Media Release: Greyville Night Racemeetings Postponed Inclement weather over the past month has forced Gold Circle to abandon the Greyville night racemeetings scheduled for October 30 and November 6. As a consequence racing action will only return to the City track on Sunday, November 18, when the second leg of the 2012 Avis Coach Charter…
Backworth-bred Chocolicious Sold Down Under In a private deal brokered by Gary Moore of Gavelhouse, South African Grade 1 winner Chocolicious has been sold to Australians Darren and Elizabeth Dance, who will race her with a group of their clients from Australian Thoroughbred Bloodstock. Bred at the picturesque Backworth Stud in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, the…
Main Man Striking Timing is everything, no doubt about it. Who would have thought that a stallion of Admire Main’s pedigree and aptitude would be a sire of quality juveniles. It just goes to show, class counts. While Admire Main ran off with his juvenile debut over 1400m by some seven lengths, it was late…
Vodacom Durban July Gallops This morning saw the running of the annual Vodacom Durban July Gallops on a beautiful fresh and bright morning, which saw the event being well attended by the public, with binoculars, race-cards, coffee and sticky buns in hand. The big race day will take place 7 July. Amongst the crowd were…
Backworth National Yearlings 2012 Lot 90 TOO MUCH FUN (Admire Main (JPN) / Merriment (SAF)) Chestnut Filly (6th produce) DOB 07/09/2010 By ADMIRE MAIN (JPN) (2003 – Stud 2009), 4 wins, inc. Aoba Sho, Gr2, Mainichi Hai, Gr3, 2nd Japan Derby, Gr1. His sire, SUNDAY SILENCE, was champion sire in Japan 15 times. His dam,…
KZN Sires Continue To Produce Winners Overseas Sires standing in KZN continue to produce winners overseas as sires and broodmare sires, giving KZN a lot to be proud of. Warwick Render is enthusiastic about the reports of King’s Chapel (by King Of Kings). “The day after King Montrose’s [Gr 3] win he had one runner…
Is Igugu In The Next Ready-To-Run Draft? We’ve had a couple of queries about whether the next Igugu is in this draft. Here is our response to that question: “I guess the answer is “you never know”, because they often come from “left field.” What I can tell you is that this is probably the…
Backworth’s Devonella Wins Well For Messrs Daubern And Moore Backworth-bred Devonella (Kahal – Devon-Sent by Northern Guest) won well over 1200m at Clairwood Sunday under a confident ride from jockey Julius Mariba for trainer Ivan Moore. A grand-daughter of the great Durban July (1984) winning mare, Devon Air(GB), this win takes the Devonella’s career record…
Backworth Stud: Congratulations and Celebrations Backworth Stud celebrates a magnificently successful March, and recognises the passion of trainers and commitment of owners whose support has taken Backworth to an enviable position on the Breeders Log. Taking Sporting Post’s Top 50 Breeders as of 1st of April, with just 30 runners Backworth are now in 30th…
Foals From Hadlow Stud For 2012 A recent visit to Cathy and Jonathan Martin’s Hadlow Stud revealed yet another exciting KZN-bred foal crop for both Cathy Martin and St John Gray, whose Graystone Stud operation is integrated into Hadlow Stud. St John Gray’s stallions include Announce, his son Call To Combat (who has had his…