KZN Breeders AGM: Board Of Directors The KZN Breeders Club held its Annual General Meeting yesterday at the Nottingham Road Hotel, which was very well supported with a full house. The Board of Directors of the KZN Breeders Club remains largely unchanged, besides the resignation of Wayne Kobusch from Wood Moore Manor Stud. The current…
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…
50-1 Fastnet Rock Filly Throws A Curve Ball At Gr1 Oaks At Epsom The mighty Curved Ball pictured at Bush Hill Stud. His first yearlings are on sale this year. Qualify caused a huge upset in the Oaks on Friday when staying on from the rear to nail favourite Legatissimo in the shadow of the…
Visionaire’s First Winner Romps Home By Almost Seven Lengths On Debut Visionaire had his first winner at Scottsville yesterday over 1000m, the two year old filly Royal Pleasure showing plenty of speed to annihilate the field on debut by close to seven lengths for her owners, the 3 A Racing Syndicate (Nom: Mr W A…
Piemonte’s Kalamain Eastern Cape’s Champion 3YO Kalamain Wins The Guineas Plate. Image: Sporting Post Lee and Dino Scribante’s young Piemonte Stud have had their first Award success from their first crop of yearlings to be sold in Piemonte’s name, with Kalamain collecting the East Cape Racing Award for Champion Three Year Old. The Racing Association…
First Vodacom Durban July Entries Announced Double Clutch, exciting Vodacom Durban July entry from the Paul Lafferty stable. Image: Gold Circle The Justin Snaith pairing of KZN-born Futura and last year’s winner Legislate head a list of 67 nominations for this year’s R3,5 million Vodacom Durban July. First entries for Africa’s Greatest Horseracing Event to…
Summerhill Stud: They Could Be Yours
Sarah Whitelaw Visits KZN Sarah Whitelaw with Rathmor’s first season sire, Noble Tune(USA). A top breeding and racing journalist both locally and internationally, Sarah Whitelaw visited a few of our breeding establishments in KZN, from Eston to Mooi River last week in unusually warm weather for the KZN Midlands winter. A lady passionate about pedigrees…
Unbeaten Toreador Filly Wins Swallow Stakes Listed The Ormond Ferraris-trained Gr3 Magnolia Handicap winner Lazer Star retained her unbeaten record with a facile win in Saturday’s R150 000 Listed Swallow Stakes run over the Turffontein 1160m straight. The daughter of Toreador was given an armchair ride by Weichong Marwing and kept things in the family…
Thrust Keeps Toreador In Form Rikitikitana comes home lonely at Scottsville. Image: Gold Circle Toreador continues great form and with just three days into September, he has had two winners and three places with two talented colts – Rikitikitana and Thrust at Scottsville and the Vaal respectively. Rikitikitana had his first win for the Sean…