KZN Breeders Series Entries for 28 June 2014 The KZN Breeders Series entries opened in December and it was most encouraging to see the entries filling up by the hundreds in a matter of days – as trainers and owners quickly entered well over 800 horses for the seven races of R200 000 each, including…
BSA Ready To Run Gallops At Yellow Star Stud The BSA Ready To Run sale Gallops were held at Yellow Star Stud on Thursday, which saw KZN’s pretrainers Balmoral, Far End, Ambleway and Yellow Star put their catalogued horses through their paces in front of enthusiastic buyers from across the country. Balmoral top the vendors…
Negev Takes Home Syringa Listed Summerhill-bred Negev won the Syringa Handicap Listed over 1600m at Turffontein this afternoon for trainer Louis Goosen. The daughter of Stronghold and half-sister to Extra Zero will be sure to extend her lead on the KZN Breeders Series Log, a position she has held for over two months lying on…
KZN Breeders Sponsorship Towards KZN Dressage For Top-Performing Ex-Racehorses Two contrasting equestrian disciplines have joined forces to highlight the Thoroughbred horse and their successful competitive careers after racing. The KZN Breeders Association, a club comprising of Stud farms who breed racehorses in the province of Kwa-Zulu Natal – including our Champion National Thoroughbred Breeders’ Summerhill…
Backworth Stud: “Frankly Phenomenal Filly Foal” We shared the extremely exciting news last week that the Backworth-bred Grade 1 winning-mare, Chocolicious, had foaled a leggy, chestnut filly down under by ten times Group 1 champion, Frankel. Here is a great pic of Chocolicious with her foal courtesy of her owner, Virginia Harvey. Information source courtesy…
Jimmy Lithgow Passes Away Age 67 Well-known racing commentator Jimmy Lithgow died on Friday morning of a heart attack. He would have turned 68 on 16 November. Lithgow was a most charming man, one with integrity and kindness. His formidable command of the English language, in writing or on the air, helped him paint vivid…
KZN Breeders Race Series Log For 2YO’s – 21 May 2014 The two year old Log for the KZN Breeders Series is headed up breeder Mrs Margaret Filmer’s Way West filly, Green Crest with 23 points, 10 points ahead of Raise The Red (bred by Mr Chris Saunders) and Tapaway (bred by Mr Anton Proctor)…
Cape Breeders Club: Thoroughbred and Equestrian Seminar An informative and fascinating two day Thoroughbred and Equestrian Seminar is being hosted by the Cape Breeders Club on 27 and 28 January 2014 in Somerset West. Described by top Cape Breeder Pippa Mickleburgh as an invaluable and essential information and refresher course for anybody involved at any…
Backworth Foals Arriving For 2014 Season This time of year is always so rewarding for a Stud Farm as the season’s foals begin to arrive. This handsome youngster is a colt foal by Golden Sword (High Chaparral) out of our British mare Car Park Queen (Zamindar). Golden Sword, who stands at Summerhill Stud here in…
Spectrum’s Six-Time Gr 1 Winning Granddaughter Retired In December 2001 at the Tattersalls sale in Newmarket, England, the American breeder and owner George Strawbridge paid nearly $750,000 for Ventura (by Spectrum standing at Yellow Star Stud), a stakes-placed filly who had been bred and campaigned by the legendary trainer Vincent O’Brien. She came from one…