International News For KZN This Week Mr Greeley, the sire of Crusade, has featured prominently internationally once again with a Gr 3 win in France, and two seconds in America as a grandsire in a Gr 1 Santa Anita Derby and Gr 3 Bay Shore Stakes. Spectrum’s grandson Sangster places in a Gr 1 once…
Winning Start For Admire Main(JPN) Admire Main(JPN) appears to be off to a strong start with his first horses to race in Japan, it is exciting times ahead indeed for KZN and Summerhill Stud. From just 11 horses to race in Japan of Admire Main’s first and only overseas crop to race, three are already…
Midlands Thoroughbreds 2013 KZN Yearling Sale Draft
Backworth Stud: The Colour Of Courage Backworth-bred Colour Of Courage (Judpot – Exclusive Honour) scored a tenacious first win, first time out in the first at Greyville Friday evening for the experienced training duo of Mike and Rae Miller under jockey Sean Veale. Varsfontein owner Susan Rowett Kalmanson (Chairperson of the TBA), and Carl and…
KZN’s St Petersburg(AUS) Produces Gr 1 Winner In Australia St Petersburg(AUS) has sired a Grade 1 winner in Australia with Solzhenitsyn(NZ), a bay gelding out of Tri Victory(NZ) by Victory Dance(IRE). Solzhenitsyn won the Gr 1 Toorak Handicap in Australia at Caulfield over 1600m on 13 October, on turf in good going for a stake…
KZN Breeders Race Day Invitation The annual KZN Breeders Race Day is held the week before the running of the Vodacom Durban July, and for the first time will feature only racehorses registered with the KZN Breeders Premium Scheme as “KZN-breds”– the only financial incentive scheme to own and breed racehorses in South Africa. Previously…
King Of Kings Leading South African Sire Of Two Year Olds Former 2000 Guineas winner, King of Kings, is enjoying a purple patch with his juveniles this season. The son of Sadler’s Wells is currently atop of the South African Two Year Old Sires list, with his juvenile runners having earned over R450 000 this…
Just As Well – Raven’s Pass And E Dubai Continue Family Success As more of Just As Well’s first impressive foals are born this season, the stallion’s relatives through his dam-line are doing the business overseas, producing Group winners internationally. Just As Well, a Gr 1 winner with an impeccable pedigree is an exciting sire…
2013 Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale App Available The TBA have launched an app for ipad-users for the upcoming 2013 Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale. Follow the link www.equineline.co.za to use it. The catalogue is also available in print format as well as online at www.tba.co.za. A sale that has produced three Group winning horses including Happy…
Daughter Of Mr Greeley To Run In Gr 1 1000 Guineas Irish-bred daughter of Mr Greeley – the sire of KZN’s new Gr 1 winning stallion prospect Crusade – named What a Name, is due to run in the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket on Sunday 5 May. She is out of a Dayjur mare named…