Yellow Star Stud Stallion Day Yellow Star Stud will be hosting a Stallion Day on 3 August at their farm in Mooi River at 3pm. Yellow Star will be introducing the exciting new stallion to the ranks, Kildonan, as well as Spectrum, Tropical Empire and Damage Is Done. Grade 1 Golden Horse Sprint record-holder Kildonan…
Invitation: Zoetis Deworming For Horses Seminar
KZN-bred Gran Blanco – The One And Only A KZN-bred colt who has drawn world-wide attention since his birth, and the only one-of-a-kind Thoroughbred in the country, Gran Blanco (meaning Great White) is being offered at the Emperor’s Palace National Yearling Sale beginning on 26 April. He will no doubt be a star attraction for…
G1 Goldmine Pedigree Software Workshop Leo Tsatsaronis, the Managing Director of pedigree software programme G1 Goldmine, developed in his native Australia, presented a workshop on Monday evening at the Nottingham Road Hotel. Well attended by KZN Breeders’ and owners alike, it was a fascinating look at pedigrees – and what pricked everyone’s attention were what…
South African Jockey Academy To Train Hong Kong Apprentices Two apprentice jockeys from Hong Kong, Jonathon Tai and Dylan Mo, have arrived for a two year training stint at the South African Jockey Academy based at Summerveld. It is the first time that the Academy will be training apprentices from Hong Kong. Jonathan Tai is…
Media Release: Gold Circle Announces Champions Season Stakes Increase The stakes pot for the Champions Season feature races in KwaZulu-Natal has been given a R6 million cash injection which represents a 28% increase on current levels. Announcing the increases, Gold Circle’s Racing and Marketing Executive, Graeme Hawkins, said: “This is another step towards ensuring KwaZulu-Natal…
Broodmares, Yearlings, Weanlings Available The following mares, weanlings and yearlings have become available on behalf of a client at Summerhill Stud. Please see the list below and attachments with pedigrees. Please contact Annet directly at Summerhill Stud on annet@summerhill.co.za should you be interested. Please follow the links to download pedigrees for them. Annet welcomes interested…
Media Release: Gold Circle Announces Champions Season Stakes Increase The stakes pot for the Champions Season feature races in KwaZulu-Natal has been given a R6 million cash injection which represents a 28% increase on current levels. Announcing the increases, Gold Circle’s Racing and Marketing Executive, Graeme Hawkins, said: “This is another step towards ensuring KwaZulu-Natal…
Placido Gets Another Group Place For Miesque’s Approval Yellow Star-bred Placido ran a third in the Grade 3 Champions Juvenile Cup for 2 Year Olds, at Fairview yesterday over 1400m. He becomes the second horse since Eton Square in the Grade 1 Vodacom Durban July (as well as a Grade 3) to add another Stakes…
Backworth Stud: Caviar Continues To Impress For Colin Scott Backworth-bred Caviar (Var – Lewinsky’s Lover) won her second at Scottsville yesterday under jockey MJ Odendaal for Summerveld-based trainer Colin Scott. Caviar is from the family of Soho Secret; ARCSA Champion Broodmare in 1995, Kings Gambit; Equus Champion Stayer in 2008, London News; ARCSA Champion Three-Year-Old…