The most successful son of the great Danehill to stand his stud career in South Africa, Toreador of Bush Hill Stud will have his first crop of KZN-bred yearlings available this year at auction. He has produced four winners in three days over four different racecourses countrywide.
Noble Tune’s half-brother Honor Code, a son from the final crop of A.P Indy, won the Eclipse Award for Champion Dirt Older Male over the weekend.
KZN has recently had a number of winners at Kenilworth from both Bush Hill and Rathmor Stud, whilst Visionaire’s last three runners have all been winners. They are all headed up by Bush Hill Stud’s impressive Trippi colt who galloped to smashing eight length victory yesterday, descending from the immediate family of Gr1 winners Zirconeum and Stellite.
Rathmor Stud’s Noble Tune has both his maternal and paternal half-brothers, Honor Code and Liam’s Map respectively and both standing their first seasons at Lanes End – both nominated for the prestigious Eclipse Awards category of Older Dirt Male.
Michael Holmes Bloostock February Sale: Please see attached the Entry Form for the Shongweni February Sale on Wednesday, 24th February 2016 at Shongweni Polo Fields. Closing Date for entries is Wednesday, 20th January 2016.
The first entries closed in December and the growth of the KZN Breeders Race Day, one of the biggest on Gold Circle’s racing calendar after the Vodacom Durban July by stakes on offer, has increased incredibly each year – this is the third year running and saw an astounding 913 entries received for horses that are of two years of age and up. Our first entries in 2013 for the KZN Breeders Series saw over 600 horses entered in the first year.
Mighty Emperor collected his second win in Singapore for Pat Shaw, the son of Kahal winning over 1600m by a length.
A happy chord of nostalgia was struck Saturday night when Serene Melody ended her racing career with a perfect-trip victory in the $50,000 Wintergreen Stakes at Turfway Park in northern Kentucky. Serene Melody was produced by the Hall of Fame mare Serena’s Song, the third dam of Noble Tune and Honor Code.
Ken and Lynne Twort of Barton Hall Stud bred the six year old son of Mullins Bay that romped to victory in the Gr3 Lebelo Sprint at Turffontein on the weekend over 1000m on the turf. Viking Hero is a horse that sold at the 2011 National Two Year Old Sale for just R30 000 – and has gone on to win over R680 000.
KZN-bred son of Dynasty, It Is Written galloped to victory in the Gr3 Christmas Handicap for trainer Dean Kannemeyer and owner Fred Crabbia. The Keivan Stud bred five year old gelding has now won his seventh race to date.