Gr 2 Emerald Cup To Be Run On Thursday Jack Milner of tabnews.co.za reports that two of the runners carded for the R600,000 Emerald Cup over 1450m have been withdrawn due to the change in date. In A Rush, trained by Joey Ramsden and bred by Peter Choice, and Port Elizabeth-based Bob ’N Weave, trained…
Backworth Stud: How ‘Var’st Can You Go? Backworth Stud welcomed the news this week of the arrival of our sixth foal of the season, a lovely colt born at Avontuur Stud in the Western Cape. By the sire of Variety Club, 2012 Equus Horse of The Year, out of In Camera by Caesour, we’re wondering…
Fit For A Princess It’s never happened before. Probably not in South Africa, certainly not in racing. Our Guests of Honour for this year’s renewal of the Emperors Palace Ready To Run Cup (and its attendant sale) are His Majesty King Letsie III of Lesotho and Princess Charlene of Monaco. For all those budding historians…
Backworth Stud: Luxardo Wins Maiden By Five Backworth-bred Luxardo, by Mogok(USA) out of Absolut Star by Salaadim(USA), stormed to a convincing five length win over 1000m at Scottsville Saturday, under a confident ride from jockey Keagan de Melo for trainers Herman Brown and Frank Robinson. The grey 3-year-old colt, who is a half-brother to the…
Tropical Empire(AUS) and Spectrum(IRE) First Foals Yellow Star Stud have had their first foals arrive, including from first season sire Tropical Empire(AUS) and Spectrum(IRE) who stood his first season in KZN last year. The first foal is an impressive filly who looks very much like her sire Tropical Empire, and Yellow Star Stud have described…
Let The Games Begin In the year of Igugu, we still drove all the way to the Vaal for the Emperors Palace Ready To Run draw. Mike de Kock had three in the field; Checcetti, Checkeche and Igugu, and they drew 13, 14 and 15; some line-up, some draw! In those days, we participated in…
Listed Winners For KZN At The Vaal KZN had a successful day at the Vaal with two Listed winners. Unfortunately the much anticipated race at the Vaal today saw Africa’s richest race on sand, the Gr 2 Emerald Cup, being cancelled right up to the moment when the horses were waiting to enter the starting…
Nasrullah – The Beginning Of A Dynasty Click on the above image of Nasrullah to view the video clip Video-footage in colour of the great sire Nasrullah taken in 1950 shows his arrival on a train after travelling from Ireland and his boarding a yellow lorry, destined for the famed Claiborne Farm in Kentucky where…
St Helier-bred Madigan Voted Zimbabwe’s Joint Horse-Of-The-Year Madigan, bred by Mr & Mrs Syd and Shirley Rosseau at St Helier Stud, took home joint Horse Of The Year Award together with Earl Of Surrey. The awards took place in Zimbabwe at the Mashonaland Turf Club. Madigan won the Zimbabwean Triple Crown this year, winning all…
Backworth Stud: “Legs 11 For Forbidden Woods” Forbidden Woods produced Backworth’s fifth foal of the season last week; her first – a beautiful, leggy filly by National Emblem. Forbidden Woods, by Fort Wood, is a daughter of Glittering (by Badger Land) who had 3 wins and 11 places in her race career over distances of…