KZN Welcome New Mares To Stud
With the opening of breeding season on Saturday, KZN farms are welcoming new mares to the broodmare band this season, including a full sister to African Night Sky and PE Champion Beataboutthebush.
With the opening of breeding season on Saturday, KZN farms are welcoming new mares to the broodmare band this season, including a full sister to African Night Sky and PE Champion Beataboutthebush.
“He won first time out and has paid his way, so when Anton showed me a yearling – Hungry Eyes by Toreador out of Step it Up – I did not hesitate as he oozes class. He is now a two year old and is already more imposing than Misty Dawn or Cumulus, and will join Nathan Kotzen’s yard at Summerveld next month,” said Haswell.
“While I have to admit to some personal sentimentality, it’s every stud man’s ambition to stand a horse of his own breeding. The end of 2018 will mark forty years of our existence at Summerhill; in that time, we’ve bred a number of top class performers as you know, yet I have to say that in Rabada, we’ve at last reached the point of standing a horse that embodies just about everything we as breeders have been trying to produce for the past three hundred years. Apart from being an outstanding racehorse, he is the embodiment of physical perfection, and moves as well as any horse I’ve had the privilege to behold.” – Mick Goss, Summerhill Stud
KZN farm Summerhill Stud were awarded the KZN Racing Awards accolade of Leading Breeder in the province for the season on Friday night at the Greyville Convention Centre. Summerhill finished ahead of Mauritzfontein & Wilgerbosdrift, R400 000 in stakes head, earning a total of R4,786,975 for the season and 29.3% winners to runners – 48…
The former Mike de Kock trained Toreador gelding Misty Birnam registered his first win in the UK when he scored with ease in a Class 5 Handicap over 1400m at Redcar on Saturday. The gelding was raced here by his breeder Anton Procter in partnership with Mike de Kock.
Bloodstock South Africa would like to take this opportunity of expressing their gratitude and appreciation to all loyal vendors and buyers for their wonderful support of the various yearling sales conducted during the course of the year. Although 2018 has been a difficult period for our economy, and even more so for our industry, Bloodstock South Africa’s sales have held up remarkably well.
Rathmor sire Linngari has had 10 wins in one month, as well as in South Africa with Elangeni recently at Turffontein over 1400m.
#kznbred Two year olds Carlita, Alfeo and Born A Bully feature in the Eastern Cape Award nominees. The awards take place on Saturday, 1 September.
Kjell Foundation’s spectacular son of Noble Tune was the leading colt of the 35 #kznbreds consigned to the 447 strong National 2YO Sale catalogue, whilst Spring Valley’s athletic Oratorio lead the fillies. Mike Benson of Spurwing Horse Feeds and Kjell Foundation has had a phenomenal strike rate over the years, breeding Graded Stakes Winners and…
Bruce le Roux’s well-established Spring Valley Stud will be offering nine quality lots at this week’s National Two-Year-Old Sale. The draft offers two-year-olds by such proven and popular sires as Crusade, Querari, Oratorio, Twice Over, Visionaire and What A Winter, as well as by the vastly underrated Just As Well.