very hard pedigree to get into,” said Baccari, who said the partnership could race the colt or resell him. “I happened to see the colt on the farm ahead of time so I had the ability to see what I was going to get into. He’s just a very special horse. Very hard to find that kind of pedigree with that kind of sire power.”
Crusade’s dual Gr1 winning Galileo half-sister, Seventh Heaven, placed fourth in the Gr1 Breeders Cup Filly & Mare Turf, whilst Flying The Flag’s full sister by Galileo, Rhododendron has been nominated for a Cartier Award in the Champion 2YO Filly category. Under Ryan Moore, Seventh Heaven finished one and a quarter lengths in fourth place…
KZN-breds had significant success at Turffontein yesterday, with sons of Admire Main, Just As Well and Toreador all winning on the big day.
“This was incredible today,” said Smith, who picked up his 25th Breeders’ Cup win. “You just don’t see things like this from a young 3-year-old. He literally was prancing after the race was over. … He’s so talented. He’s got amazing stamina. He doesn’t quit. He could have gone around again. He’s incredible.”
Our KZN sires have strong connections with the Breeders Cup this year, amongst them stallions Crusade (Seventh Heaven), Noble Tune (Made You Look) and Flying The Flag (Photo Call).
The Galileo juvenile half-brother to Scott Bros’ French Gr3 winner Eightfold Path, named Diodorus, ran a vastly improved race yesterday over the Leopardstown 1800m trip with blinkers on for the first time, to run on strongly and finish second behind Godolphin’s Dubai Sand.
Bred by Des Scott (of Scott Bros), Gr1 Racing Post Trophy winner Rivet is the seventh foal out of the winning Galileo mare Starship and is a brother to several winners including 7f scorer Out And About.
A beautifully-bred Crusade colt sold for R700 000 at the recent CTS Ready To Run Sale in Durbanville, consigned by Beaumont Stud and purchased by Mayfair Speculators.
Invitation to the KZN Breeders Awards taking place 26 November 2016 at Bellwood Stud in Nottingham Road.
After the news filtered through of Flying The Flag’s full sister Rhododendron’s Gr1 win in the Dubai Fillies Mile, Photo Call (also by Galileo out of Theann – a daughter of Flying The Flag’s second dam Cassandra Go) won the Gr1 First Lady in the United States from Tepin by almost three lengths
The full sister to Bush Hill Stud’s new stallion prospect Flying The Flag, Rhododendron has beaten Hydrangea impressively between three to four lengths in the Gr1 Dubai Fillies Mile at Newmarket this afternoon in firm going, at a course where speed is a necessity to win.
Jam Alley, retired from Thoroughbred stud duties October 2016.
Unbridled’s Song, the sire of Noble Tune, produced another Gr1 winner over the weekend with Forever Unbridled in the Gr1 Beldame Stakes at Belmont Park. The filly won on the dirt in muddy going by two and a quarter lengths from Tiger Ride (by Candy Ride) and Penwith (Bernardini) over nine furlongs. The time for…
World Champion sire Galileo achieved the remarkable in the Arc this year, siring the first three past the post of the great historical French race. Galileo is the sire of The Assayer (Yellow Star Stud) and Flying The Flag (Bush Hill Stud) standing in KZN.
The sire of Summerhill’s new stallion prospect, Gr1 winner Willow Magic, has made news at Goffs Orby Sale when a Dubawi bay colt sold for €1.4 Million off the Wildenstein Stables Ltd Dispersal as Lot 472.
Warwick and Karin Render’s Bush Hill Stud have had four winners in seven days at Greyville, the Vaal and Scottsville racecourses by resident sires King’s Chapel, Kahal (sadly deceased) and Curved Ball.
The nominees for the KZN Breeders Awards to be held on 26 November 2016 have been announced, with our Equus National Champion Breeders Summerhill Stud dominating the various categories with 14 nominations, amongst them the likes of Rabada, No Worries, Heaps Of Fun, Intergalactic, Witchcraft and Arch Rival.
Emmaus, a juvenile colt by Invincible Spirit impressed on debut, out of a three-part sister to Bush Hill Stud’s exciting young sire Flying The Flag.
Lane’s End, who are standing Noble Tune’s dual Gr1 winning half brother Honor Code at stud for his first season, have purchased Lot 538 from Denali Stud at the September Keeneland Yearling Sale. The colt is by Speightstown out of a three part-sister to Noble Tune named Night And Day – she recently produced Gr2 With Anticipation winner, Made You Look (by More Than Ready), her first foal to race from two produced.
Des Scott, a partner in Scott Bros that has been breeding champions for almost 50 years in South Africa, has bred a Gr2 winner in the UK named Rivet, a son of Fastnet Rock. Rivet is out of Galileo mare, Starship. The Scott Bros are no strangers to breeding Group winners overseas and Des’ brother…
Exciting news emerged yesterday as Galileo and Fastnet Rock each produced Gr1 winners yesterday in the UK, including a Gr1 place for Flying The Flag’s full sister, Rhododendrum. Galileo is the sire Bush Hill Stud’s Flying The Flag whilst Fastnet Rock is the sire of Curved Ball.
Peter and Jenny Blyth’s Clifton Stud and their sire AP Answer took home several awards for Leading Breeder, Leading Breeder on A.E.I with 8 or more runners and Champion Sire for their resident son of AP Indy, AP Answer – as well as Spey Bridge Champion Three Year Old Filly, Duffi’s Call at the recent Zimbabwe Racing and Breeding Awards.
