Breeding Season 2014: Ato Arrives At Summerhill Stud The arrival of a new stallion at Summerhill always stirs the juices. We like to think that to get through the eye of the stallion barn’s needle, takes a racehorse of extraordinary quality and exacting standards. Form, physique and family are the fundamentals, and they need to…
KZN Breeders Race Series Log For 3YO’s And Up – 27 January 2014 The first log is out for the Three year old and up KZN-bred colts and fillies in line to run on 28 June 2014 in six races (seven with two year olds) for R200 000 each – over distances of 1200m, 1600m…
Exciting News Surrounding Sire Eightfold Path Peter Gibson has reported on some exciting news regarding Eightfold Path and in particular his Champion dam, Divine Proportions: “I think we can look back with some satisfaction that the stallion, having covered over 65 mares, has shown excellent fertility and enthusiasm for his job at stud. “My thanks…
Love Struck Wins Duke Of York Cup In Mauritius A hat-trick of wins for Sherman Brown and the yard of Paul Foo Kune Stable, as this partnership scored in the feature race of the day and last classic of the season – The AfrAsia Duke Of York Cup – won brilliantly by Love Struck. Breaking…
Lord Rose First Winner On Polytrack Trial Run Gold Circle Racing issued a press release dated Wednesday, 4 June 2014 reporting back on their four Polytrack trial races held on Tuesday, 3 June. Although Greyville’s synthetic track is configured to accommodate a maximum 12 runners, following the four trial races, in consultation with the jockeys,…
Backworth Stud: Feelin’ that Bermuda Breeze Backworth-bred Bermuda Breeze (by Atso out of our Australian mare, Bermuda Junction) ‘breezed’ to a comfortable win over 1200m Tuesday at Clairwood for trainer Frank Robinson with jockey Billy Jacobson up. Bermuda Breeze is from the family of Scorndale (AUS) (17 wins in Australia) and Scornbold (AUS) (23 wins…
Exciting Future For Visionaire Visionaire’s statistics: 11 runners – six winners with 11 wins between them – one of those already a Listed winner – and not a single runner yet unplaced. If that doesn’t make anyone in the horseracing industry sit up and take notice – nothing will – his first yearlings to hit…
KZN Breeders Awards Invitation
Wild One Sweeps Home To Take Gr3 Lonsdale A heartstopping awkward final few strides failed to stop the impressive late burst of the Scott Bros’ bred Wild One as he made a winning debut for his new trainer Mike De Kock at Greyville on Saturday. His narrow victory over the flying Gothic to win the…
1-2 For KZN In Swallow Stakes The 2013 Gr2 SA Fillies Nursery winner Virgo’s Babe bounced back to her best at Turffontein on Tuesday evening. The daughter of Malhub confounded the form when powering home to win the R150 000 Listed Swallow Stakes run over the 1160m, reports sportingpost.co.za. Virgo’s Babe had first risen to…