The KZN Breeders Awards takes place this year at Fordoun on 1 December. KZN had a great year once again, producing two Gr1 winners in the season with Takingthepeace excelling to take two legs of the Triple Tiara and placing in the final leg. She will be aimed at the Gr1 Summer Cup, taking place…
The Emperors Palace Ready To Run Cup boasts an illustrious history as a font of outstanding racehorses and future champions. The tally of millionaire graduates from one consignor alone is nudging the 40 mark now, and the 2018 edition of the sale looks set to continue the tradition. What’s different about this year’s 13th…
The Thoroughbred Breeders Association and Bloodstock South Africa held a seminar for the KZN Breeders Club recently to discuss the scoring of mares for the National Yearling Sale.
Horses like The Apache, with a GRV score of 1, have the greatest genetic potential to become an elite racehorse and are 5.4 times more likely to achieve this than horses assigned a lower GRV score of 4.
Similarly, horses with a GBV of 1 have the highest genetic probability of producing elite racehorses and passing on favourable genetic variants to their offspring, when compared with other horses assigned a lower score.”
With his results to date of 36% winners to runners, coupled with his own outstanding performance on the track, his genetic tests are proving to be very accurate.
“Racing and breeding are filled with opportunities and sadly we all miss many that are available to us. The emphatic third win in row for the very promising Aldo yesterday highlights one of these.” – Warwick Render, Bush Hill Stud
The son of Mogok has a phenomenal race record and earned R17-million in stakes, in a career that saw him race on three continents and win at the highest levels, including the Gr2 Rashidiyah (Dubai), first across the line in the Gr1 Arlington Million (USA) and a winner of the Gr1 Daily News 2000 and Gr1 Champions Cup in South Africa and placed in many more.
Piemonte-bred son of Crusade, Alfeo, has won the award for the Eastern Cape’s Champion 2YO Colt.
Yellow Star have welcomed a beautiful foal by Noble Tune (Unbridled’s Song) out of Magical Trip by Trippi, and a beautiful Kildonan for owner and breeder Ted Hughes.
Its the 1 September and breeders will begin frantic few months ahead covering their mares today for the 2019 foaling season.
“With breeders nationally feeling the effects of a subdued economic climate and taking major knocks at sales country wide with sales averaging below what it costs to produce a Thoroughbred to sales age, a Breeders Premium Scheme is greatly appreciated to assist in the running costs of a Thoroughbred breeding operation.”