A few foals pictured from around the stud farms in KZN this season, including sires Noble Tune, first foals from Capetown Noir and Linngari, Var, Warm White Night, Curved Ball, Crusade and Mogok.
Miesque’s Approval’s four year old son Angel’s Power, finished second in the Gr3 Spring Spree Stakes on Saturday at Turffontein, just over a length off from Kangeroo Jack. Angel’s Power, previously trained by Brian Wiid and had a name change after his first start (formerly Corpus Christi), is now in training with Mike Azzie and owned by Dr RJP Maponya and Mr EG Bouwer.
Summerhill Stud and breeders around KZN are welcoming the first foal crop by triple Gr1 winner, Capetown Noir.
The Apache covered his first two mares on Thursday morning at Scott Bros, officially the start of the breeding season and his third at stud, first in KZN.
Summerhill Stud were once again rewarded with Leading Breeder at Gold Circle’s KZN Racing Awards on Friday evening, after winning the National title for the 10th time at the Equus Awards two weeks ago. The Summerhill Team lead by Mick Goss were on hand to receive the award and Mick Goss thanked everyone present for…
Two KZN-breds featured in the recent Eastern Cape Racing Awards, with Piemonte Stud-bred O Tamara and Summerhill’s Muhtafal filly Chili Chocolate each a winner.
A full sister retained by Scott Bros to their new stallion acquisition and home-bred The Apache, Bold Pocahontas has foaled a Crusade filly last night at Highdown Stud.
Spring Valley Stud’s sire Just As Well, who has been consistent and at one point had an impressive runners to winners percentage of 53%, has produced a champion juvenile colt in Kenya – a horse bred by Jill Fox of The Fort Stud in partnership with Out Of Africa Stud. The good looking bay colt…
KZN’s National 2YO Sale results saw Piemonte Stud sell a lovely chestnut Silvano filly for R160 000 while Scott Bros sold two horses – a Crusade and a Mogok for R100 000 each.
The two year old full sister to Flying The Flag showed plenty of speed to win the Gr2 Debutante courageously over 1400m. Flying The Flag has attracted a top class book of mares – including Look Sharp – the dam of Gr2 winning The Mouseketeer, Plutonium (the dam of Orion Quest and King Neptune), a Gr2 and Gr3 winning full sister to sire Biarritz.
The daughter of Galileo and a half-sister to Gr1 Middle Park Stakes winner Crusade, landed the Irish Oaks on her last start and added another Group One to her haul, producing a powerful surge to overhaul Queen’s Trust at the furlong pole and stretch clear for a commanding two-and-three-quarter lengths victory.
Summerhill Stud and Scott Bros made KZN proud at the Equus Awards on Tuesday evening at Emperors Palace. Mick Goss and his team were on hand to receive their 10th Equus Award for the National Leading Breeders title, an outstanding achievement indeed. Summerhill produced 39.7% runners to winners for the 2015/2016 season, and bred several…
The annual Bush Hill Stallion Day took place on the Friday prior to the Gold Cup race day, and once again it was a magnificent day with over 200 guests present and it was fantastic to have so many visitors from the Cape especially – including Susan Rowett, Mike De Kock, Jehan Malherbe and Jessica Slack.
Bush Hill Stud Stallion Day in pictures, with Flying The Flag, Curved Ball, Irish Flame, King’s Chapel, Redoute’s Promise and Toreador all presented for show.
The KZN Breeder Premium Scheme stands alone in South Africa as a singular inducement to breeders to invest in the quality production of racehorses in this region, and while that may be something of a lament for horsemen elsewhere and an issue which remains to be addressed at a national level it is still exactly…
Several broodmares have become available from various breeders in KZN. Please see the lists below and contact the relevant person concerned.
R100 000 Breeders Incentive for Flying The Flag: The breeder of the first graded stakes winning progeny of Flying The Flag will receive a bonus payment of R100 000. The international Group winning son of Galileo stands for just R20 000 this season.
The Apache has been tested by Equinome, with results indicating that he is top class, i.e Grade 1 in GRV (Genomic Racing Value) and Grade 1 in GBV(Genomic Breeding Value) and is a C-T for Speed Gene Test, writes Winston Chow.
Mick Goss and the team at Summerhill Stud have achieved an outstanding accolade of National Leading Breeder for the 10th time – nine of those consecutively, after the final curtain came down on the eLan Gold Cup race day, yesterday at Greyville.
Roski Stud, currently with a runners to winners percentage of 44% and breeders of Dubai winner Journeyman, Cassie O’Malley and Frosty Friday, have a number of broodmares available.
Results update from the KZN Breeders Dressage Challenge.
Scott Bros’ multiple Gr1 winner both locally and internationally, has returned to his place of birth to continue his career at stud.
The outstanding racing son of Mogok was the pride of South Africa when he crossed the line first in the Gr1 Arlington Million in the USA for trainer Mike De Kock, only to have the race result changed after interference.
The Apache is a culmination of the Scott Bros’ dynasty of stallions and mares carefully mated, and he has certainly reflected his breeders and his champion lineage with his outstanding achievements.
Mike De Kock, the trainer of Irish Gr2 winner Flying The Flag, will be attending the Bush Hill Stallion Day to present his thoughts to the guests present on the beautifully-bred son of Galileo, a horse that Mike holds in high regard.
Noble Tune has let down into a mouth watering individual, quite reminiscent of his broodmare sire Storm Cat and ‘wowed’ the audience as he danced about the parade ring, enjoying the attention and giving an impressive display of his athleticism and balance.
