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!