KZN-bred Meadow Magic Triumphant In Emerald Cup and Spectrum Spectacular Two of KZN’s stallions stood head and shoulders above the rest at the major Vaal racemeeting on Thursday afternoon, with a son of Mogok, bred by Scott Bros, Meadow Magic, retaining KZN’s title of the Gr 2 Emerald Cup for yet another year and Spectrum’s…
Summerhill Welcome First Bankable Foals Eight-consecutive season Champion breeders’ Summerhill Stud have seen the arrival of 26 colts and 44 fillies (as of Monday 10th September) so far this season and we have a look at some of the outstanding foals that have arrived from Bankable(IRE) and Brave Tin Soldier(USA). Bankable was the first son…
A.P. Answer Breeders Cup Success with Gr 1 Winning Zagora Zagora(FR) took the lead leaving the second turn and held off a tenacious Marketing Mix for a game victory in the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (Gr. I) at Santa Anita Park 2 November. Zagora is by Green Tune(FR), a half-brother to the dam…
Graceland Farm In Pictures A 30 hectare piece of Paradise. Alec and Jeanette Hogg’s Graceland has all the creature comforts – a designer homestead, ten stables, an art gallery with kiln and potter’s wheel; a boardroom – and a magnificent American Ash office that was constructed as a soundproof studio. Custom-built for broadcaster Alec Hogg…
Model K Foals Full-Sister To Mannequin Recent sale topping broodmare, Model K by Model Man, foaled a big healthy filly by Kahal, Kerry Jack reports. The filly, bred and owned by Lawrence Wernars foaled down at The Meadows and is a full-sister to Mannequin. Now a six-year old, Mannequin is a winner of the Banyana…
2012 Emperors Palace Ready-To-Run Sale Day One The first day of the 2012 Emperors Palace Ready to Run Sale ended on a high, with both aggregate and average up on last year. Day one saw the aggregate rise from R12.17 million to R13.08 million, while the average increased from R166 712 to a healthy R210…
Gr 2 Emerald Cup To Be Run On Thursday Jack Milner of tabnews.co.za reports that two of the runners carded for the R600,000 Emerald Cup over 1450m have been withdrawn due to the change in date. In A Rush, trained by Joey Ramsden and bred by Peter Choice, and Port Elizabeth-based Bob ’N Weave, trained…
Backworth Stud: How ‘Var’st Can You Go? Backworth Stud welcomed the news this week of the arrival of our sixth foal of the season, a lovely colt born at Avontuur Stud in the Western Cape. By the sire of Variety Club, 2012 Equus Horse of The Year, out of In Camera by Caesour, we’re wondering…
Fit For A Princess It’s never happened before. Probably not in South Africa, certainly not in racing. Our Guests of Honour for this year’s renewal of the Emperors Palace Ready To Run Cup (and its attendant sale) are His Majesty King Letsie III of Lesotho and Princess Charlene of Monaco. For all those budding historians…
Backworth Stud: Luxardo Wins Maiden By Five Backworth-bred Luxardo, by Mogok(USA) out of Absolut Star by Salaadim(USA), stormed to a convincing five length win over 1000m at Scottsville Saturday, under a confident ride from jockey Keagan de Melo for trainers Herman Brown and Frank Robinson. The grey 3-year-old colt, who is a half-brother to the…