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).