New Foals From Far End Stables Jane Thomas of Far End Stables has welcomed some beautiful foals with lovely pedigrees this season. We have a look at a few of them. The first is a beautiful A.P. Answer filly out of the mare Swala. The mare is by Alami out of Sovereign Wonder by Sovereign…
Start Your Foal Out Right To Help Avoid Bone And Tendon Problems Later In Life 28 November, 2011 – Dr Rensia Möller Part II Creep Feeding Nursing Foals In the earliest stages of life a foal’s nutritional requirements are pretty much met with mare’s milk and pasture, plus whatever the foal starts nibbling on, such…
KZN-Bred Dancewiththedevil Wins Grade 1 Sansui Summer Cup Dancewiththedevil justified the title bestowed upon her as KZN Breeders Horse Of The Year the night before she went out to win the R2-million Grade 1 Sansui Summer Cup in scintilating fashion on Saturday. Going off at 15/1, she shouldered a hefty 58kgs to win the race…
New Foals From Rathmor Stud With foaling season well upon us right now, we take a look at a few of Rathmor’s foals that have been born recently. Strategic News(AUS) had his first foal arrive on 12 September. Out of Coconut Grove, she had a smart bay colt. Coconut Grove is by Rambo Dancer out…
Gypsy’s Warning Attempting A Repeat Win In The Grade 1 Matriarch Today Rathmor-bred Gypsy’s Warning comes into the race off a sixth-place finish (beaten 3 1/4 lengths) in the First Lady Stakes (Grade 1) and is part of a three-horse Matriarch contingent for trainer Graham Motion. The Matriarch, the ninth on a 10-race program, is…
Frankel Named Cartier Horse-Of-The-Year Frankel (Galileo – Kind by Danehill/Rainbow Quest) was named Cartier Horse Of The Year at the awards ceremony in London. The three-year-old colt, owned and bred by Khalid Abdullah and trained by Sir Henry Cecil, Frankel also took the honours in the Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt category. Frankel swept all before him…
Rathmor Stud’s “Great White” Named Rathmor Stud’s “Great White” colt has been named Gran Blanco (translated as Great White in Spanish), after it was put out to the public via Rathmor’s Facebook group to provide name suggestions for the unusually-coloured foal – snow white with chestnut ears. The colt, born on 14 September by Kahal…
Sansui Summer Cup Grade 1 Final Field KZN-Breds feature prominently in the Grade 1 Sansui Summer Cup for R2 Million this year to be run on the 26 November 2011. Pierre Jourdan, runner-up to Igugu(AUS) in this year’s Vodacom Durban July, will shoulder the biggest weight of 60kgs after winning the Emperor’s Charity Mile Grade…
Gypsy Queen Foals A Fort Wood Filly Gypsy Queen, the dam of Grade 1 winner in South Africa and America – Gypsy’s Warning – foaled a beautiful bay filly (who bears a strong resemblance to her half-sister Gypsy’s Warning) on 24 September by Fort Wood at Rathmor Stud. This makes the filly a full-sister to…
Gold Circle “Demerger” Between Kwa-Zulu Natal and Western Cape Members of Gold Circle Horseracing and Betting have voted overwhelmingly in favour of all the Resolutions which give effect to the “demerger” between KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape and the restructuring of the respective regions. The well attended special general meeting of the company, which took…