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.