Brave Tin Soldier(USA) First Foals At Summerhill Stud Summerhill Stud have welcomed four new foals from their elegant stallion, Brave Tin Soldier(USA). Impeccably bred, by Storm Cat out of Bless by Mr Prospector/Danzig/Halo mare, his first crop of foals are certainly showing their sires’s good looks and are exciting prospects. Bought as a foal for…
Backworth-Bred Court Dress Blasts to Debut Win for Brian Wiid Court Dress(SAF), bred by Backworth Stud, made no mistakes on debut at Turffontein on Wednesday evening as the colt blasted to an almost 2 length win over fancied Torman(SAF) (Toreador (IRE) – Shamu) and third placed Admirals Cup(SAF) (Makaarem (USA) – Odalisque). Court Dress(SAF) is…
Naming “The Great White” Rathmor Stud are inviting the public to name their much talked about “Great White”, a foal with a top pedigree and extremely rare colouring. The snow white colt with chestnut ears is by KZN’s champion stallion Kahal out of Perakeen (Rakeen – Perfick(NZ) – by Straight Strike) has taken the breeding…
KZN-Bred Gypsy’s Warning Sells For $1.05 Million At Keeneland KZN-Bred Gypsy’s Warning – bred by Rathmor Stud – was sold at the Keeneland November sale today for $1.05 million. She was being offered as a racing/broodmare prospect and is expected to run on 25 November in the Grade 1 Matriarch Stakes, a race she has…
Royal Delta Sells For $8.5 Million, Goldikova to Galileo Royal Delta by Empire Maker out of Delta Princess by A.P. Indy, was purchased by Besilu Stables for $8.5 million to conclude a highly charged November 8 session of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale. The price was the third-highest in Keeneland November history, exceeded only…
Strategic News(AUS) First Foal Arrives at Rathmor Stud Grade 1 Steinhoff Summer Cup winner Strategic News(AUS) had his first foal arrive on 12 September. Out of 8 time winning Rambo Dancer mare Coconut Grove, she had a smart bay colt. Coconut Grove is out of Cape Kiwi(NZ) by Kaapstad(NZ). She amassed R364,405 in stakes from…
A.P. Answer First Foal at Yellow Star Stud Yellow Star Stud have welcomed a lovely filly by A.P. Answer out of Chasing Rainbows, a beautifully bred unraced mare by Spectrum – who recently moved to Yellow Star Stud to begin his first season in Kwa-Zulu Natal. She is out of a Rakeen/Elliodor mare. Congratulations to…
Uncle Mo To Ashford Stud After running 10th in the Breeders’ Cup Classic Grade 1 on Saturday a decision was made to send the Indian Charlie colt to Ashford Stud in Kentucky for next year. He was retired after blood tests revealed that the gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) enzyme was elevated. During the spring, the enzyme problem…
The Great White Rathmor Stud had an unsual surprise arrive from their mare Perakeen in the early hours of the morning. The snow white colt with chestnut ears is by KZN’s champion stallion Kahal out of Perakeen (Rakeen – Perfick(NZ) – by Straight Strike). Mike McHardy of Rathmor says as far as they know, this…
Far End Farm – Pre-trainers of Red Barrel Congratulations to Jane Thomas of Far End Farm on their pre-training graduate Red Barrel who won the R2 million Emperor’s Palace Ready To Run Cup yesterday – and this being the colt’s second start after winning his maiden 1.25 lengths on the 4 October. Mike de Kock…