Prominent English Mare Colorspin Dies The Bloodhorse.com reports that Colorspin, a major producer for Meon Valley Stud in England, died mid-August at age 29. The KZN connection with this great mare is sire Mullins Bay(GB), Colorspin is a half-sister to his dam named Bella Colora. Bred in France by Meon Valley, Colorspin (High Top–Reprocolor, by…
Main Man Striking Timing is everything, no doubt about it. Who would have thought that a stallion of Admire Main’s pedigree and aptitude would be a sire of quality juveniles. It just goes to show, class counts. While Admire Main ran off with his juvenile debut over 1400m by some seven lengths, it was late…
Dispersal Sale: Late Roy Eckstein and Mr & Mrs RC Muir Michael Holmes Bloodstock will be holding a total dispersal sale of the racing and breeding stock of the late Roy Eckstein, and Mr and Mrs RC Muir, who own magnificent sire Ravishing, standing at Summerhill Stud. 11 of the 13 yearlings offered are by…
Backworth’s Mac The Dancer Off The Mark For Alec Laird Backworth-bred Mac The Dancer, by Joshua Dancer(USA) out of Miss Unimac(AUS) by Bellotto(USA), broke his maiden Tuesday at Scottsville over 1400m, posting an impressive 4.75 length win under the guidance of jockey Anthony Delpech for trainer Alec Laird. Mac The Dancer is a half brother…
Is Igugu In The Next Ready-To-Run Draft? We’ve had a couple of queries about whether the next Igugu is in this draft. Here is our response to that question: “I guess the answer is “you never know”, because they often come from “left field.” What I can tell you is that this is probably the…
Highdown Stud was founded in 1967 by Scott Brothers with the intention of breeding racehorses of the highest quality, which includes 167 mares, 110 foals, 90 yearlings and 5 stallions. Mogok, the most successful son of Storm Cat at stud in South Africa and a half-brother to Champion sire Machiavellian – has produced the likes…
Rathmor’s Gran Blanco A Yearling As of the 1 August, Rathmor Stud’s white colt born in September last year, Gran Blanco, is officially a yearling. He remains a big colt, very typical of the progeny of Kahal in the shape of his head and the substantial size of his bone structure and conformation. His dam…
Gold Circle Racing Awards Gold Circle held their annual KZN Racing Awards ceremony on Friday evening, an event that was very well attended at the Elangeni Hotel in Durban. Summerhill Stud once again did KZN proud, taking home the award for Breeder Of The Year. Summerhill have had another strong year, with the racing successes…
TBA National Two Year Old Sale Results The Bloodstock South Africa/TBA National Two Year Old sale took place over the past weekend on Friday and Sunday and by all accounts, was a very successful sale for the TBA. There were 286 horses sold this year compared to 366 last year, however the aggregate for this…
Press Release: There’s A Horse For Everyone There’s something about a racehorse auction that you find nowhere else. Not at Sotheby’s nor Christie’s, nor anywhere. By the nature of the beast, a racehorse evokes a greater passion, considerably more ego, and there’s nothing a rich man wants more than something another rich man wants. You…