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…
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…
Invitation: KZN Breeders Awards 2015 The KZN Breeders Awards takes place on 7 November at Bellwood Stud from 17:30. Please join us to celebrate the KZN Thoroughbred, tickets are R350 per person and tables, seating 10 people each, are available on a first come first serve basis. Please advise any special dietary preferences, and make…
Start Of The National Yearling Sale The TBA National Yearling Sale kicks off today at 13:00, selling Lots 1-150 on the first day of the three day sale. The catalogue of 449 horses this year has been hailed as one of the strongest ever, with several buyers inspecting this year commenting that their short lists…
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…
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…