KZN-Breds Successful On Ready To Run Race Day
KZN-breds had significant success at Turffontein yesterday, with sons of Admire Main, Just As Well and Toreador all winning on the big day.
KZN-breds had significant success at Turffontein yesterday, with sons of Admire Main, Just As Well and Toreador all winning on the big day.
“This was incredible today,” said Smith, who picked up his 25th Breeders’ Cup win. “You just don’t see things like this from a young 3-year-old. He literally was prancing after the race was over. … He’s so talented. He’s got amazing stamina. He doesn’t quit. He could have gone around again. He’s incredible.”
Our KZN sires have strong connections with the Breeders Cup this year, amongst them stallions Crusade (Seventh Heaven), Noble Tune (Made You Look) and Flying The Flag (Photo Call).
The Galileo juvenile half-brother to Scott Bros’ French Gr3 winner Eightfold Path, named Diodorus, ran a vastly improved race yesterday over the Leopardstown 1800m trip with blinkers on for the first time, to run on strongly and finish second behind Godolphin’s Dubai Sand.
Bred by Des Scott (of Scott Bros), Gr1 Racing Post Trophy winner Rivet is the seventh foal out of the winning Galileo mare Starship and is a brother to several winners including 7f scorer Out And About.
A beautifully-bred Crusade colt sold for R700 000 at the recent CTS Ready To Run Sale in Durbanville, consigned by Beaumont Stud and purchased by Mayfair Speculators.
Invitation to the KZN Breeders Awards taking place 26 November 2016 at Bellwood Stud in Nottingham Road.
After the news filtered through of Flying The Flag’s full sister Rhododendron’s Gr1 win in the Dubai Fillies Mile, Photo Call (also by Galileo out of Theann – a daughter of Flying The Flag’s second dam Cassandra Go) won the Gr1 First Lady in the United States from Tepin by almost three lengths
The full sister to Bush Hill Stud’s new stallion prospect Flying The Flag, Rhododendron has beaten Hydrangea impressively between three to four lengths in the Gr1 Dubai Fillies Mile at Newmarket this afternoon in firm going, at a course where speed is a necessity to win.
Unbridled’s Song, the sire of Noble Tune, produced another Gr1 winner over the weekend with Forever Unbridled in the Gr1 Beldame Stakes at Belmont Park. The filly won on the dirt in muddy going by two and a quarter lengths from Tiger Ride (by Candy Ride) and Penwith (Bernardini) over nine furlongs. The time for…