Another Gr 1 win for Broodmare Sire Extraordinaire Spectrum Sangster in New Zealand produced yet another Gr 1 win for Spectrum, again as a Broodmare Sire, in the Auckland Cup on Wednesday. New Zealand’s leading jockey Opie Bosson isn’t one for overly jubilant celebrations, but he couldn’t contain himself as he crossed the line onboard…
Bush Hill Stud Stallion Day 2012 Bush Hill Stud will be holding their annual stallion day on Friday 24 August at 12pm. Stallions on view will be Curved Ball(AUS), Kahal(GB), King’s Chapel(AUS) and Lion Tamer (from Avalon Stud). Curved Ball joins Bush Hill Stud for his debut breeding season. A son of Australian sire sensation…
Gr 1 Allan Robertson Winner From 2012 Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale Draft 2012 Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale graduate, Happy Valentine, won the Gr 1 Allan Robertson Championship over 1200m at Scottsville on the weekend and it appears that these graduates are at the top of the two year old league – Happy Valentine is the…
Backworth Stud: Island Fiesta Fires At Clairwood Wendy Whitehead-trained Island Fiesta (Miesque’s Approval – Bermuda Junction by Is It True) won a great race over 1200m at Clairwood Sunday under a determined ride from champion jockey Anton Marcus. The four time winner, Crissy Sanchez (Toreador – Antonia’s Lass), followed 2 lengths behind in second with…
New Stallions In KZN For 2012 Breeding Season An exciting season awaits KZN with ten new stallion acquisitions for the upcoming breeding season. Some farms have each received new stallions for the season – Hadlow have had stallions return to KZN such as Announce and Modus Vivendi, the other is Summerhill Stud with new sires’…
Gold Circle’s Soccer Sunday Sunday at Summerveld Training Centre saw Gold Circle host the second leg of their Gold Circle CSI Soccer Pools initiative – the Groom’s Wafa-wafa Knock-out Cup, which saw Yellow Star Stud from Mooi River join the 12 other teams in the league for the first time – the teams made up…
Seal Takes Home Aquanaut Listed It was Guineas Day at Turffontein on Saturday and once again our KZN-breds flew the flag with the likes of Seal winning the Aquanaut Listed and a number of Black-Type places. The Gr 3 Acacia Handicap saw Formation (Sarge – Polonaise by Centenary) run second to Amur Affair for breeder,…
KZN Breeders Juvenile Million For 2012 KZN Yearling Sale Graduates – Log 1 The first log for the KZN Breeders Juvenile Million race to be held on Vodacom Durban July day has been presented. The race, for a stake of R1-million, is a fantastic incentive to buy a yearling off the 2013 KZN Yearling Sale….
Backworth Stud: Raise The Bar Wins Thrilling Woodland Sprint The Paul Matchett-trained 5-year-old mare, Raise The Bar (Goldkeeper – Moving On Up), scored a thrilling victory in the Woodland Sprint on sand at the Vaal Thursday. She got up in the dying strides to win on the line from Summer Speedsters winner, Solarium (Var –…
Carpocrates’ Sibling Sold At Fasig-Tipton Select Sale Carpocrates had a three-quarter brother (Lot 96) sell at the Fasig-Tipton Select Yearling Sale yesterday for $650 000 to Whitehorse Stables. The chestnut colt is by Giant’s Causeway (by Storm Cat as is Carpocrates) out of champion racemare Spain, herself by Thunder Gulch. The yearling colt is a…