THE 2019 Equus Awards Function will be held at Emperors Palace on Tuesday, 13 August and if ever there was an automatic choice for Broodmare Of The Year, it is Wilgerbosdrift’s Halfway to Heaven, the prolific producer of champions. ANDREW HARRISON tells her story in Turf Talk’s daily Newsletter.
The recently deceased Crusade produced a very smart double at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Wednesday, with Clifton-bred She’s A Crusade finally cracking a win, an Spring Valley’s Lady Abigail destroying the opposition in a flying finish.
A consistent sire with a 45% winners to runners percentage, Crusade has six 2yo’s on offer at the upcoming National 2YO Sale.
As Scott Bros shut their doors at the end of this month, a year after their Dispersal Sale, Mogok has been retired to High Eagle Stud in Camperdown. The star son of Storm Cat and a half-brother to Machiavellian, from the damline of the breeder changer Northern Dancer, Mogok enjoyed enormous success at stud –…
Clifton Stud will be offering ten two-year-olds, four as agent, at August’s National 2YO Sale, with the farm’s draft including lots by such stallions as Flying The Flag, Ideal World, Mogok and Toreador.
New Predator, who will be on show to breeders on 26 July at Bush Hill Stud, has plenty of recent Black Type news from recent European racing results through his superb chestnut sire, New Approach.
“Flying The Flag, whose own sister Magical recently ran second in the G1 Coral-Eclipse to superstar Enable, is also sire of Hoist High (Lot 234), a filly out of an own sister to the stakes placed Oklahoma Sky. This beautifully bred filly is from the same female line as outstanding sire and broodmare sire Pivotal –damsire of Flying The Flag himself!”
Ten Sovereigns Gr1 July Cup win brings news for KZN’s Hadlow and Piemonte Studs.
Invitation to the Bush Hill Stallion Day to introduce New Predator.
Bruce Le Roux brought a strong draft of well prepared yearlings to the Sibaya KZN Yearling Sale, and was rewarded when his outstanding Futura colt was knocked down for R170 000 to Vermaak Equine, making him the most expensive #kznbred colt on Day 2.
Hadlow Stud topped the #kznbreds on Day 1 of the KZN Yearling Sale at Sibaya on July 4. Sold to Mr M Dhanniram for R180 000, the colt is by Querari out of Be My Buddy by Russian Revival, in turn out of a Fort Wood mare. The mare has produced 3 runners and two winners to date. This is the damline of Champion sire and Broodmare sire Jet Master and Festival Of Fire.