Exciting New Developments For KZN Breeders Race Day 2013 Thoroughbred breeders in KwaZulu-Natal have initiated some unique marketing strategies over the years but under the umbrella of the KZN Breeders’ Club they have embarked on their most ambitious project yet with the announcement of the KZN Breeders Day to be held at Greyville on Sunday,…
Camelot Has Colic Surgery Stuart Riley of Racingpost.com reports that three-time Classic winner Camelot has come through exploratory colic surgery and “is doing great”, Coolmore Stud has revealed on Friday morning. The surgery, announced on Thursday evening, took place at Fethard Veterinary Hospital. A tweet from Coolmore read: “Camelot’s colic surgery went well and he…
KZN Breeders Million Mile Supplementary Entries And Weights The supplementary entries and weights are in for the upcoming KZN Breeders Million Mile, but also see Las Ramblas being scratched from the field. See the supplementary entries in bold below. The Million Mile is incorporated into the KZN Breeders’ Race Day which will take place 1…
Just Bluffing Wins 2012 Kenya Derby Just Bluffing, a son of Badger’s Drift, pulverised his opposition in winning the prestigious Grade 1 Derby in Kenya over 2400m today. The highlight and most prominent event at the Ngong racecourse is the annual Kenya Derby which was first held in 1914. Having never raced further than 1800m,…
More Foals From Rathmor Stud Rathmor introduces more foals each from Jumeirah Beach – an outstanding colt by Mogok(USA), and a beautiful filly by King’s Chapel(AUS) out of Fields Of France, from the end of the 2012 foaling season. Fields Of France, by Val de Bois, has produced a beautiful King’s Chapel(AUS) filly this year….
Bush Hill Stud’s Weekend Racing And Award Success Bush Hill Stud had a good weekend at the KZN Breeders Awards as well as on the racetracks across South Africa and in the North with Zimbabwe’s top three year old Newton Power. Newton Power, by Newton out of Red Spirit by Slew The Red, has now…
Gold Circle KZN Racing Awards Tonight The Gold Circle KZN Racing Awards takes place tonight in Durban with a number of KZN-bred and associated horses amongst the nominations. One of the Champion Two Year Old Female nominees is King Of King’s daughter King’s Temptress. The filly made an unforgettable debut in April at Turffontein, winning…
Monterosso Wins Dubai World Cup The Blood-Horse.com reports that Monterosso took command in mid-stretch and powered home to easily win the $10 million Dubai World Cup Sponsored by Emirates Airline (UAE-I) at Meydan Racecourse March 31. The 5-year-old horse by Dubawi provided Godolphin trainer Mahmood al Zarooni with a one-two sweep in the race, as…
Dancewiththedevil Does KZN Proud Once More! KZN-Bred Dancewiththedevil, under Gavin Lerena, won the Grade 1 Horse Chestnut Stakes for the second year in a row at Turffontein today in convincing style again, this time by almost 3.5 lengths (she won last year by 5.5 lengths) from Rudra and Solo Traveller with Kavanagh finishing fourth. Kavanagh…
Rathmor’s Gypsy Queen Produces Kahal Colt KZN Breeders Broodmare Of The Year for 2011, Gypsy Queen, produced an outstanding Kahal(GB) colt on 11 October for Rathmor Stud. Mike McHardy describes the colt as: “a large plain bay, that is very athletic-looking.” A half-brother to three-time Gr 1 winner in the USA and South Africa, Gypsy’s…