The ‘Devil’ Is Returning Home Dancewiththedevil is preparing to leave Britain and she will be due to land in Johannesburg quite soon, where she will return to KZN to begin her career at stud for breeder, owner and trainer St John Gray. A KZN-bred, Dancewiththedevil will be sent to Cathy and Jonathan Martin’s Hadlow Stud…
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…
Treve To Chase Third Arc Win; Australia Retired Treve will next year try to become the first horse to win the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe for a third time after the decision to retire her was reversed. The four-year-old filly was retired immediately after winning a second Arc last Sunday, but owner Sheikh Joaan…
Approval Rating Wins Gold Cup Sprint Listed The Scott Bros’ son of Miesque’s Approval, Approval Rating, took home Borrowdale’s Gold Cup Sprint Listed, for a stake of R150 000 over 1200m. Another KZN-bred, Newtown Power bred by Bush Hill Stud, finished in fourth place. Trained by Gokhan Terzi and owned by Mr Armstrong, Approval Rating…
Ready To Run Gallops: Summerhill Stud
Just As Well Sibling Wins Gr2 On Preakness Day The half-brother to Roski-owned sire Just As Well, the colt named Utley (after an American baseball player) steered out from behind traffic and rallied to win the historic $400,000 Longines Dixie Stakes (Gr2) Saturday at Pimlico on the running of the second leg of the Triple…
Another Gr 3 Victory For Summerhill-bred Classic Illusion Summerhill-bred Classic Illusion waltzed home with another Gr 3 victory under her belt – the Flamboyant Stakes at Greyville on Friday night. The chestnut daughter of KZN’s Champion sire Kahal has now had five wins – her previous win being the Gr 3 Yellowwood Handicap in October…
Crusade First Foals Impressive The Scott Bros’ exciting young stallion Crusade has made a bright start to his stud career. The former brilliant two year old was both popular and fertile in his first season last year, and his first foals now arriving, are causing a stir amongst all breeders lucky enough to have them….
Kahal’s Coronet Peak Performing In Singapore Comeback galloper Coronet Peak notched his fourth win on the trot when successful in the $75,000 Kranji Stakes C over 1200m on the Polytrack on Friday night. Ridden by Alan Munro, Coronet Peak scored a fighting neck victory over Single Act (Shafiq Rizuan) with Machfive (Saifudin Ismail) a length-and-a-quarter…