Vodacom Durban July Final Field And Draws Justin Snaith was breathing a lot easier after top weight KZN-bred Futura drew 6 in the draw for next Saturday’s R3,5 Gr 1 Vodacom Durban July. The 18-horse field with two reserve runners was announced and the draw made at a function at Greyville yesterday. Snaith was left…
Double On Polytrack For Sire Al Miqdaam Al Miqdaam, standing in the KZN Midlands at Roy Moodley’s farm has not only achieved a double on Friday night at Greyville with Al Ciberano and daughter Shikra, but also now has 100% record of producing runners to winners! It was also a double for breeder Robert Smith,…
KZN Breeders Race Day: Final Fields
Eightfold Path First Foals
Winter School 2015: Wise Men Seek To Understand Those of us who’ve attended the School Of Equine Management Excellence’s annual Winter Workshop will know what it means for the South African racing and breeding industries. There is no other annual forum like it anywhere in the world, and the calibre of speakers has been simply…
Passing Of Await The Dawn Sad news has come through over the weekend regarding the tragic passing of a particularly exciting sire for KZN, Await The Dawn. He was the first son of Giant’s Causeway to be brought into South Africa for stud purposes, residing at Champion breeders’ Summerhill Stud. Await The Dawn not only…
KZN Yearling Sale Million – Final Field The KZN Yearling Sale Million has once again attracted a top quality field of two year old graduates from the 2014 Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale, including Gr3 winner Royal Pleasure, as well as two Gr1 performers by young stallion Just As Well – Just Africa and Just As…
Noble Tune News: Will Take Charge Stud Fee Announced Will Take Charge, last year’s three-year-old male champion and Horse of the Year finalist, will take up stud duty for the 2015 season at Three Chimneys Farm in Kentucky for a fee of $30,000. Sharing the same sire as Rathmor’s new import for the 2014 breeding…
Vodacom Durban July Gallops This Thursday See all the stars in action at the annual Vodacom Durban July gallops at Greyville from 07:00 on Thursday morning, June 25. A condition or entry for South Africa’s premier horserace is participation in the July Gallops where the big race contenders will gallop on their own or with…
Double For Overlord On Polytrack The magnificent Australian-bred bay son of Danehill, Overlord, is producing the goods on Greyville’s artificial surface and achieved a double for the Scott Bros on 24 October. Aptly, the first horse to win in the trials on Greyville’s newly installed artificial surface was Scott Bros-bred Apache Rose by Overlord, a…