Bush Hill-raised Seal Takes The Gr 2 Gold Vase Seal, born and raised at Bush Hill Stud for breeder Dr Ian Heyns, won the Grade 2 Mango Gold Vase over 3000m on Vodacom Durban July day. Seal returned to a marathon trip for the first time since his Grade 1 S.A. Derby victory last year,…
KZN Mixed Sale Coming Up At Yellow Star Stud The annual KZN Mixed Sale takes place at Yellow Star Stud in Mooi River on Thursday, 12 July, and will start at 12pm. The sale consists of broodmares, weanlings, fillies coming off the track for stud, two year olds and horses in training. This will be…
Vodacom Durban July Final Field The Vodacom Durban July final field has been announced, with quality KZN-breds making an appearance, including the exciting entry of Eton Square. Pierre Jourdan tops the table with a weight of 60kgs, and drawing stall 15. He ran an incredible strong second to the mighty Igugu(AUS) last year. Auctioned for…
Secretariat’s 1973 Preakness Time Now Confirmed A Record The Maryland Racing Commission voted Tuesday in a special hearing at Laurel Park that 1973 Triple Crown winner Secretariat, who set records that still stand at the Kentucky Derby (gr. I) and the Belmont States (gr. I), also set the record in the Preakness Stakes (gr. I)…
Backworth’s Chocolicious Turns Tables On KZN Stakes Speedsters Backworth Stud’s Chocolicious (SAF) (Photo : Gold Circle) Following on from her very respectable fourth behind Ebony Flyer in the South African Fillies Sprint (Grade 1) two weeks ago, Chocolicious (Kahal – Candy Box by Exclusive Patriot) continued to show good form Friday evening with a great…
Bosch Hoek Equine Hospital – Gastric Ulcers Presentation For more information go to: www.bheh.co.za
KZN Breeders Million Mile First Entries The inaugural KZN Breeders Million Mile first entries are through to be run at Greyville 1 July 2012 as part of the KZN Breeders annual Race Day, with the increased stake of a R1 million. The race was previously known as the KZN Breeders 1600 which was previously run…
KZN-Bred Stakes Winning Siblings At 2012 Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale We have a look at the full and half siblings of Stakes winners in the catalogue that will be on offer at the Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale taking place 5 and 6 July 2012 at Suncoast. They include half-siblings to Graded Stakes winners Goat and…
Orphan Filly Gypsy Fair Rewards Bush Hill Stud Every winner is special to any breeder, but Gypsy Fair’s facile win by sixth lengths at Flamingo Park was especially so to all at Bush Hill because by all accounts this filly should never have been alive. Warwick Render goes onto to tell us why this filly…
KY Commission Approves Race-Day Salix Ban Blood-horse.com reports that the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, by a 7-5 vote with one abstention June 13, approved an administrative regulation that would ban the use of furosemide on race-day in graded and listed stakes over a three-year period beginning Jan. 1, 2014. Whether it is enacted remains to…