The Gr1 Darley Irish Oaks went to Seamie Heffernan-ridden stablemate Seventh Heaven, a half-sister to Gr1 Middle Park Stakes winner Crusade who stands at Scott Bros’ Highdown Stud.
Currently the highest rated racehorse in South Africa, Talktothestars carries an impressive MR 121 – Futura lies second with 117 and Trip Tease 112. Unwanted at the National 2YO Sale, Talktothestars starts from a 15 draw carrying 60kgs under jockey Gavin Lerena, for owner trainer Coenie De Beer.
Three of KZN’s young sires have their juvenile siblings making starts in Group races in the upcoming months – among them Crusade, Eightfold Path and Flying The Flag. Interestingly, all three siblings are by super-sire Galileo, all in training with Aiden O’ Brien and all owned in partnership by Mrs John Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith.
Piemonte Stud’s brilliant juvenile filly O Tamara has landed her fourth career victory this afternoon at Fairview, taking home the Gr3 Champions Juvenile Cup for her breeder Piemonte Stud from the rest of the boys in the field, showing them a clean pair of heels by over three lengths from Dark Force. The daughter of Argonaut…
World Approval has been knocking on the door at the top level and broke through July 3 for his first Grade 1 win in the $300,000 United Nations Stakes at Monmouth Park. World Approval is a half-brother to Gr1 Breeders Cup winner Miesque’s Approval standing at Scott Bros.
The late Greg Royden-Turner has left behind a legacy at Roski Stud that is seeing his precision buying of Black Type mares and planning of their matings well in advance each year to the best stallion in the country, paying off on the National Breeders Log with an impressive current runners to winners percentage of 44%.
The KZN Mare, Weanling, HIT, Yearlings and Fillies For Stud Sale took place on 4 July at the Royal Agricultural Show grounds and saw 50 horses catalogued.
KZN Breeder Anton Procter produced a Gr2 place double when both Misty Birnam (by Toreador) and Dawn Calling (by Trippi) each placed on Vodacom Durban July day in their respective high profile Gr2 races, which were Gr1’s in previous years.
KZN’s Gr1 Middle Park Stakes winner, Crusade lead the first season sires list by aggregate at the Sibaya KZN Yearling Sale, whilst Toreador topped the second day of the both KZN’s top priced colt and filly with prices of R280 000 and R230 000.
Crusade is leading the freshman sires of the sale with over R1-million for 16 yearlings sold, whilst two KZN-bred Oratorio fillies lead on the first day for KZN.
“The KZN Breeders big stakes day was a massive success again with Summerhill breeding the winners of five of the nine races, including a top two finish in the feature.”
The KZN Breeders have offered an incentive the KZN-bred horse that may win the KZN Yearing Sale Million this year, of an additional R200 000. Previous KZN-bred winners include Virgo’s Babe and last year’s winner, Cutting Edge.
The Vodacom Durban July field has been announced, and sees KZN Breeders Million Mile entrant Rabada lining up for Africa’s most exclusive race for a stake of R4,25 million. The only other horse to attempt this double previously was Gr1 winner, Love Struck.
The final field for the exclusively KZN-bred field galloping for the stake of R1million has been announced, and includes recent Gr1 Daily News 2000 winner, Rabada. The KZN Breeders Million Mile is now in its fourth year, previously known as the KZN Breeders 1600 Listed.
Born and bred at our current National Champion Breeders Summerhill Stud, a beautifully-bred daughter of Kahal out of a Kingmambo mare stormed to victory in the Gr3 Track And Ball Oaks over 2400m at Scottsville today, and secured her future in the breeding paddocks.
In spite of inclement weather on the day, 31 four balls lined up and included a leading field of breeders, owners and trainers.
KZN-bred juvenile Argonaut filly, O Tamara, has won the Lady Slipper Stakes (Listed) at Fairview today over 1400m under Andrew Fortune. The filly is bred by Lee and Dino Scribante’s Piemonte Stud, out of Spectrum mare Syncopate, and owned by Lee Scribante and his brother in partnership, trained by Alan Greef.
Dual Gr1 winner Rabada has been entered into the KZN Breeders Million Mile, as well as Graded Stakes Winners’ Heaps Of Fun, previous winner No Worries, Bezanova and King’s Archer. Scottsville record holder Humidor has also been entered.
“He’s the only Group One-winning son of the world’s number one stallion of 2015 in continental Africa. And the fellows up at the Summerhill stallion barn know that with his cosmopolitan, outcross pedigree, combining the pre-potency of Dubawi with a tough-as-teak Australian “mum”, it makes a lot of sense to place Willow Magic in the front row of their shop window for the forthcoming season.”
A son of Overlord carrying the top weight of 60kgs in the Gr1 Tsogo Sun Sprint made victory look easy in the exclusive sprinting race at Scottsville over 1200m, with the aptly named Talktothestars getting his first Gr1 victory for his owner and trainer, Coenie De Beer.
One of Rathmor Stud’s resident broodmares is African Love, is a half-sister to the dam of Bounding named Believe ‘n Succeed. Bounding sold at Magic Millions for $1,9million to Stonestreet Farm as a broodmare acquisition.
Summerhill-bred Rabada silenced stamina doubts on Saturday after seeing out the 2000m distance, to capture his second career Gr1 win in the Daily News 2000 for recent Triple Crown trainer Mike Azzie and owners Mr and Mrs Markus and Ingrid Jooste.
Invitation to the KZN Breeders Race Day, taking place 26 June 2016 at Greyville racecourse. Come dressed in Black and White for a “proudly KZN” race day, exclusively for KZN-bred racehorses.
