Those Magnificent Men And Their Flying Machines There are a number of things that make the Emperors Palace Ready To Run Sale unique, locally and abroad. Firstly, its associated race, the R2.5 million Ready To Run Cup boasts the richest prize money of any race of its kind in the world. When it was initiated…
Black Caviar Resting While Future Decided Michael Manly reports that Peter Moody has indicated that the option of Black Caviar having a long spell and returning next year to race is in the mix for the unbeaten winner of 22 races. Previously the options which had been mentioned had been either retirement or a short…
Festival Of Fire Wins Gr 3 At Turffontein Three year old filly Festival Of Fire, by Kahal out of Fuel The Fire by Russian Revival, won the Gr 3 Joburg Spring Fillies & Mares Challenge by almost 1.5 lengths, setting a new course record in the process. Trained by Mike de Kock and ridden to…
Passing Of Ian Outram With deep sadness, The KZN Breeders have learned that Ian Outram, ex-chairman of the KZN Breeders Association and fellow breeder, sadly passed away on Wednesday morning. Ian Outram was a man held in the highest regard in many spheres, his quiet yet strong character and his sense of integrity earned him…
Super Saturday At Greyville, Including Ladbrokes Gold Cup Grade 1 Saturday will mark another important event in South African racing with the running of the Champions Cup Gr 1, Premier’s Champion Stakes Gr 1, Gold Bracelet Gr 2, Thekweni Stakes Gr 1 and of course the big race of the day – the marathon 3200m…
Party Time For Island Fiesta Backworth-bred Island Fiesta, by Miesque’s Approval(USA) out of Bermuda Junction (AUS) by Is It True (USA), broke his maiden on Wednesday with jockey Sean Cormack up for trainer Wendy Whitehead and a group of very excited connections. Island Fiesta is from the family of Scornvale (AUS) – 4…
KZN And The Cape Awards KZN’s breeding influence is being felt nationally, and in particular, in the Cape, with two horses up for separate Award nominations by KZN-resident stallions – Tales Of Bravery and King’s Temptress. The first is Tales Of Bravery who has a KZN tale to tell. He has been nominated in the…
Press Release: Summerhill Sires Film 2012/2013 Popular opinion at the Investec Stallion Day at Summerhill on Sunday was that this year’s sires’ DVD is even better than its predecessor. Considering that the rights to air it were acquired by Sky channel as well as TVN in Australia, by several local DSTV channels (Supersport, Tellytrack etc),…
2012 KZN Mixed Sale Results The beautiful grounds of Yellow Star Stud in Mooi River played host once again this year to the KZN Mixed Sale, where broodmares, weanlings, two year olds, fillies for stud and horses-in-training were offered. The day kicked with off with a big start. Lot 1 from Summerhill Sales,…
Backworth Stud Featured In Sunday Tribune Keith Russon and Ian Todd of Backworth Stud have produced the likes of Grade 1-winning Chocolicious, Raise The Bar, Varlet and Sugar Rush, to name but a few of their horses to come from beautiful farm in Eston. Backworth was featured in the Sunday Tribune recently, read the article…