Frankel Stud Fee Announced Frankel, the Cartier Horse of the Year for this year and last, will begin his stallion career at Khalid Abdullah’s Banstead Manor Stud near Newmarket, England, for a fee of £125,000 (approximately $198,500 in U.S. funds). Bred by Abdullah’s Juddmonte Farms, Frankel won all 14 of his starts while earning $4,789,144…
Festival Of Fire Wins Gr 3 At Turffontein Three year old filly Festival Of Fire, by Kahal out of Fuel The Fire by Russian Revival, won the Gr 3 Joburg Spring Fillies & Mares Challenge by almost 1.5 lengths, setting a new course record in the process. Trained by Mike de Kock and ridden to…
Manny And Mandy Testa Acquire A New Farm For Midlands Thoroughbreds Manny and Mandy Testa of Midlands Thoroughbreds have recently acquired the farm known previously as “Burwell Stud” and they are very excited about their new venture. Manny and Mandy are the founders of Midlands Thoroughbreds. Having acquired the KZN Midlands Resort, Midlands Saddle &…
New Additions From Rathmor Stud With foaling season well underway, we have a look at a few more of the new arrivals for the season at Rathmor Stud by sires Var, Atso, King’s Chapel, Strategic News and Mogok. Time And Tide, by Baroon out of Lone Sailor by Hard Up, foaled a beautiful bay Var(USA)…
Backworth Stud: Island Fiesta Keeps On Winning For Wendy Whitehead Island Fiesta (Miesque’s Approval(USA) – Bermuda Junction(AUS) by Is It True(USA)) won from a competitive field for trainer Wendy Whitehead over 1200m at Scottsville Sunday, under a hands and heel ride from jockey Sean Cormack. The bay gelding has won twice now and placed once…
Party Time For Island Fiesta Backworth-bred Island Fiesta, by Miesque’s Approval(USA) out of Bermuda Junction (AUS) by Is It True (USA), broke his maiden on Wednesday with jockey Sean Cormack up for trainer Wendy Whitehead and a group of very excited connections. Island Fiesta is from the family of Scornvale (AUS) – 4…
Rachel Alexandra In Foal To Bernardini, Zenyatta To Tapit The Bloodhorse.com reports that Rachel Alexandra, the 2009 Horse of the Year who produced her first foal this year, has been pronounced in foal to Darley stallion Bernardini. Rachel Alexandra produced a colt by Curlin 22 January of this year. The mare’s status for the 2012…
Backworth Stud: Black And White…Hold On Tight! Hold on tight… that’s right! Our white mare, Tsunami, had a beautiful pure black King’s Chapel filly this weekend. DYNAMITE! Tsunami by Shaamit(IRE) was a winner at three over 1200m and is the dam of Tower Of Strength by Requiem (AUS): a winner at four over 1000m with…
Important Ruling By Competition Commission Sportingpost.co.za reports that the Competition Commission have approved the acquisition of Gold Circle in the Western Cape by Phumelela Gaming and Leisure. No specific details are available as yet. The competition tribunal recently heard a review application by Kenilworth Racing and the Thoroughbred Horseracing Trust for the approval of their…
Glitter Star Trounces Favourites In MR93 Handicap Backworth-bred Glitter Star, by Muhtafal (USA) out of Celestial Charm by Freedom Land (USA), continued his run of good form for trainer Lucky Houdalakis Tuesday at the Vaal winning a MR 93 Handicap convincingly from the Geoff Woodruff-trained favourite Approachable (Right Approach (GB)). Glitter Star’s last run on…