Summerhill have produced more winners this season (nine ahead of the second placed farm according to current nhra stats -3 December) than any other stud in the top 10 breeders log. There is a thought that you can predict what is to come in the future based on the past – if Summerhill’s ten year leading breeder accolades are anything to go by, their draft is to be respected.
Entries have opened for the KZN Breeders Series of seven races at a stake of R200 000 each, held on KZN Breeders Race Day taking place in Saturday, 30 June 2018, and last year saw 700 horses entered for the day.
Winners for both Crusade and Eightfold Path yesterday at Greyville..
Kjell Foundation’s handsome big chestnut son of Kahal, the aptly named Wynkelder, won the KZN Summer Challenge Final (Non Black Type) at Scottsville yesterday for trainer and part owner Tony Rivalland and owners Messrs G N Cumming, Clint Larsson, Arthur Potts and Mrs Mary Liley. Wynkelder, out of Al Vino [read more about her here] by Al…
“It is with heavy hearts that we report that Toreador had to be euthanased for humane reasons this morning after a brief but severe ailment. We thank the Vets and staff of Almiray Vet practice and Baker & McVeigh for their help and efforts in fighting for him.”
Our KZN Breeders Awards will be taking place on 2 December at Fordoun, from 5:30. A big thank you to our sponsors for making our special evening possible. Keep an eye on our social media for the results of the KZN Breeders Awards on Saturday evening.
Scenes from Hadlow Stud at the end of breeding season 2017, including foals by Bezrin, Noble Tune, Redoute’s Promise and Crusade.
From small numbers in our province, KZN had a great Summer Cup race day with a Gr2 Merchants win, followed up by several places in the feature races of the day including a very close second in the Gr2 Dingaans. Summerhill Stud are doing KZN proud once again on the seasonal stats, as the current leading breeders of South Africa.
“He’s a very unassuming little horse,” commented Woodruff. “Nobody considered him for the Derby and the winner went on and ran second in the Durban July. There’s the form line!