Five-Time South African Champion Stallion Jet Master Dies The powerful KZN-bred son of Rakeen has died after he was operated on over the weekend in an attempt to help him regain his co-ordination, a side effect of contracting West Nile Virus in August which prevented him from covering mares this season. Jet Master had the…
Backworth-Bred Court Dress Blasts to Debut Win for Brian Wiid Court Dress(SAF), bred by Backworth Stud, made no mistakes on debut at Turffontein on Wednesday evening as the colt blasted to an almost 2 length win over fancied Torman(SAF) (Toreador (IRE) – Shamu) and third placed Admirals Cup(SAF) (Makaarem (USA) – Odalisque). Court Dress(SAF) is…
Naming “The Great White” Rathmor Stud are inviting the public to name their much talked about “Great White”, a foal with a top pedigree and extremely rare colouring. The snow white colt with chestnut ears is by KZN’s champion stallion Kahal out of Perakeen (Rakeen – Perfick(NZ) – by Straight Strike) has taken the breeding…
KZN-Bred Gypsy’s Warning Sells For $1.05 Million At Keeneland KZN-Bred Gypsy’s Warning – bred by Rathmor Stud – was sold at the Keeneland November sale today for $1.05 million. She was being offered as a racing/broodmare prospect and is expected to run on 25 November in the Grade 1 Matriarch Stakes, a race she has…
Royal Delta Sells For $8.5 Million, Goldikova to Galileo Royal Delta by Empire Maker out of Delta Princess by A.P. Indy, was purchased by Besilu Stables for $8.5 million to conclude a highly charged November 8 session of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale. The price was the third-highest in Keeneland November history, exceeded only…
Uncle Mo To Ashford Stud After running 10th in the Breeders’ Cup Classic Grade 1 on Saturday a decision was made to send the Indian Charlie colt to Ashford Stud in Kentucky for next year. He was retired after blood tests revealed that the gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) enzyme was elevated. During the spring, the enzyme problem…
The Great White Rathmor Stud had an unsual surprise arrive from their mare Perakeen in the early hours of the morning. The snow white colt with chestnut ears is by KZN’s champion stallion Kahal out of Perakeen (Rakeen – Perfick(NZ) – by Straight Strike). Mike McHardy of Rathmor says as far as they know, this…
Far End Farm – Pre-trainers of Red Barrel Congratulations to Jane Thomas of Far End Farm on their pre-training graduate Red Barrel who won the R2 million Emperor’s Palace Ready To Run Cup yesterday – and this being the colt’s second start after winning his maiden 1.25 lengths on the 4 October. Mike de Kock…
A.P. Answer First Foals from Clifton Stud A.P. Answer has his first 3 fillies on the ground at Clifton Stud, and they are looking to be strong and athletic individuals. The first foal born on 5 August is out of True Lily (by Joshua Dancer – Tritonia by National Assembly) and this mare comes from…
KZN-Breds Top Weights For Sansui Summer Cup Grade 1 KZN-Breds The Apache and Dancewiththedevil have been allocated top weights of 60kg each for the Grade 1 R2-million Sansui Summer Cup to be run on 26 November 2011. Pierre Jourdan, runner-up to Igugu(AUS) in this year’s Vodacom Durban July, will carry 59.5kg while Grade 2 Emerald…