KZN Breeders Series Log For 2YO’s – 31 May 2015 Royal Pleasure continues to lead the Juvenile log with 25 points for breeder Team Valor, trainer Glen Kotzen and owners’ 3A Racing Syndicate, Team Valor and Mr and Mrs Anant Singh. The talented chestnut filly who has won three of her four starts for freshman…
First Winner For Brave Tin Soldier Rathmor-bred Split The Breeze won a brilliant race at Clairwood yesterday on debut by three quarters of a length over 1000m. The two year old colt is the first to win for the beautiful freshman sire, Brave Tin Soldier, at Summerhill Stud – a horse that lives up to…
King’s Chapel: First Yearlings Presented For Nationals King’s Chapel standing at Bush Hill Stud, has proven himself overseas with winners weekly in various countries such as New Zealand, Australia, Macau, Singapore and Hong Kong. King’s Chapel has had several Group winning and performing horses – including Gr 2 winner King’s Ransom, Gr 3 and 12-time…
KZN-Bred Fourth Estate Wins Gr3 Christmas Handicap The Seymour Harley-bred Fourth Estate is something of a Greyville specialist and he registered his first stakes victory at his 44th start at the advanced age of seven when staying on smartly to spreadeagle his field in the R200 000 Gr3 Christmas Handicap at Greyville on Friday evening….
Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale Results The Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale once again ended on a high, a sale that continues to grow and gains strength each year – especially with the number of Group Winning Graduates it yields each year – KZN-breds include the likes of Midlands Thoroughbreds’ Gr2 winner Virgo’s Babe who set a…
KZN Breeders Race Series Log For 3YO’s And Up – 1 April 2014 The fourth published Log for the KZN Breeders Series for three year olds and up sees Summerhill’s daughter of Stronghold – Negev – remain at the top but this time with 35 points, putting herself above The Money Shot (Spring Valley Stud…
Visit To KZN By NHRA And TBA The NHRA and TBA visited the KZN Breeders on the 9 December at the beautiful venue of Gowrie Gold Club, to provide training and feedback respectively. Colin Hall of the NHRA was warmly received, providing an informative presentation of the new online registration system for the breeders to…
Press Release: Rocket Science Just four short years ago, South Africa’s champion breeders, Summerhill Stud, launched the School of Equine Management Excellence, the only institution of its kind in the southern hemisphere. Thus far, the school has graduated three classes of students, and prides itself on the fact that every one of them has been…
KZN Links To Dubai Weekend Racing Once again South Africa played a prominent part in the Dubai World Cup night on Saturday, with Variety Club winning the Gr 2 Godolphin Mile. The champion son of Var has links to KZN too – although bred by Beaumont Stud, his dam is a registered KZN-bred named La…
The Apache Retired In a recent tweet on his DubaiRaceNight Twitter feed, Pat Cummings made the following announcement: “Trainer Mike de Kock confirms The Apache has been retired and will go to stud in South Africa.” The Apache, bred by Scott Bros at their Highdown Stud, is by resident stallion Mogok out of Apache Rose…