Guest Column: Farewell To A Lady 29 October, 2013 – Lisa Barrett South Africa’s breeding and racing scene has been left all the poorer, with the passing of one of its greatest visionaries and most graceful advocates, Bridget Oppenheimer. Fondly known as “Mrs O”, Bridget Oppenheimer bred and raced some of this country’s greatest horses,…
Sporting Post: “Land Of Giants” – KZN Breeders Race Day A proud history of tradition and outstanding achievement are the foundation stones of an innovative raceday at Clairwood on Sunday. The exciting R1 million KZN Breeders Million Mile has attracted a top quality field as the feature event on an innovative raceday, the like of…
International Winners For Bezrin Bezrin is covering his first season back in KZN at Rathmor Stud with Manny Testa and Craig Ramsay reporting back on the son of Danzig’s winners in Mauritius and Zimbabwe. Manny of Midlands Thoroughbreds is excited to report that: “Double Date by Bezrin is racing for Midlands Thoroughbreds in Zimbabwe. After…
KZN Breeders Series Final Fields The final fields for the KZN Breeders Series of seven races for a stake of R200 000 each, exclusively for horses registered with the KZN Breeders Premium Scheme taking place on Sunday 30 June at Greyville racecourse. The highlight of the day will of course by the Million Mile! Race-3…
KZN Weekend Racing Successes Scott Bros’ E-Jet took home the Colorado King Stakes at Turffontein, Wild One by Mogok places second by half a length in the Derby Trial Listed and Tuscan Lass by Spectrum takes home the Oaks Trial Listed; Kinematic Countess takes home the Gr 3 Sycamore and three KZN-breds place in the…
Solzhenitsyn(NZ) Places In Gr 2 For KZN’s St Petersburg(AUS) Coming off a Gr 1 victory in mid-October, Solzhenitsyn(NZ) has again placed third in a Gr 2 race in Australia. The colt out of a Victory Dance mare, placed in the Crystal Mile at Mooney Valley over 1600m just a length off the winner Silent Achiever…
Quality Final Field For KZN Breeders Million Mile The long awaited final field is in for the KZN Breeders Million Mile, the second running of this exclusive race at Greyville on 30 June amongst the seven other races – the KZN Breeders Series over 1200m, 1400m and 1900m for stakes of R200 000 each. All…
International News For KZN This Week Mr Greeley, the sire of Crusade, has featured prominently internationally once again with a Gr 3 win in France, and two seconds in America as a grandsire in a Gr 1 Santa Anita Derby and Gr 3 Bay Shore Stakes. Spectrum’s grandson Sangster places in a Gr 1 once…
Winning Start For Admire Main(JPN) Admire Main(JPN) appears to be off to a strong start with his first horses to race in Japan, it is exciting times ahead indeed for KZN and Summerhill Stud. From just 11 horses to race in Japan of Admire Main’s first and only overseas crop to race, three are already…
Midlands Thoroughbreds 2013 KZN Yearling Sale Draft