TBA Breeders Seminar – 29 July 2015 Dear Breeder This is the first notice of the planned Breeder Education Seminar in late July focusing on Venereal Disease and Foal Care. DATES & VENUES · Tuesday, 28 July – Worcester (Golden Valley Casino) · Wednesday 29 July – Nottingham Road (Gowrie Village) SEMINAR PLAN · Session…
TBA National Yearling Sales Catalogue – Registered ‘KZN-breds’ The TBA National Yearling Sale come up on 22, 23 and 24th April where 128 yearlings will be available from KZN. Champion sire Kahal is represented by twenty horses on the catalogue alone, and back in his previous position of fourth on the National Sires Log, as…
Vodacom Durban July KZN News Lady Christine Laidlaw’s Khaya Stables emerged victorious in the 2015 Vodacom Durban July with Silvano colt Power King trained by Dean Kannemeyer, a previous winning combination for Dean with the yellow and black silks previously carried by Summerhill’s exciting young new stallion acquisistion, Capetown Noir, and we warmly welcome Khaya…
Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale: Final Results And KZN Yearling Sale Graduate News For Vodacom Durban July Day The Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale finished up on Friday with 262 Lots catalogued, the average dropping by 2.9% percent from last year to R99 364 for a yearling sold. The top-priced colt KZN-bred colt on the second day…
King’s Chapel: Thurlow Running In Gr1 Blue Diamond King’s Chapel is the broodmare sire of Sebring filly Thurlow, who lines up in the Gr1 Blue Diamond Stakes on Saturday in Australia. She is out of one of King’s Chapel’s best progeny produced to date, Princess Emmy. Gr1 Blue Diamond Stakes contender Thurlow will figure in…
African Drum Beat Leading KZN Breeders Dressage Challenge The KZN Breeders Dressage Challenge, being run in conjunction with KZN Dressage is currently being lead by African Drum Beat, ridden by Jennifer Smith for owner Vanessa Gilks, in the lead by seven points. Alvin’s Ailey and Bella’s Magic follow respectively. The son of Damascus Gate competed…
KZN-Bred Futura Seventh In Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings Futura is lying seventh on the coveted Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings as of 8 March 2015. The four year old triple Gr1-winning Futura out of a Badger’s Drift mare, Scribblin The Cat, enjoyed a well-deserved rest after his easy victory in the J&B Met, which…
KZN Breeders Awards A Great Success The KZN Breeders Association hosted their annual Awards evening at Bellwood Cottages on 25 November. Recently-elected Chairman Koos de Klerk addressed the visitors at the well attended and very successful event saying, “This is a hard act to follow after the work by Warwick Render. I’d like to wish…
Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale: First Day Results The Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale saw the first 150 Lots knocked down out of 262 offered over two days. The average remains above the previous years, with the top priced horse of the sale to date being a Trippi filly for R600 000, Lot 72 beautifully named Announcing…
The ‘King’ Is Dead After the recent loss of Muhtafal, KZN lost another stalwart stallion in King Of Kings this week at The Fort Stud, due to cardiac arrest at age 20. King Of Kings stood most of his South African career at Alan and Vera Sutherland’s Somerset Stud, before being relocated to Clifton and…