Will Frankel Make It 14 Out Of 14 On Saturday? At £100 million, Frankel is most valuable stallion prospect ever reports The Telegraph. Khalid Abdulla knows full well that he has an extremely valuable property on his hands – industry experts value Frankel at £100 million for stud purposes – but he is eager that…
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Media Release: Greyville Night Racemeetings Postponed Inclement weather over the past month has forced Gold Circle to abandon the Greyville night racemeetings scheduled for October 30 and November 6. As a consequence racing action will only return to the City track on Sunday, November 18, when the second leg of the 2012 Avis Coach Charter…
Prominent English Mare Colorspin Dies The Bloodhorse.com reports that Colorspin, a major producer for Meon Valley Stud in England, died mid-August at age 29. The KZN connection with this great mare is sire Mullins Bay(GB), Colorspin is a half-sister to his dam named Bella Colora. Bred in France by Meon Valley, Colorspin (High Top–Reprocolor, by…
Main Man Striking Timing is everything, no doubt about it. Who would have thought that a stallion of Admire Main’s pedigree and aptitude would be a sire of quality juveniles. It just goes to show, class counts. While Admire Main ran off with his juvenile debut over 1400m by some seven lengths, it was late…
Dispersal Sale: Late Roy Eckstein and Mr & Mrs RC Muir Michael Holmes Bloodstock will be holding a total dispersal sale of the racing and breeding stock of the late Roy Eckstein, and Mr and Mrs RC Muir, who own magnificent sire Ravishing, standing at Summerhill Stud. 11 of the 13 yearlings offered are by…
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 Mac The Dancer Off The Mark For Alec Laird Backworth-bred Mac The Dancer, by Joshua Dancer(USA) out of Miss Unimac(AUS) by Bellotto(USA), broke his maiden Tuesday at Scottsville over 1400m, posting an impressive 4.75 length win under the guidance of jockey Anthony Delpech for trainer Alec Laird. Mac The Dancer is a half brother…
Highdown Stud was founded in 1967 by Scott Brothers with the intention of breeding racehorses of the highest quality, which includes 167 mares, 110 foals, 90 yearlings and 5 stallions. Mogok, the most successful son of Storm Cat at stud in South Africa and a half-brother to Champion sire Machiavellian – has produced the likes…
Rathmor’s Gran Blanco A Yearling As of the 1 August, Rathmor Stud’s white colt born in September last year, Gran Blanco, is officially a yearling. He remains a big colt, very typical of the progeny of Kahal in the shape of his head and the substantial size of his bone structure and conformation. His dam…