Backworth-bred Gr1 winning daughter of Kahal, Chocolicious, features once again in Australia as her second filly, a weanling by Australian sire sensation Fastnet Rock will go under the hammer at Magic Millions, on Monday in Book 1 of their weanling sale as Lot 230.
In a double for the stable of Corne Spies and the Scott Bros, Raspberry Lips and Refrain lead with 23 points and 19 points respectively. The Scott Bros-bred daughter of King’s Chapel heads up the KZN Breeders Series Log for 2YO’s. Both Raspberry Lips and Refrain are owned by Mr T Spies.
Strategic’s Pride, a son of Strategic News out of a Giant’s Causeway mare, owned and bred by Mr Jurie Snyman and trained by Sean Tarry, heads up the KZN Breeders Series Log for 3YO’s and up by 35 points.
Six wins on the trot, eight victories and two runners-up in his first ten starts would commend any young thoroughbred of his origins for a stud career. But, that’s only half the Act Of War story. A towering, athletic beast of princely proportions, not even the casual racegoer could’ve mistaken his presence and the elegance of his action for anything but the belongings of a comet in the making.
Year in and year out, Toreador not only performs in the sales ring but regularly produces good horses each season, and two have made themselves known from the past weekend.
Summerhill’s striking son of High Chapparal, Golden Sword, has got off to a smart start with his daughter, Summerhill-bred Belle Rose winning her third career start for trainer Mike De Kock, who trained her sire in Dubai.
Scott Bros’ large imposing Gr1 Breeders Cup winner, Miesque’s Approval, is currently a stand out on the National 2YO Sire’s list, achieving an impressive statistic of 57.1% winners to runners (as per nhra.co.za 15 May).
Scott Bros’ young sire Crusade, saw his Galileo half-sister Seventh Heaven out battle Architecture to win the Betfred Mobile Oaks Trial Fillies’ Stakes. The Aidan O’Brien-trained winner was sent off the 7-4 favourite for the Listed heat but she made hard work of winning in the hands of Ryan Moore.
“Like its more famous brother, the Kentucky Derby, the Oaks is the oldest contested continually contested horse race in the world. First run like the Derby in 1875, the race has gained in popularity over the years and is only marginally shaded by the Derby in terms of popularity. This year’s edition is likely to be one of the most interesting for years with several fillies putting their hooves up for a chance at victory.” – Lisa Barrett
The first crops from Scott Bros’ respective stallions’ Crusade and Eightfold Path were well received at the recent National Yearling Sale, whilst Irish Flame and Await The Dawn sold one individual each for over R100 000.
“This year is the 142nd running of America’s most famous and iconic race, the Kentucky Derby, and once again there is feverish speculation amongst fans and punters as to who the winner is likely to be. The million dollar question is can the current crop of three year olds emulate American Pharaoh and give the country another hero and Triple Crown winner?” – Lisa Barrett
2016 KZN PREMIER MARE & WEANLING SALE
Sunday, 15 May 2016 – 13h00 at Summerhill Stud, Mooi River
Summerhill-bred Arch Rival provided his sire AP Arrow with his first Graded Stakes win, taking the Gr2 Gold Bowl over 3200m.
The top priced colt from KZN on the third and final day of the National Yearling Sale came from Clifton Stud when a beautiful Crusade colt sold for R350 000, whilst the top-priced filly of the final day came from Piemonte Stud for R200 000 as Lot 410.
Day 2 of the National Yearling Sale yielded very pleasing results, in particular for Bush Hill Stud who sold the top-priced KZN colt to date with a magnificent son of Kahal out of Plutonium by Muhtafal, for R650 000 whilst Rathmor’s Eightfold Path filly sold for R325 000.
KZN’s top selling colt of the day came from Bush Hill Stud – an immaculately-bred Oratorio colt out of Felix The Cat by Black Minnaloushe, knocked down to Garth Puller for R400 000, whilst St Helier Stud’s breathtaking grey Crusade filly sold for R300 000.
In the past week Bush Hill Stud have had two significant winners – each at Kenilworth and at the Vaal, and they have two siblings consigned at the National Yearling Sales taking place this week. Both yearlings are by National Top 4 sire Kahal, and this is the last crop of yearlings available from the deceased son of Green Desert.
“He is not only our and the province’s flagship stallion, but he’s a lovable character to whom every last soul on the farm has an attachment.”
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You can purchase your own piece of the “Iron Horse” when his brilliantly fast French-trained son, Eightfold Path, makes his Sales debut at Bloodstock South Africa’s National Yearling Sale on 27 – 29 April.
Bush Hill Stud have an exciting National Yearling Sales draft, including a half-brother to Irish Flame by Oratorio, Toreador, and progeny of Kahal, Crusade and Kildonan.
Spring Valley has a proud history of consistently producing tough, quality racehorses including Gr.1 performers Dunford (winner of the South Africa’s greatest race, the Durban July), Buy And Sell, Count The Money, Indiscreet Fantasy and Personal Fantasy to name a few. Spring Valley is also home to the very promising young sire, Just As Well (USA), a Gr.1 winning son of AP Indy from an outstanding producer of high class performers such as dam, No Matter What, Rainbow View and sires E Dubai and Raven’s Pass.
The recent CTS Emperors Palace Select Yearling Sale yielded exciting results, and even more so for the likes of deceased first season sire Await The Dawn, proven sire Toreador and last season’s Champion Freshman sire, Visionaire.
The KZN Breeders Golf Day, an event that attracts a full field each year, will be taking place Thursday 16 June 2016 at Royal Durban. R100 000 in prizes up for grabs! R1200 per 4-ball, includes entry fees, dinner, prizegiving and a goodie bag with cap and shirt.
