KZN Breeder and owner Geoff Perkins has enjoyed a lot of success with Hadlow Stud resident broodmare Moonlightbecomesu (Cataloochee – Drift Wood by Fort Wood) as Joshua Hotsnake (Noble Tune) broke his maiden smartly at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday. [watch the race] Trained by Wendy Whitehead, who also trains his 5yo full sister Alfonse Baby…
Noble Tune, who recently relocated to Camargue Stud, has passed away unexpectedly. The sire of Gr3 Gold Cup winner Paths Of Victory was humanely euthanised on the operating table after vets did their best to assist the son of Unbridled’s Song. Noble Tune with a purple pedigree, a Gr2 and Gr3 winner in America as…
Blue Sky Thoroughbreds-bred Coin Spinner (William Longsword) made it two on the trot, winning impressively after breaking his maiden for trainer Tony Rivalland and owners Messrs Sadha Naidoo, Robert Maingard and Mrs M D J Liley. Bred by the partnership of Bruce Le Roux and Tinus Gericke as Blue Sky Thoroughbreds, who are setting up…
Bruce Le Roux enjoyed a double at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday with Julie Guthrie producing the first win with Majestic Power, a son of Just As Well out of The Angelus. The colt has placed twice previously before breaking his maiden on Sunday over a mile for owners Messrs K D Vermeulen, L Pillay, Guthrie…
KZN farms excelled at the recent November 2YO Sale – with horses for smart six figures selling from Summerview, Clifton, Bush Hill Stud. The top priced #kznbred was a handsome colt bred and consigned by Gary and Colleen de Klerk of Summerview Stud. The half-brother to Aryaam by Vercingetorix was seen out frequently for viewing…
Karon Totman is a relatively young breeder in the KZN Breeders ranks and she tells us a little more about her breeding operation, which she bases with Karin and Warwick Render at Bush Hill Stud. “High Eagle Stud started at the beginning of the 2018 foaling / breeding season, with a few of the foundation…
The KZN Breeders Club recently held their AGM at the Nottingham Road Hotel. The well supported meeting saw the KZN Breeders Club Breeders Premium Scheme discussed. The format for the scheme has changed, with breeders no longer receiving a cash claim, but a voucher to use against stallion shares, services, purchasing of mares and fillies…
Bush Hill Stud, breeders of such luminaries as Stellite, Wolf Whistle, and Zirconeum, will be offering a classy string at the 2021 November Two Year Old Sale. Sires represented in this draft include Captain Of All, Crusade, Gimmethegreenlight and Bush Hill’s own very promising resident stallion, Willow Magic. The latter, whose first crop produced millionaire…
Prominent KwaZulu-Natal nursery, Clifton Stud, will be strongly represented at the upcoming November Two Year Old Sale. Clifton will be offering a large draft at this year’s auction, headed by two-year-olds sired by all of Crusade, Flower Alley, Flying The Flag, Mambo In Seattle and Master Of My Fate. The farm’s resident sire Mambo In…