Yellow Star Stud and Balmoral Stud: Ready To Run Gallops Invitation
Yellow Star Stud and Balmoral Stud: Ready To Run Gallops Invitation
Yellow Star Stud and Balmoral Stud: Ready To Run Gallops Invitation
Tribute To Hector Lawrence – KZN’s Oldest Breeder Turning 100 Hector Lawrence is a life member of Gold Circle, and during the 1960’s was an owner, trainer and breeder. Hector owned Devon Stud in Mooi River later selling it on to be renamed Regent Stud. He then built on the adjourning farm selling to Kevin…
Passing Of Wally Brits It was with great sadness and shock that we heard of Wally Brits’ untimely passing. Wally was an enormous character with a larger than life take on things. Wally had a loud and jovial personality and a passion for his friends and racing, both horses and pigeons that was to be…
Backworth Stud: And So The Breeding Season Begins! Backworth Stud got off to a good start to the season yesterday with 2 mares being covered in KwaZulu-Natal and 3 in the Cape, and more bookings for today. It’s an exciting year for Backworth ahead, and with a confident belief that the Thoroughbred and Racing industry…
Gr 3 August Stakes Win For Sire Muhtafal Winner of the Gr 3 August Stakes at the Vaal over the weekend – Here Comes Billy, a gelding who looks the splitting image of his great sire Muhtafal, has put himself forward as a horse with a serious chance of taking home the Gr 2 Emerald…
Guest Column: Shades Of Greatness 22 August, 2013 – Lisa Barrett Varsfontein Studs Judpot has been grabbing headlines around the country recently, thanks in part to his phenomenal achievement of producing two Grade One winners (Forest Indigo and Along Came Polly), a Grade 2 winner (Colour Of Courage) as well as a Listed Stakes winner…
International KZN Sire News KZN’s sires are back in the news on the International front – with Visionaire’s son Outlook in a Listed race, Moonlight Cloud gets her fourth Gr 1 for broodmare sire Spectrum with King Of Kings also proving his broodmare sire abilities in the USA, A.P. Warrior – closely bred along the…
Final Results – Emperors Palace National Two Year Old Sale The 2013 Emperors Palace National 2 Year Old Sale ended on Friday evening. KZN’s top-priced colt for the second day went to Lot 276, a beautiful big A.P. Answer colt out of the mare La Favourite by Foveros, bred and consigned by Scott Bros. The…
Guest Column: So Close He Came 19 August, 2013 – Lisa Barrett It was a day of heartbreaking seconds for champion South African trainer Mike de Kock on two continents. First, Soft Falling Rain was beaten by the 3-1 shot Gregorian in the Group 2 Hungerford Stakes in the UK, and then KZN’s golden boy…
Guest Column: The Apache Lands 16 August, 2013 – Lisa Barrett KZN racing sees one of its brightest sons, The Apache take on some of the best in the Group One Arlington Million in Chicago, USA. Already a multiple Group One and Group winner in South Africa, The Apache further entrenched his class with a…