Roski Stud’s National Yearling Sales draft includes yearlings by Just As Well, Kahal, Eightfold Path, Crusade and Toreador.
Greg, a passionate horseman and a strong family man with a sharp sense of humour and always a smile, will be sorely missed.
KZN Sires represented include two by Toreador – Prospect Strike and Trading Profit, whilst Brave Tin Soldier has Gr1 winner Rabada in, and Rathmor Stud’s Romany Prince by Kahal and a half-brother to Gypsy’s Warning present.
Clifton Stud’s National Yearling Sale draft features a half-sister by Toreador to Bezanova, a half-brother to The Plunderer, and the first crop of Crusade and Irish Flame.
The Scott bros are proud to present their National Yearling Sales draft for 2016, which includes a full brother to Gr1 winner Orbison, a Mogok half-brother to recent Gr2 winner Talktothestars, as well as the first yearling crop from “the speed twins”, Gr1 Middle Park Stakes winner Crusade, and French Gr3 winner Eightfold Path.
Bush Hill Stud have secured a serious stallion prospect with Flying The Flag for their stallion roster of 2016, a son of the legendary Galileo and a very exciting prospect for the province of KZN and South Africa indeed.
The following KZN farms will be represented at the CTS Emperors Palace Select Yearling Sale, taking place 15 April 2016 at 2pm in Johannesburg at Emperors Palace. Burwell Stud, Bush Hill Stud, Piemonte Stud and Summerhill Stud will have yearlings on sale.
Gr1 Allan Robertson winner Chocolicious, a Backworth Stud-bred daughter of Kahal has seen her first yearling by Frankel sold to Shadwell Stud for $610 000, off the Inglis Australia Easter Yearling Sale. She is the first yearling by Frankel to be sold in the Southern Hemisphere. The chestnut filly will be exported and sent…
Scott Bros-bred Refrain, a daughter of Miesque’s Approval leads the Juvenile log of the KZN Breeders Series.
Harmston Herald (Muhtafal) and Strategic’s Pride (Strategic News) share the top of the log for 3YO’s and up with 31 points.
What has to be the most value for money sire in South Africa, Toreador notched up yet another Gr3 winner to add to his accolades, with Bull Valley galloping home to an almost two length victory in the Man ‘O War Sprint at Turffontein yesterday.
Bezrin has returned to KZN and will be standing the 2016 breeding season at Yellow Star Stud, his original home after importation by Craig Ramsay to Golden Acres (now Yellow Star Stud).
Bush Hill Stud’s magnificent son of Fastnet Rock, the only son of the great Australian sire in South Africa, is off the mark with his first winner at the Vaal bred by Cathy and Jonathan Martin’s Hadlow Stud. Fast And Rocking, a two year old filly out of an Australian Archway mare, Terrestrial Rose, won second time out for trainer Mr D Little in a juvenile plate over 1200m.
After passing through the TBA National 2YO Sale as unsold in 2013, the Scott Bros’ Talktothestars has been knocking on the door for a big win and it came in the Gr2 Senor Santa Handicap at Turffontein on Saturday, his eighth career win to date. He has a Mogok half-brother coming up at the National Yearling Sale, a full brother to two winners.
The Scott Bros have 12 Two Year Olds ready to go into training. They are by Kahal, Mogok, Miesque’s Approval, Overlord, The Sheik, Atso, King’s Chapel and Curved Ball. They include siblings to recent winners TIME MARCHES ON and BEACH COTTAGE.
The KZN Grooms Training Course took place this week over three days and finished yesterday, taking place at Summerhill’s School of Equine Management Excellence. A big thank you to Sam Sharkey for all her effort, Leigh Adams, Elize and Kabelo Pitori for all their teaching assistance, as well as the Thoroughbred Breeders Association of South Africa, Elsenburg Agricultural College and Singayenza for making it possible.
Spring Valley’s resident sire Just As Well earned a double yesterday at the Vaal, with two year old colt Chilli Con Carne winning his second start after placing second previously, and Just Africa adding to the day to get his second career win.
The KZN Breeders Dressage Challenge current log can be viewed below and has once again been enthusiastically embraced by Thoroughbred owners in the sport of Dressage.
Summerhill’s young resident sire Golden Sword, the only son of High Chapparal at stud in South Africa, has seen his full-brother, All Body And Soul, get his second in Ireland over 2400m for trainer Tracey Collins. The 2012 gelding has had just five starts, winning twice and placing once.
Rathmor-bred Romany Prince, a Kahal half-brother to American and South African multiple Gr1 winner Gypsy’s Warning, not only gave his dam more Black Type by winning the Drum Star Handicap Listed but in the process, Ormond Ferraris’ 2500th winner in a career spanning 64 years. Scott Bros’ Gr2 winning son of Miesque’s Approval, Judicial, finished closely in second position.
Bush Hill Stud’s King’s Chapel is in form as another of his sons won by a powerful five and a half lengths at Greyville over 1000m. The handsome bay three year old gelding, aptly named Mr Mcsteamy, happens to be a half-brother to recent Class record setter at Scottsville – Dreya’s Gold.
A two year old colt named Refrain by Miesque’s Approval leads the juvenile log of the KZN Breeders Series, bred by Scott Bros and trained by Corne Spies.
Fortitude leads the KZN Breeders Series Log for horses 3YO’s and up, as of 7 March.
