Why breed in Kwa-Zulu Natal? Ask any stockmen worth his salt and he’ll tell you that the valleys of KwaZulu-Natal carry some of the most generous and productive soils on the planet. Coupled with one of the most reliable rainfalls anywhere, a marvellously congenial climate, a population of some of the world’s best horsemen, the…
KZN Sires Well Represented On Val De Vie Yearling Sale The Val De Vie Yearling Sale takes place at the beautiful Val De Vie Estate in Franschoek, an hour outside of Cape Town, on Sunday 22 February. It is pleasing to see a number of KZN Sires represented at the sale, amongst them will be…
Meteor Mike Coming Home After Sixth Singapore Win Scott Bros-bred son of Mogok, Meteor Mike (centre) wins his last race at Kranji. Meteor Mike, a nine year old son of Mogok bred by Scott Bros has his last race in Singapore for trainer David Hill and Singapore 2012 Champion owners Dennis and Gael Evans of…
National Yearling Sale – First Day Results The TBA National Yearling Sale kicked off this afternoon and saw the top price for a handsome chestnut KZN-bred colt from Summerhill Stud [pictured above], a son of Visionaire selling as Lot 126 for R525 000. The colt named Count Von Count (sold as Lot 126), out of…
KZN Breeders Series 2YO Log 2 Lead By Debut Winner Scandal The second published KZN Breeders Series Log for two year olds has seen the lead overtaken by impressive Backworth-bred debut winner, Scandal. The cleverly named daughter of Muhtafal, out of Lewinsky’s Lover by Jallad, sold for R375 000 at the 2014 National Yearling Sale…
Broodmare Feature: Pelican Brief Pelican Brief stands at Spring Valley Stud, and is expecting a Mullins Bay foal this season. She is an unassuming pretty bay mare, with two white stockings behind. She also happens to be the dam of the Mike Bass trained Dunford, the 2005 Vodacom Durban July winner. Foaled in 1992, Pelican…
KZN Breeders Awards Nominations 2011 The KZN Breeders Association will be hosting their annual Awards evening at Bellwood Cottages on 25 November. Congratulations to the following nominees: Name Age Sire Dam Breeder Outstanding Two Year Old Filly Extra Zero 2yo Way West Haifaa Summerhill Stud Indigo Princess 2yo King Of Kings Cornflower Blue Mr &…
Great Weekend For Rathmor Stud Rathmor Stud had great success with the half-siblings of their first season sire Noble Tune, as well as local news from the Gatecrasher Listed run at Greyville on Saturday. After Noble Tune’s Bernardini half-sister Lady Serena opened the Belmont carnival with her second win to date, their half-brother by A.P….
Noble Tune News: Second Win For Sister Lady Serena After winning her maiden in a serious fashion by more than seven lengths, Lady Serena followed this up with a strong second win at Belmont over 1600m from just four career starts. Owned and raced by Dell Ridge Farm, she broke well and maintained a forward…
A Dynasty: Irish Flame To Carry The Torch Exciting news broke last night from the CTS Book 1 sale with a South African sales record made by a top-priced Dynasty colt, Shining Knight, reaching a massive R5,2million and a Dynasty filly following for R3.7 million. Dynasty is hot right now with the likes of Yellow…