Let The Games Begin The gallops are over, the judges have handed down their verdicts, and the horses are at the TBA Sales complex in Germiston, awaiting your inspection. The Emperor’s Palace Ready To Run Sale is now entering its final phases, and because it happens to be aligned with the biggest race of its…
Gr 2 Emerald Cup This Weekend Africa’s richest race on sand, the Emerald Cup Gr 2, takes place this weekend at the Vaal sand track over 1450m for a stake of R600 000. KZN-breds in the past have always dominated the Emerald Cup in the last seven years of it’s running, the four being National…
“And Then There Were Three” – Backworth Stud’s First Foals Backworth Stud have welcomed three foals for the season, the first being a handsome colt by Miesque’s Approval(USA) out of Rise Again. The winter chills have finally abated, the first signs of Spring are prominent everywhere and we’re well and truly into the foaling season….
Backworth Stud: KZN Breeders Meeting And Luncheon Backworth welcomed fellow KZN Breeders this week for a committee meeting and luncheon. Seen above are (from left to right) Ian Todd, Peter Blyth of Clifton Stud, Keith Russon (Vice Chairman), Candiese Marnewick – Committee Secretary, Linda Norval from Summerhill, Koos (Chairman) and Lorraine de Klerk from Yellow…
Press Release: These Stories Are Worth The Telling Success on the turf often has unpretentious beginnings. That’s part of the daydream that tempts young people to persist with the prickly beast with bad legs that cost them a few thousand Rands, and arrived with a patched-up headstall and a torn rug. They remember the folklore,…
Hadlow Stud Welcome First Foal by Call To Combat Hadlow Stud have welcomed the first foal of Call To Combat, a colt which Cathy Martin describes as “a big strapping boy looks more like his dad than his mom! He is out of the All Fired Up mare Silent Heat. He was born at 11:45…
KZN Breeders Award Nominations 2012 The KZN Breeders Association will be hosting our annual Awards evening at Bellwood Cottages on 17 November, congratulations to all the breeders with horses nominated for this years awards. Summerhill Stud, being the champion breeders that they are, have the biggest nominee representation at the upcoming awards, with 11 nominations…
Backworth Stud: Champagne Wishes And Caviar Dreams Backworth-bred Caviar, by Var(USA) out of Lewinsky Lover by Jallad(USA), broke her maiden in fine style Sunday at Scottsville over 1000m, with an impressive five length winning margin under jockey Anthony Delpech. Congratulations to trainer Colin Scott and owners Rob Scott, Two Oceans Racing Syndicate (nom Mr K…
Backworth Stud Welcome First Foal For The Season Ian Todd and Keith Russon of Backworth Stud report that they had their first foal born for the season. “At midday on the first warm day following the bitterly cold spell in KwaZulu-Natal, we welcomed the birth of our first foal of the season – a colt…
Backworth Stud: Exciting Fillies By Horse Chestnut And Miesque’s Approval Horse Chestnut (SAF) – Exclusive Honour (SAF) by Exclusive Patriot (USA) We all know the legacy of Horse Chestnut, arguably the best racehorse to run in South Africa in the past 40 years, and South Africa’s only ever Triple Crown winner! In a short, but…