After Miesque’s Approval’s large strapping handsome son, Backworth-bred Humidor, set a course record at Scottsville over 1200m beating Kildonan’s set previously in a Gr1 race, his four year old daughter Dreya’s Gold bred by Bush Hill Stud set a class record at Scottsville over 1000m yesterday for trainer Garth Puller.
The Vodacom Durban July theme has been announced by Gold Circle.
KZN’s first Season sires with their first yearlings for sale In 2016. All Group Winners, two of the Gr1 – Irish Flame and Crusade. Look out for their first progeny to go to auction this year.
Its been a good weekend for Bush Hill Stud stallions, with Toreador and King’s Chapel featuring once again on Guineas Day at Turffontein.
Another daughter of last season’s national leading freshman sire Visionaire, added to his Graded Stakes winning accolades as a sire with the aptly named Summerhill-bred Heaps Of Fun, winning the Gr2 Wilgebosdrift Gauteng Fillies Guineas yesterday for her owner Mr Nchakha Moloi
Bush Hill Stud’s son of King Of Kings, King’s Chapel, has had three winners in a little over a week – including Rhumba Magic who did it in a devastating fashion to win by over seven lengths. Of the three winners, two were bred by Scott Bros.
The Michael Holmes Bloodstock Shongweni Horses In Training Sale took place in the sweltering Durban heat at the beautiful grounds of Durban Shongweni Club, and saw a strong turnout of buyers from across the country.
Graeme Hawkins once again did the honours as auctioneer on behalf of Michael Holmes Bloodstock, with buyers from across the country descending on the leading stud farm in South Africa to find another of the likes of No Worries, Tomorrow’s Miss and Flyfirstclass, graduates of this sale in the past recent years.
The St John Gray bred, trained and raced Call To Combat has got his stud career off to a start with a winner at Greyville.
Summerhill Stud’s exciting stallion Traffic Guard came out of the blocks flying when he broke the ice with his first raced runner at Greyville on Sunday. The Kom Naidoo-trained Sovereign Magic built on her three placed efforts with a courageous performance to win the Maiden Juvenile Plate run over 1000m on the polytrack.
In association with the TBA, Elsenburg Agricultural College and Singayenza, a KZN Grooms training course is being made available to breeders from the 15-17 March, and will take place at the School Of Excellence at Summerhill Stud. The closing date for registration is 29 February 2016.
Backworth-bred Humidor, the Tony Rivalland-trained Miesque’s Approval gelding, officially lowered Grade 1 winner Kildonan’s 1200m Scottsville course record on Sunday with the yard aiming Humidor at the Grade 1 Tsogo Sun Sprint.
Bombs Away, by Horse Chestnut out of Greenhill Farm’s Gr1 winning Kahal mare Spiced Gold, won well on debut for the stable of Mike Bass, bred by Witzenberg Stud and owned by Messrs M W Bass, R A Flanigan, Paul Marks & B Riley.
The current KZN Breeders Club Board is as follows: Koos de Klerk (Vice Chairman), Bruce Le Roux, Roy Moodley, Linda Norval, Anton Procter, Warwick Render, Keith Russon and Lee Scribante (Chairman).
Trainer Grant Maroun provided 24 year old Jarryd Penny with the first Graded race win of his short career when the lightweight booted home the rejuvenated Barton Hall Stud-bred Viking Hero to win the R250 000 Gr3 Tommy Hotspur Handicap at Turffontein on Tuesday evening. The night belonged to the good red wine on four legs…
Peter Gibson will be giving an informative feedback presentation at the KZN Breeders AGM on Thursday 11 February, regarding the recent Asian Racing Conference that took place in India which also addressed the movement of our horses internationally out of South Africa.
The KZN Breeders Club AGM takes place on Thursday 11 February, 11am at the Nottingham Road Hotel. Please see attached the Agenda, previous Minutes and Annual Financial Statements.
It was a 1-2 past the winning post for Kahal as the Kjell-Foundation-bred Symbolik won the Fairview Mile for the stable of Dorrie Sham, whilst his Stakes winning paternal half-brother Distinguished finished a close second.
The Emperors Palace Summer Ready To Run sale takes place on Tuesday 23 February, 2016 at Summerhill Stud. The catalogue in pdf format has been made available online for viewing.
The Michael Holmes Bloodstock Shongweni Horses In Training sale takes place on Wednesday 24 February, 2016 at Durban Shongweni Club. The catalogue in pdf format has been made available online for viewing.
“Crowned Champion Freshman Sire for the South African racing season of 2014/2015, it was thanks to Team Valor’s Barry Irwin and his vision of what he wished to achieve from the breeding of his mares based in KZN that we have Visionaire standing in the province of KwaZulu Natal.” – International Racehorse Magazine.
Visionaire achieved a 1-2 in the 11th race on J&B Met day, when the Joey Ramsden-trained Mr Wise Guy galloped to a near two length victory from Vilakazi, a son of Visionaire and half-brother to Hong Kong winner, Mighty Emperor.
The winning combination of the Louis Goosen Racing Stable and Piere Strydom results in the 150th win for the combination, aboard a Visionaire half-brother to Gr1 winner Love Struck.
KZN-bred Alareef, impeccably bred by Shadwell Stud, opened his winning account at Meydan for trainer Mike De Kock and his owner Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid al Maktoum. Alareef’s dam Modraj(GB) by Machiavellian stands at Spring Valley Stud on behalf of her owner Shadwell Stud, and saw her Just As Well colt sold to Team G Racing from the 2015 National Yearling Sale.
“In today’s Thoroughbred Daily News (TDN) Bill Oppenheim discusses his Apex review on leading AB and C European and North American runners. It’s a bit of a complicated method of working out just how successful stallion’s runners are, but it certainly is worth the effort.” – Guest columnist Lisa Barrett.
