King Of Kings Leading South African Sire Of Two Year Olds Former 2000 Guineas winner, King of Kings, is enjoying a purple patch with his juveniles this season. The son of Sadler’s Wells is currently atop of the South African Two Year Old Sires list, with his juvenile runners having earned over R450 000 this…
Daughter Of Mr Greeley To Run In Gr 1 1000 Guineas Irish-bred daughter of Mr Greeley – the sire of KZN’s new Gr 1 winning stallion prospect Crusade – named What a Name, is due to run in the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket on Sunday 5 May. She is out of a Dayjur mare named…
Kahal And Mogok Dominate Weekend In Dubai And Turffontein KZN had a phenomenal weekend both internationally and locally for Kahal and Mogok – notably with The Apache producing a powerful run in the Gr 1 Dubai Duty Free, and Love Struck taking home the Gr 1 SA Classic. An interesting connection between these two top…
Backworth Stud: Lunch With 3A Racing Syndicate And Friends The weather this week in KwaZulu-Natal was just beautiful and Backworth is looking quite magnificent at this time of year – not to mention our National Yearling Sales draft which are looking really good too! We welcomed 3A Racing Syndicate’s James Everett and Wesley Bowman, with…
International News For KZN This Week News in from Coolmore is that Crusade’s talented half-brother by Henrythenavigator – G2 Railway Stakes runner-up Cristoforo Colombo – will be competing in the Gr 1 2000 Guineas. Following a post-racing gallop at the Curragh on Sunday evening, trainer Aidan O’Brien confirmed that three of his star Henrythenavigators were…
Passing Of Woodborough(USA) Rathmor Stud have reported the sad passing of their resident sire, Woodborough(USA), over the weekend. Mike McHardy said it was a very sad loss for Rathmor, describing Woodborough as being “very special.” Woodborough was the first stallion to stand at Rathmor Stud. An eye-catching chestnut stallion – very typical of a sprinter…
Local Weekend Racing News Yellow Star-bred Penhaligon ran a fantastic race in the Gr 3 King’s Cup at Clairwood on Sunday, running second to Pessoa. The grey colt by Daylami out of Victoria Bay by Coastal has had four wins, running second to Roman Wall in his penultimate start in the Thombothi Stakes by half…
Press Release: Wood-Moore Manor Stud Known for being market leaders, we have the confidence in both our broodmares and Badger’s Drift, to offer the following to perspective buyers in a: “100 % BUY BACK SCHEME”. With the upcoming KZN Yearling Sales, we are offering “a 100% Buy Back On The FULL Purchase Price” on any…
The Apache Places In First British Start, York Stakes Gr 2 The Apache ran in the York Stakes, a Group 2 at York over 2000m on Saturday and placed fourth on the turf in good to firm going. A prep run before being aimed at the Arlington Million, The Apache stayed in the money to…
Kahal Cracks Another Black-Type On Gold Cup Day; Admire Main Off To Great Start A beautifully hot day at Greyville for the big finale of the national racing season, Gold Cup day was well supported with a good turnout by the public – and they weren’t disappointed after an exciting day’s racing. Muhtafal’s grand-daughter opened…