Vodacom Durban July Gallops This morning saw the running of the annual Vodacom Durban July Gallops on a beautiful fresh and bright morning, which saw the event being well attended by the public, with binoculars, race-cards, coffee and sticky buns in hand. The big race day will take place 7 July. Amongst the crowd were…
Backworth National Yearlings 2012 Lot 90 TOO MUCH FUN (Admire Main (JPN) / Merriment (SAF)) Chestnut Filly (6th produce) DOB 07/09/2010 By ADMIRE MAIN (JPN) (2003 – Stud 2009), 4 wins, inc. Aoba Sho, Gr2, Mainichi Hai, Gr3, 2nd Japan Derby, Gr1. His sire, SUNDAY SILENCE, was champion sire in Japan 15 times. His dam,…
Is Igugu In The Next Ready-To-Run Draft? We’ve had a couple of queries about whether the next Igugu is in this draft. Here is our response to that question: “I guess the answer is “you never know”, because they often come from “left field.” What I can tell you is that this is probably the…
Backworth’s Devonella Wins Well For Messrs Daubern And Moore Backworth-bred Devonella (Kahal – Devon-Sent by Northern Guest) won well over 1200m at Clairwood Sunday under a confident ride from jockey Julius Mariba for trainer Ivan Moore. A grand-daughter of the great Durban July (1984) winning mare, Devon Air(GB), this win takes the Devonella’s career record…
Backworth Stud: Congratulations and Celebrations Backworth Stud celebrates a magnificently successful March, and recognises the passion of trainers and commitment of owners whose support has taken Backworth to an enviable position on the Breeders Log. Taking Sporting Post’s Top 50 Breeders as of 1st of April, with just 30 runners Backworth are now in 30th…
KZN Sires Continue To Produce Winners Overseas Sires standing in KZN continue to produce winners overseas as sires and broodmare sires, giving KZN a lot to be proud of. Warwick Render is enthusiastic about the reports of King’s Chapel (by King Of Kings). “The day after King Montrose’s [Gr 3] win he had one runner…
Foals From Hadlow Stud For 2012 A recent visit to Cathy and Jonathan Martin’s Hadlow Stud revealed yet another exciting KZN-bred foal crop for both Cathy Martin and St John Gray, whose Graystone Stud operation is integrated into Hadlow Stud. St John Gray’s stallions include Announce, his son Call To Combat (who has had his…
Rathmor’s Gran Blanco Featured In International Horseracing Magazine Rathmor’s Gran Blanco has been featured in the quarterly edition of the newly launched International Horseracing Magazine. Having drawn international attention, South Africa’s first recorded medicine hat Thoroughbred, the white yearling colt has put KZN Breeders and Rathmor Stud on the map in a big way internationally….
Gold Circle Racing Awards Gold Circle held their annual KZN Racing Awards ceremony on Friday evening, an event that was very well attended at the Elangeni Hotel in Durban. Summerhill Stud once again did KZN proud, taking home the award for Breeder Of The Year. Summerhill have had another strong year, with the racing successes…
Potential Broodmares For Sale Alesh Naidoo has the following multiple winning mares in training for sale as potential broodmares. Please contact him directly with an offer at either aleshnaidoo@hotmail.com or 031-3069069. Rapid Flow Modern Day(USA) – Surfers Eye by Elliodor(FR) 2005 Bay Mare Race Record: 6 wins, R538 900, at 4 to 5 over 2000…