Kom Naidoo’s Answeringgenesis tops the first log of 198 Two Year Olds competing for spaces in two races each for a stake of R200 000 over 1200m; one for KZN-bred colts and the other for KZN-bred fillies on the Polytrack at Greyville. The two year old Clifton Stud-bred colt by A.P. Answer out of Sauna’s…
Lucky Houdalakis trained Fortitude, an ultra consistent six year old mare leads the first published KZN Breeders Series Log for 3YO’s and up. The daughter of Stronghold out of Ahonoora mare Mininski(GB) recently had her fourth win from the talented Cassie O’ Malley. The Summerhill-bred has placed second in both the Gr3 Acacia and Jacaranda Handicap for owners Stone Hill Stud.
We invited Gold Circle’s Racing Analyst and TV presenter Warren Lenferna to visit Scott Bros’ Highdown Stud on Friday to view the stallions, and a few of the 2015 foals including a spectacular half-brother to Wild One and a yearling full-brother to Gr1 winner Orbison.
Breed-shaping sire Kingmambo has been euthanized at 26 due to the infirmities of old age, Lane’s End Farm have announced. Kingmambo is the broodmare sire of Scott Bros’ son of Giant’s Causeway, Eightfold Path.
ANC Treasurer-General Dr Zweli Mkhize had his first winner on Friday evening when KZN-bred Ntokazi (meaning lady in Zulu) galloped to victory by half a length from the stable of Duncan Howells.
The most successful son of the great Danehill to stand his stud career in South Africa, Toreador of Bush Hill Stud will have his first crop of KZN-bred yearlings available this year at auction. He has produced four winners in three days over four different racecourses countrywide.
Noble Tune’s half-brother Honor Code, a son from the final crop of A.P Indy, won the Eclipse Award for Champion Dirt Older Male over the weekend.
KZN has recently had a number of winners at Kenilworth from both Bush Hill and Rathmor Stud, whilst Visionaire’s last three runners have all been winners. They are all headed up by Bush Hill Stud’s impressive Trippi colt who galloped to smashing eight length victory yesterday, descending from the immediate family of Gr1 winners Zirconeum and Stellite.
Rathmor Stud’s Noble Tune has both his maternal and paternal half-brothers, Honor Code and Liam’s Map respectively and both standing their first seasons at Lanes End – both nominated for the prestigious Eclipse Awards category of Older Dirt Male.
Michael Holmes Bloostock February Sale: Please see attached the Entry Form for the Shongweni February Sale on Wednesday, 24th February 2016 at Shongweni Polo Fields. Closing Date for entries is Wednesday, 20th January 2016.
The first entries closed in December and the growth of the KZN Breeders Race Day, one of the biggest on Gold Circle’s racing calendar after the Vodacom Durban July by stakes on offer, has increased incredibly each year – this is the third year running and saw an astounding 913 entries received for horses that are of two years of age and up. Our first entries in 2013 for the KZN Breeders Series saw over 600 horses entered in the first year.
Mighty Emperor collected his second win in Singapore for Pat Shaw, the son of Kahal winning over 1600m by a length.
A happy chord of nostalgia was struck Saturday night when Serene Melody ended her racing career with a perfect-trip victory in the $50,000 Wintergreen Stakes at Turfway Park in northern Kentucky. Serene Melody was produced by the Hall of Fame mare Serena’s Song, the third dam of Noble Tune and Honor Code.
Ken and Lynne Twort of Barton Hall Stud bred the six year old son of Mullins Bay that romped to victory in the Gr3 Lebelo Sprint at Turffontein on the weekend over 1000m on the turf. Viking Hero is a horse that sold at the 2011 National Two Year Old Sale for just R30 000 – and has gone on to win over R680 000.
KZN-bred son of Dynasty, It Is Written galloped to victory in the Gr3 Christmas Handicap for trainer Dean Kannemeyer and owner Fred Crabbia. The Keivan Stud bred five year old gelding has now won his seventh race to date.
The KZN Breeders Dressage Challenge Awards took place at the Summerveld Training Centre Clubhouse, with forty riders and their families who took part in this year’s KZN Breeders Dressage Challenge in attendance, enjoying watching the racehorses work whilst sipping on Champagne and orange juice and having breakfast.
Visionaire’s son Jet Air will be contesting the Gr1 Cape Guineas this weekend, whilst Spring Valley-bred A Time To Kill (half-brother to Dunford) runs in the Gr3 Cape Summer Stayers Handicap and No Worries in the Jet Master Listed.
Initially beginning his stud career at Rob and Michele Pickering’s Middlefield Stud in Mooi River, Byword transferred to Mauritzfontein and sees his first crop of yearlings go on sale in 2016 – the first being presented for sale in January at the CTS Cape Premier Yearling Sale.
KZN-bred Waywest Goddess had her first foal, a Moutonshoek-bred colt by Var give an impressive debut at Kenilworth recently to win by three and half lengths. Bred by Bruce and Anne Nicholas of Hallmark Thoroughbreds and trained by Louis Goosen, Waywest Goddess won five races including the Gr2 Fillies Nursery.
Yellow Star Stud have announced the sad passing of Klawervlei-owned Lion Tamer, who fatally injured himself prior to covering a mare.
The Scott Bros once again are offering 30 Two Year Olds, ready for training, for sale directly from the farm.
One of the horses for sale is two year old colt Final Cup, a Mogok half-brother to Durban July winner Hunting Tower and a full-brother to The Lonsdale, who won at Greyville on Friday evening for trainer Doug Campbell.
