Gran Blanco of Rathmor Stud Weaned Rathmor’s white colt Gran Blanco has been weaned from his dam Perakeen, at just over 6 months of age. Mike McHardy tells us more: “Gran Blanco was weaned on the 19/03/2012 he has taken it very well and settled immediately, he seems to have become very independent and is…
NTRA’s 41st Eclipse Award Nominees The NTRA (National Thoroughbred Racing Association) in America is hosting its annual 41st Eclipse Awards from the 2011 racing season. The ceremony will be held in Beverly Hills, California on January 16, 2012. They have also made the voting open to the public and if you visit the following website…
Christmas Handicap Grade 3 At Clairwood On Monday The Christmas Handicap Grade 3 over 1600m takes place at Clairwood Park on Monday 26 December, for a stake of R184 000. The race is due to be run at 16:15. Las Ramblas, recently voted at the KZN Breeders Awards as Outstanding Three Year Old Filly, is…
Igugu(AUS) Heads Up Entries For TBA Paddock Stakes Grade 1 DR HORSE A/S WGT WGT TRAINER 4 IGUGU (AUS) (4F) 0.0 117 Mike de Kock 3 BEACH BEAUTY (4F) 0.0 108 Dennis Drier 5 EMERALD COVE (4F) 0.0 106 Justin Snaith 9 SUPER ELEGANT (3F) 0.0 104 Piet Steyn 10 WE THREE (5M) 0.0 100…
The Apache Does It Again The Apache, bred by the Scott Brothers of Highdown Stud, won the Pinnacle Stakes last night over 1600m with Gavin Van Zyl achieving a 1-2 across the post for the KZN-breds. Seal ran on half a length behind the Mogok colt, with Link Man and Belmonte filling in third and…
Pinnacle Stakes At Turffontein Tonight The Pinnacle Stakes will be run over 1600m at Turffontein (stand side) on Tuesday night, with a quality field of ten horses participating, including the KZN-bred Equus Three Year Old Colt The Apache trained by Gavin Van Zyl. Other horses representing KZN-breds include the Silvano colt, Seal (also from Gavin…
Indian Charlie, Sire Of Uncle Mo, Loses Cancer Battle Blood-horse.com reports that Airdrie Stud confirmed that their top stallion Indian Charlie was euthanized at about 9:30 a.m. EST 15 December. The 16-year-old son of In Excess had been battling cancer. “Losing Indian Charlie after a challenging battle with Hemangiosarcoma and its complications has been a…
“Pocket” by Gary Lemke I recall going to the 2010 Vodacom Durban July, hoping that Pocket Power would win, this after witnessing his dead-heat with Dancer’s Daughter in 2008. I will never forget watching him come around the corner into the straight at Greyville after he was caught wide, the race had not gone well…
Rapid Redux Equals Citation’s Record Blood-horse.com has reported that Rapid Redux tied the modern-day United States record for wins in a single season as of 13 December, as he went wire-to-wire in a $5,000 starter allowance race at Laurel Park. The 5-year-old son of Pleasantly Perfect won his 19th race in 2011, tying the legendary…
First Supplementary Entries For J & B Met 2012 To view the first entries click here. DR HORSE A/S WGT M/R TRAINER 0 GOLDEN SWORD (GB) (6H) 0.0 117 Mike de Kock 0 IGUGU (AUS) (4F) 0.0 117 Mike de Kock 0 DANCEWITHTHEDEVIL (5M) 0.0 116 St John Gray 0 PIERRE JOURDAN (5G) 0.0 116…