The four-year-old Await The Dawn gelding Morning Catch caught most punters and pundits by surprise when he fought a courageous battle in the closing stages to win the R1-million Non-Black Type KZN Breeders Million Mile at Hollywoodbets Greyville in Durban on Saturday. Out of the Jet Master mare Catch The Wind, the bay gelding under…
Camphoratus was given the green light for a run in the Vodacom Durban July with the scratching of Magnificent Seven due to lameness in a foreleg, and gave an impressive account for herself this morning at the Vodacom Durban July Gallops on the same track that she won the Gr3 Flamboyant in December. Interestingly, Camphoratus…
Peter and Jenny Blyth’s Clifton Stud will be offering a quality, eleven strong draft at this year’s KZN Yearling Sale, with four lots offered as agent. This draft is made up of yearlings by a range of different sires including Capetown Noir, Crusade, Flying The Flag, Ideal World and Mogok. Triple G1 winner Capetown Noir…
Gr1 Empress Club Stakes winner Camphoratus is first reserve in the Vodacom Durban July, and trainer Robbie Hill drew card 14. The Byword will be carrying 52kgs if she makes the final field, a week after racing in the KZN Breeders Million Mile. Previous #kznbreds to attempt this double (the Million Mile and VDJ) have been…
They come from racing centres around the country for the unique annual gathering staged by the KwaZulu-Natal Breeders Club in conjunction with Gold Circle for nine exciting races topped by the R1-million KZN Breeders Million Mile, a very popular race confined to horses that are three-year-olds and older that are registered as KwaZulu-Natal bred in…
The well established Mooi River farm, Hadlow Stud, will be offering 15 quality yearlings (three as agent) at next month’s KZN Yearling Sale. The Hadlow draft is made up of lots by the likes of Act Of War, Bezrin, Capetown Noir, Crusade, Elusive Fort, Flying The Flag, Mogok, Noble Tune, Pomodoro, Querari, The Apache and…
The Kinmount Stud will be offering a single lot at this year’s KZN Yearling Sale, but this filly is from the first crop of one of the best bred stallions currently at stud in South Africa. Kinmount’s filly Imperial Banner (Lot 222) is a daughter of G3 International Stakes winner Flying The Flag, a Galileo…
FINAL KZN BREEDERS SERIES POINTS AS AT 16 June 2019 No. Horse Age Sex MR Trainer Breeder Pre-Nom Points 1 BRAVO ZULU 4 G 63 Louis Goosen Summerhill Stud (Pty) Ltd Yes 55 2 WINTER STORM 3 G 93 Paul Peter Mr S R Rosseau Yes 38 3 ABELIE 3 F 77 David Nieuwenhuizen Piemonte…
FINAL KZN BREEDERS SERIES POINTS AS AT 16 June 2019 – 2YOS No. Horse Age Sex MR Trainer Breeder Pre-Nom Points 1 LUNA WISH 2 F 84 Alan Greeff Mr Bruce Le Roux Yes 27 2 ANNATJIE 2 F 79 Ashley Fortune Summerhill Stud (Pty) Ltd Yes 23 3 HEY DELILAH 2 F 85 Michael…
Bruce and Delia Le Roux’s Spring Valley Stud is steadily collecting Black Type this season, with Silent Crusade placing a gallant third closely to Oh Susanna in the Tibouchina, and Luna Wish, sold at the 2018 National 2YO Sale, taking the Lady’s Slipper Stakes Listed for fellow breeder and owner Lee Scribante on Friday afternoon…