Danedream wins the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe Danedream stormed down the centre of the course and drew off to easily win the $5,437,800 Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (Grade 1) at Longchamp today. Danedream is a German-bred filly and she took command in the final furlong and went on to win convincingly…
KZN Breeders Welcomes New Chairman And Directors The KZN Breeders Club held its Annual General Meeting yesterday at the Nottingham Road Hotel, and elected a new Chairman and Board of Directors. Koos De Klerk was elected as Chairman, Keith Russon as Vice Chairman, with Peter Blyth, Stuart Crawford, Alec Hogg, Wayne Kobusch, Bruce Le Roux,…
KZN-Bred The Mouseketeer Wins South Africa’s Premier Sand Race The Mouseketeer – bred by Warwick and Karin Render of Bush Hill Stud, walked away with South Africa’s premier race on sand, the Grade 2 Emerald Cup over 1450m at the Vaal on Saturday. He started with odds of 13-2 after opening at 33-10. His trainer…
Rahy Dies Rakeen’s half brother out of the same mare Glorious Song, Rahy, died 22 September at Three Chimneys Farm in Kentucky at the age of 26. He was by Blushing Groom out of Eclipse Award/Sovereign Award winner Glorious Song by Halo. He has been buried at Three Chimneys. Purchased by Gainsborough Stud Management for…
Animal Kingdom To Begin Work Animal Kingdom, owned and bred by Team Valor International and the winner of the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby has been cleared to resume light work, 60 days after he underwent surgery on his left hind leg. Surgery took place on 30 June to stabilize a hairline fracture of the left…
Breeding Season Begins Today Breeding Season officially opens today – September 1st – with the farms all busy foaling down mares, while our first season stallions will be getting their first opportunities to cover mares starting from today. Call To Combat recently joined Hadlow Stud and Tropical Empire(AUS) at Yellow Star Stud for their first…
Pre-training a Racehorse – Jane Thomas Jane Thomas of Far End Stables has worked in the SA Racing Industry since 1990. She held an open trainer’s license with the National Horse Racing Authority from 1990 – 2000. Jane’s success in the racing world and her ability to understand the fundamentals of South African racing led…
Green Desert Pensioned Green Desert has been pensioned and will see out his retirement at Nunnery Stud in England where he has stood since 1990. He failed to get any of his mares into foal during the 2011 season, hence the decision to retire him from the breeding shed. Green Desert is the broodmare sire…
Naming A Racehorse Racehorses tend to be named by their breeders in this country as a form of identification. After going through the process of gathering an assortment of possible names, generally more than one name is then submitted to the National Horse Racing Authority, for approval and registration. After the horse’s parentage has been…
Equus 2011 Awards The KZN Breeders faired well at the Equus Awards, with the following horses and breeders doing KZN proud. Congratulations go to Summerhill Stud for winning Champion Breeders for the 7th year in a row, equalling the Birch Brothers in this phenomenal achievement. They are responsible for bringing the fabulous Igugu(AUS) to this…