French Gr 1 Win for Star Broodmare Sire Spectrum Spectrum adds yet another Gr 1 win to his long list of accolades as a broodmare sire of note – his grey grand-daughter Moonlight Cloud stormed to a record-producing fast finish in the 1300m Gr 1 Prix Maurice de Gheest, her third victory in this race…
Invitation: Zoetis Deworming For Horses Seminar
KZN Breeders Race Series Log – 13 March 2013 The top 50 Three year old KZN-bred colts and fillies in line to run on 30 June 2013 in six races (seven with two year olds) for R200 000 each – over distances of 1200m, 1600m and 1900m. Over 600 entries for six races for three…
KZN Breeders Series Nominations Opened It is that time of the year again – the nominations for the KZN Breeders Series of R200 000 races taking place on 28 June 2013 have opened. The cost is R57 per horse (incl Vat) and entries close on Wednesday 11 December at 16:00. [ Click here to download…
Opening Of Breeding Season 2013 Heavily pregnant broodmares are beginning to fill the foaling barns in deep beds of warm straw around the Thoroughbred stud farms in the Midlands, with two of KZN’s leading breeding establishments already reporting new foal arrivals for the 2013 season. Today marks the beginning of the racing and breeding season…
South African Jockey Academy To Train Hong Kong Apprentices Two apprentice jockeys from Hong Kong, Jonathon Tai and Dylan Mo, have arrived for a two year training stint at the South African Jockey Academy based at Summerveld. It is the first time that the Academy will be training apprentices from Hong Kong. Jonathan Tai is…
2012 KZN Yearling Sale Graduates Shine In Turffontein Listed Races Two sales graduates of the 2012 Suncoast KZN Yearling Sales have done their breeders and KZN proud over the weekend – the first is Jimmi Choo, bred by Cathy and Jonathan Martin of Hadlow Stud winning the Storm Bird Listed, and the second is Virgo’s…
Press Release: See What You Have Missed: Damage Is Done The first handful of runners from Damage Is Done has produced two multiple winning fillies: Shattered Image (4 wins, R290 975 and 10 places, including second in the Emerald Fillies Hcp (L) and third in the Nkosazana Stakes (L)), and Tatters (3 wins, R167 625…
Exciting Young KZN Sires – First Runners First Places Two of KZN’s most exciting young sires, A.P. Answer and Fort Beluga, have had places from their very first runners to hit the track, both in the same race at the Vaal on 28 November – Snow Call and Arrive At Five. Both horses were sent…
The Apache Places In First British Start, York Stakes Gr 2 The Apache ran in the York Stakes, a Group 2 at York over 2000m on Saturday and placed fourth on the turf in good to firm going. A prep run before being aimed at the Arlington Million, The Apache stayed in the money to…