Backworth Foals Arriving For 2014 Season This time of year is always so rewarding for a Stud Farm as the season’s foals begin to arrive. This handsome youngster is a colt foal by Golden Sword (High Chaparral) out of our British mare Car Park Queen (Zamindar). Golden Sword, who stands at Summerhill Stud here in…
Outstanding Irish Flame Foals And Sibling Irish Flame’s 20 year old dam, Clock The Rock (Flaming Rock – Cora Dora by Condorcet), has foaled a magnificent Toreador this season at Bush Hill Stud. The dam of dual Gr1 winner and Equus Award winner has produced six winners, including the full-sister to Irish Flame, Irish Myth…
Crusade First Foals Impressive The Scott Bros’ exciting young stallion Crusade has made a bright start to his stud career. The former brilliant two year old was both popular and fertile in his first season last year, and his first foals now arriving, are causing a stir amongst all breeders lucky enough to have them….
Full-Brother to Dancewiththedevil Welcomed At Hadlow Stud St John Gray’s broodmare, Emperor’s Dance by Caesour, foaled a lovely big colt last night ‘with big shoes to fill’ – a full brother to five-time Gr1 winning KZN-bred Dancewiththedevil. St John Gray produced a sterling achievement by breeding, owning and training the talented mare who returned from…
Outstanding First Foal For Irish Flame Dual Gr1 winning son of Dynasty and the first of his sons to go to stud – Irish Flame has had his first foal born for the 2014 season, an outstanding filly out of Rambo Dancer mare, Bistro Belle at Bush Hill Stud. A two-time winner, Bistro Belle (out…
Byword(GB) First Foal Born At Middlefield Byword’s first foal was born this weekend. Talented racemare Hurricane Queen gave birth to this beautiful chestnut filly at Middlefield Stud last weekend. Middlefield’s Rob Pickering was delighted by the foal, describing the filly as “A first foal with a nice quality about her and is a good size.”…
Crusade(USA) First Foals
Another Outstanding ‘Jewel’ For Strategic News(AUS) Giant’s Causeway mare Giant’s Jewel(AUS) residing at Rathmor Stud has foaled an outstanding colt by Strategic News(AUS) this season, bred by Jurie Snyman. A beautifully-bred mare who had three wins and placed eight times – including a second in the Gr 2 Sceptre Stakes, Giant’s Jewel is out of…
Full-Sister For White Colt Gran Blanco A mating that initially produced South Africa’s first white medicine hat Thoroughbred at Rathmor Stud, named Gran Blanco, broodmare Perakeen foaled a lovely bay Kahal filly recently for Mike and Tanya McHardy. A colt who drew world-wide attention – being only one of five or so in the world,…
Backworth Stud: Quality Foals Arriving Kahal (GB) – War Echo (SAF) “Cetshwayo led a powerful army of young Zulu fighters called “uSuthu” named for their bloodcurdling war cry, “uSuthu” which, when incited during battle, implored the ancestors to beseach upon them the strength and bravery of fallen Zulu warriors.” …and as the winter chill wanes…