Bush Hill Stud’s First King’s Chapel(AUS) Foals On Show Bush Hill Stud have welcomed the first foals of King’s Chapel(AUS) this season and it seems there are exciting times ahead for this young sire, judging by the quality of his outstanding foals. The best performed imported son of King Of Kings(IRE) continues to make waves…
Green Moon Wins Melbourne Cup – The A.P. Answer Connection A.P. Answer’s dam-line continues International success with Green Moon who swept home to take the epic 3200m Emirates Melbourne Cup Gr 1. Green Moon is by Montjeu out of Green Tune mare Green Nune. Green Tune is out of Soundings, the second dam of A.P….
Black Caviar To Race On For 2013 Racingpost.com reports that trainer Peter Moody confirmed on Thursday that the sprinter would be sent for a spell with the intention of bringing her back for an autumn racing campaign next year. “We’re going to give her a spell now and she will be geared towards an autumn…
Roski Stud: It’s Just As Well That Ticks All The Boxes Roski Stud have welcomed their first foals for 2012 with three on the ground so far. The first crop of Just As Well’s progeny are arriving and Greg Royden-Turner, co-owner (with Anton Proctor) of this well-bred young son of A.P. Indy, has a great…
All Eyes On Winchester For The Melbourne Cup KZN and Yellow Star Stud will be keeping a close eye on the upcoming Emirates Melbourne Cup Gr 1 to be run in Australia on Tuesday. Spectrum’s talented maternal grandson Winchester lines up in stall five to run in one of the world’s most prominent races over…
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…