A warm up into Champions Season over 1400m saw the stout grey speedy son of Flying The Flag grab the Gr3 Byerley Turk from the respected Cousin Casey and Jimmy Don. Born and raised at Bush Hill Stud for breeder Ms Giddy, has now won four of his seven starts and gave jockey Tristan Godden…
Lancaster Bomber. New Predator. Captain Of All. These three exciting stallions are all represented in Summerview Stud’s draft for the 2023 National Yearling Sale. A boutique young farm with a hands-on approach, Summerview has steadily built up its broodmare band, and continues to upgrade their stock with regular visits to the Cape Mare Sale. The…
Rathmor Stud, breeders of the likes of Gypsy’s Warning, Missisippi Burning and this season’s G2 Peninsula Handicap winner Nexus, will be offering an eye catching draft at the upcoming National Yearling Sale. Not only does this draft include yearlings by such popular stallions as Danon Platina, Legislate and Vercingetorix, Rathmor will be offering lots out…
Brimming with confidence, four year old Eightfold Path gelding Beechamwood Boy flew home under Keagan De Melo to win at Hollywoodbets Scottsville for the third time in a row, and his fifth career win to date. It is a particularly special story for 93 year old Mr Ian Gibson who is always on course to…
Flying The Flag’s Convocation came home victorious at the fourth time of asking for trainer Gareth Van Zyl on Tuesday. Owned by Messrs Allan F Peters and Raj Singh, the three year old filly has earned a cheque in all of her starts for her connections and after debuting over 1400m at Hollywoodbets Greyville, she…
Blue Sky Thoroughbreds made up of Tinus Gericke and Bruce Le Roux, all enjoyed wins this past week as their partnership and individual, and continue to bang home regular winners from stalwart families of Spring Valley. They enjoyed a recent treble and continued their results through the week. Majestic Power, a half brother to smart…
Sean Tarry’s Under Your Spell became the first filly since the American-bred Overarching in 2006 to win the R400 000 WSB Gr2 Hawaii Stakes when she finishing powerfully to beat a decent mixed-sex field in Saturday’s 2023 renewal of the 1400m contest. A Gr1 winner at 2, the four year old #kznbred Under Your Spell…
New Predator (New Approach) is smartly out of the starting blocks with an incredible 80% winners to runners, with four winners from five runners on the track at the moment. Incredibly, from 11 runs to date there are four wins and the balance all places – not one of his progeny has yet to be…
In five days, Clifton Stud have produced six winners including a feature at Turffontein, and borders on seven with Fairview winner Douglas Devastator born and raised at Clifton Stud for the Late Syd Rosseau. We reported on the recent Clifton double at Turffontein, Egoli Mile winner Laguna Verde and Destiny Of Souls, and their scintillating…