KZN-bred Madigan Wins Zimbabwe Triple Crown KZN-bred Madigan, bred by Mr Syd and Shirley Rosseau at St Helier Stud, won the Zimbabwean Triple Crown yesterday in the R140 000 FBC Derby (Grade 3) for 3-year-olds at Borrowdale racecourse. It was the third Leg of the Triple Crown run over 2400m. Trained by Kirk Swanson, Madigan…
Frankel Makes It 10 Out Of 10 AFP reports that equine superstar Frankel made it 10 wins from 10 starts in the Group One Lockinge Stakes here on Saturday in front of an impressive crowd of 15,000. The four-year-old Henry Cecil-trained colt, the 2/7 favourite, came home five lengths clear of Excelebration – finishing second…
Preakness Gr 1 Final Field And Draws Bloodhorse.com reports that most horse racing fans are hoping that Kentucky Derby (gr. I) winner I’ll Have Another can take a second step toward a Triple Crown, a feat that has not been accomplished since 1978. And while the son of Flower Alley has a solid shot to…
Final Fields For Grade 1 Races At Scottsville 26 May The final fields for three Grade 1 events on 26 May at Scottsville, the Allan Robertson Championship, Tsogo Sun Medallion, S.A. Fillies Sprint and Golden Horse Casino Sprint with a strong representation of horses either KZN-bred or by KZN resident stallions. King Of Kings and…
Four Winners In Three Days For Cataloochee In what is almost a sad irony of a sire’s premature death, generally comes success from their progeny. Cataloochee has had four KZN-bred winners since 10 May at three different tracks around the country and Stronghold has achieved an incredible 50% winners to runners from just a few…
First Supplementary Entries For Vodacom Durban July Dr HORSE A/S WGT M/R TRAINER 0 DANCEWITHTHEDEVIL (5M) 0.0 116 St John Gray 0 JACKSON (3C) 0.0 116 Brett Crawford 0 PIERRE JOURDAN (5G) 0.0 114 B Gary Alexander 0 BRAVURA (5G) 0.0 113 B Joey Ramsden 0 TALES OF BRAVERY (5G) 0.0 113 Vaughan Marshall 0…
Backworth Stud’s Exceptional Racing Weekend Backworth Stud had their globetrotting Grade 1 winning filly, Chocolicious, win again on Friday night and introduce an exciting new broodmare acquisition, National Seeker, to their broodmare band. Chocolicious (Kahal – Candy Box by Exclusive Patriot) won convincingly on Friday night at Greyville, in strong company, under jockey Keagan Latham…
Alesh Naidoo Gold Circle’s owner of the month for March, Alesh Naidoo, is passionate about horses, with 55 horses currently in training. “I love leading in winners, it’s such a thrill to lead in your horse,” he admits. As a former punter who limited his involvement to betting, he decided to take the big leap….
Black Caviar Makes It 21 The world now awaits Black Caviar after the invincible mare farewelled Australian racing this season with an effortless win in The Goodwood (1,200m) at Morphettville. Her travelling roadshow returned to Adelaide for the second time in as many weeks and the world’s best sprinter failed to disappoint another 30,000 sell-out…
Supplementary Entries And Weights – Betting World 1900 The Betting World 1900 at Greyville on will be run 22 May, over 1900m for a stake of R300 000. Two KZN-breds have been entered, Bay Route and Buy And Sell. Bay Route, by Silvino out of Forest Route by Nissr, placed second by a nose to…