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…