Dr Phumla Mnganga, is to take over the reins of Gold Circle, KwaZulu-Natal’s Racecourse and Betting Operator, following the retirement this week of sitting chairman, Mr Robert Mauvis.
South Africa’s reigning champion rider, Gavin Lerena, booted home the last two winners to take top honours in the Longines International Jockeys’ Championship at a rain-soaked Happy Valley Racecourse.
KZN Sires Redoute’s Promise, Noble Tune and Linngari all had news to come out of the recent Arqana December Mixed Bloodstock sale held at Deauville, with Noble Tune’s family topping the sale overall and Redoute’s Choice, the sire of Bush Hill’s Redoute’s Promise, providing a session topper with a weanling filly and a number of mares sold in foal to Linngari, including a maiden for €50 000.
Solskjaer, a former Summerhill sire, has been exported to Ireland for stud duties at Coolagown Stud, and has settled in well after arriving three weeks ago.
A magnificent son of Captain Al out of a half-sister to Kahal, Katici Princess by Noverre, Al Kateece added his first win from four starts on Monday at Flamingo Park whilst his Western Winter half-sister, Frosty Friday, got her second win yesterday at the Vaal over 1700m.
Lovely Naughty, previously named Indie Pop won his third race in Hong Kong today, Peter Gibson reports.
By the ever consistent Kahal, Lovely Naughty was purchased by Mr Ted Mok from the 2012 Bloodstock SA Ready To Run Sale for R470 000.
A Shadwell-bred daughter of Kahal out of Mentalite, Chennai Babe owned and trained by Champion Trainer Sean Tarry, won the Indigo Handicap (Non Black Type) at Greyville on Friday evening by half a length.
The Kenilworth meeting today saw the first race being won by a three year old son of Mogok out of a full-sister to Jet Master, whilst King Of Kings had success as the broodmare sire of the Southeaster Listed winner Captain Alfredo, with Scott Bros’ son of Overlord – Talktothestars, finishing less than a length off in third position over the 1100m.
Summerhill’s Summer Ready To Run sale takes place 23 February 2016, a sale that has produced Gr2 winner No Worries and Flyfirstclass.
KZN-bred Kwinta, a lovely big daughter of Kahal bred by the Kjell Foundation followed in her full sister’s footsteps to add more Bold Black Type for her dam Salaam who has nicked beautifully to Kahal, now producing three Stakes Winners – all full-sisters, all owned by Mrs L C A Bouwer and all trained by Stan Ferriera.
Scott Bros’ Gr2 winning son of Miesque’s Approval, Judicial, will be running in the day’s feature race after placing third in it last year, with another KZN representative – St John Gray’s Zimbabwean Gr1 Castle Tankard winner Yer-Maan also making the lineup – a race his sire Jam Alley won.
Garlingari took home the Prix Du Grand Camp (Listed) in France at Lyon recently by an incredible 8.5 lengths from Monsun gelding Quidamo.
The KZN Breeders Dressage Challenge prizegiving takes place at the Summerveld Clubhouse on 5 December at 7:30am at R50/head, with complimentary champagne. Please contact Sally to make your booking
For Sale: Personify and Ato filly foal
The filly named Malher De Branco (formerly Yoruba) is owned by Mr B P Finch, Mrs K Finch & Ridgemont Stud (Nom: Mr Craig Carey), and is Visionaire’s most expensive yearling to date – she sold for R1,4million at the 2014 National Yearling Sale, bred and consigned by Summerhill Stud.
Wilgebosdrift-owned Esmaltina, the dam of E-Jet, has foaled a Kildonan colt at Yellow Star Stud in Mooi River.
The Fort Stud present a few of their foals for the season by Silvano, Black Minnaloushe, Mogok, Noble Tune, Toreador and King Of Kings.
Backworth Stud’s progeny have been frequenting the winners enclosure recently with an impressive 10 winners from 25 runners for the new season with 17 places in hand.
Foals from Yellow Star Stud, including progeny by Duke Of Marmalade and The Assayer. These are the first foals from both stallions.
Peter Gibson of Racing South Africa has just reported that the Scott Bros-bred, Monsieur Mogok has just won in Hong Kong under Douglas Whyte for owner Robert Chung and trainer Tony Millard.
Rathmor Stud: A gallery of Noble Tune’s First Foals
Summer Angel added yet more Black Type to her pedigree when her smart colt by Jay Peg, Exit Here, came home to get his fourth win in a row in the KZN Guineas Trial (Listed), winning over the 1600m by over two lengths for owners Alesh Naidoo and Marcus Jooste.
Summerhill’s young bay speed machine Ato, a son of Royal Academy out of a mare that has produced 100% winners to runners – Another Legend(USA) by Lyphard’s Wish – has had his first foals arrive this season at Summerhill.
The winning results of the KZN Breeders Awards 2015, which saw Futura crowned as KZN Breeders Horse Of The Year!
Bush Hill Stud’s Toreador has produced five winners in five days of the beginning of November.
Lane’s End have announced that Noble Tune’s half-brother and dual Gr1 winner Honor Code will be standing for $40 000 in the 2016 breeding season. This is on a par with Lemon Drop Kid and City Zip, both standing at Lane’s End.
Giant’s Causeway, the sire of Scott Bros’ sire Eightfold Path and the now deceased Await The Dawn from Summerhill Stud, produced the sales topper at Keeneland last night when Take Charge Brandi sold for $6 million. Eightfold Path and Await The Dawn will have their first crop of yearlings on offer in 2016.
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…