Leading KwaZulu-Natal thoroughbred nursery, Spring Valley Stud, will be offering a pair of well related two-year-olds at the upcoming November Two Year Old. Both lots in this draft were sired by Spring Valley’s well performed young stallion Rabada, whose five wins, from just ten starts, included scores in both the G1 Premiers Champion Stakes and…
Ted Hughes’ stallion by High Chaparral, Golden Sword, passed on after an unfortunate accident. “A very sad day yesterday. We lost Golden Sword to a freak accident at the farm. The record holder over 2000m in Dubai and two lengths behind Sea the Stars in the 2009 Epsom Derby, will be sorely missed by us….
The Summerview Stud will be offering some well related lots at this year’s November Two Year Old Sale. The KwaZulu-Natal farm will be consigning two-year-olds sired by all of Coup De Grace, Crusade, Flying The Flag, Master Of My Fate, Rabada and the sensational Vercingetorix at November’s auction. Writteninthesand (Lot 73) is a filly bound…
Warwick and Karin Render of Bush Hill Stud wait with bated breath for the full sister to MK’s Pride to arrive. Out of the Admire Main mare Ikimasu, the outstanding MK’s Pride has exceeded expectations! His sire Willow Magic has blown many of us away, and people are only just starting to realize what he…
The KZN Breeders Club have announced the nominees for the KZN Breeders Awards, taking place on Friday 3 December at the Nottingham Road Hotel. It was a very successful season for KZN with three Gr1 winners including War Of Athena and Battle Force (both by Act Of War) and Under Your Spell – all three…
Declarationofpeace has got off to a cracking start at stud which includes an outstanding quality of broodmares. Notably amongst them is Jet Master mare Mystery Dame – the dam of Gr1 winner Lady In Black and Gr2 Snaith-trained winner, Nexus. Covering a full book of 86 in his first season, amongst the mares is the…
A fairytale that brightened the gloom of 2020, a year that all of us would rather forget, looks set to continue. Koos Nkale’s tough-as-teak Willow Magic colt MK’S Pride took his earnings over the R1 million mark as he clinched his seventh victory with a typically gutsy showing to win Sunday’s R300 000 Gr2 Joburg…
Bush Hill sprinting sire New Predator (AUS) has his first yearlings which will be heading for sales next year, and based on the top quality of the individuals, many farms have returned mares to the son of New Approach who ticks all the boxes with his physical looks and pedigree, making him an easy stallion…
The Gr1 sprinting son of Dubawi, Willow Magic, had a double at Turffontein on Thursday. Both horses were bred by Summerhill. Pick A Lily (Pick Of The Field by Kahal) kicked off the double, breaking her maiden over 1200m after earning a cheque in 11 of her previous 12 starts for trainer David Nieuwenhuisen and…
Garrulous, a handsome bay son of Byword bred by Seymour Harley of Tertia Properties, out of his mare who has produced multiple winners, Ritualistic by Jallad, will start at Chantilly on Friday 24 September over 1200m. Owned by Estate Late Bernie Schwegmann and son Howard Schwegmann when he raced in South Africa, Garrulous placed second…