Amongst KZN’s broodmare band for 2018 is #kznbred five-time Gr1 winner Dancewiththedevil at Cathy and Jonathan Martin’s Hadlow Stud, for owner-trainer and breeder St John Gray.
Pleasingly, the Piemonte Stud Grooms Program will also feature in this draft, with the grooms set to consign a striking son of G1 winner Byword in the form of Giacomo (Lot 298) at this year’s Two Year Old Sale.
Hero’s Honour by Await The Dawn, the Gr1 SA Derby winner, has been nominated for Equus Champion 3YO Colt and Equus Champion Stayer.
57 #kznbred Black Type horses were produced for the 2017 / 2018 season. They sold for an average of R106 929 each at sales, and earned their owners an incredible R554 787 each on the race tracks, including TWO Gr1 winners. Small numbers, Big Results! #buykznbred
Save the date for the KZN Breeders Awards 2018, taking place 1 December.
#kznbreds at the National 2YO Sale: siblings to Black Type Horses on offer, including The Mouseketeer, Ideal Secret, O Tamara, Carlita and Markofdistinction.
Hadlow Stud will be offering a single lot at the 2018 National Two Year Old Sale –and this is a filly (Lot 207) by the Fastnet Rock sired Dingaans winner Curved Ball.
Kjell Foundation offer two quality juveniles at this year’s Two Year Old Sale. Both are sired by Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf runner up Noble Tune (the only son of the top US stallion Unbridled’s Song ever to stand at stud in South Africa), whose first runners include the Gr1 placed Play Another Tune.
KZN featured on Gold Cup Day with #kznbred Spiced Gold producing Gr3 Umkhomazi Stakes winner, Chimichuri Run, whilst Summerhill-bred Railtrip finished second in the Gr1 Thekweni Stakes, with Noble Tune’s Play Another Tune fourth in the Gr1 Premiers Champion Stakes. Another interesting results for Rathmor Stud was Will Pays – a half-brother to Rathmor broodmare…
First foals arriving in KZN for the 2018 season!