16th Win For Celtic Fire In Memorial Mile Listed Yvette Bremner’s gallant seven year old KZN-bred Celtic Fire continued his outstanding association with the Listed Memorial Mile when he won the R130 000 weight for age feature for the third time in four years at Fairview on Friday. The R50 000 BSA graduate also confirmed…
Equus Awards 2013 – Summerhill Stud Take Home Champion Breeders The epitome of excellence – the Equus Awards took place last night at Emperors Palace and saw Summerhill Stud officially receive the Award for South African Champion Breeders – for an incredible ninth time in a row. Mick Goss and his team were present to…
Yellow Star Stud’s Super Gr 3 Weekend Yellow Star Stud have had several winners recently and over the weekend saw Gr 3 success at both Kenilworth and Fairview racecourses. Flash Drive, a two year old colt out of La Sirenne by Captain Al, is the second Group 3 winner for his young sire Jay Peg,…
Backworth Stud: Dilemma Time! Hermes, Handbags Or Horses…? “The Midas Touch” Backworth welcomed the visits of dear friend of the farm Anne Veltman, Robin and Joyce Scott, Keith and Pauline Young and the Marnewick family; Michael, Candiese, Julia and Mia. Hermes, Handbags… or Horses?! Anne Veltman was presented with a ‘real dilemma’ as…
Guest Column: The Sun Shines Brightly: St Petersburg 20 December, 2013 – Lisa Barrett One of the most recent additions to the ranks of KZN stallions is the Group 3 winning stallion St Petersburg, who is based here in KZN at the nations champion racehorse breeders, Summerhill Stud. If one looks back through St Petersburgs…
Equus Awards 2013 – Summerhill Stud Take Home Champion Breeders The epitome of excellence – the Equus Awards took place last night at Emperors Palace and saw Summerhill Stud officially receive the Award for South African Champion Breeders – for an incredible ninth time in a row. Mick Goss and his team were present to…
KZN Breeders Race Series Log For Two Year Olds – 2 May 2013 231 Of KZN’s finest two year-olds are competing for space in one race over 1200m for a stake R200 000 on 30 June, our KZN Breeders Race Day incorporating the Million Mile. Supplementary entries have been closed and the supplemented horses published…
International Feat For Mogok(USA) Tba.co.za reports that “the Scott Bros’ resident sire Mogok has pulled off the impressive achievement of having sons nominated for both the 2013 Singapore Airlines International Cup and KrisFlyer International Sprint. “Meteor Mike (Mogok) is one of 72 horses nominated for the $1 000 000 Kris Flyer, with The Apache one…
Lion Tamer To Yellow Star Stud The recent sale of Avalon Stud has seen the Klawervlei-owned son of Western Winter, Lion Tamer, being relocated to Koos and Lorraine De Klerk’s Yellow Star Stud in Mooi River. Standing at 16hh, Lion Tamer is a good-looking, young and very athletic stallion – and the first to be…
Byword(GB) Documentary On Tellytrack This Week A documentary produced by Jimmy Lithgow on Byword(GB), an exciting new Group 1 winning stallion with a Timeform rating of 126, will be flighted on Tellytrack from tonight after the racing replays. It will be kept in the loop and repeated, as well as during the course of Wednesday…