Summerhill Stud: The Old Timers “Senor Santa, Hear The Drums, Amphitheatre and Vangelis” Racehorses are explosive, hot-blooded creatures. That’s the way we’ve moulded them: imposing, powerful, fast; very fast, some of them, and because of it, prone to brittleness; noble; intelligent, yet when they’re startled, alarmingly implacable. Horsemen will tell you, they’re like elephants when…
The Apache And Igugu In Dubai Tabnews.co.za reports that South Africa’s globe-trotting champion trainer Mike de Kock has jetted off to Dubai to oversee his international raiding party’s preparations for the 2013 Dubai World Cup Carnival. The Carnival comprises 11 race meetings culminating in Dubai World Cup on 30 March, when the nine Graded races…
Dettori And Godolphin To Part Ways In 2013 Frankie Dettori, who has been the principal jockey for Godolphin Racing for nearly two decades, will not be retained next year by the Maktoum family’s racing operation, Godolphin announced 21 October. Earlier this month, Dettori accepted the mount on Coolmore and partners’ Camelot in the Qatar Prix…
School of Management Excellence: WINTER WORKSHOP 2012 The Winter School Revisited It’s that time of the year – Big Horses, Big Owners , Big Trainers, and Big Weekends, and the KwaZulu-Natal Racing Season is in full swing. A landmark event on the calendar is the Winter Workshop at Summerhill Stud, which follows the Vodacom Durban…
Superior And Inferior Check Ligament Desmotomy10 December, 2012 – Prof Jeremy Hubert, Bosch Hoek Equine Hospital When Boots, a 5 week-old Quarterhorse colt was examined he displayed contracture of the fetlock joint to the degree where he appeared to knuckle over at the fetlock while the foot collapsed to the inside of his body when…
Frankel Bows Out On A High One of the world’s greatest racehorses, nicknamed “Usain Colt”, raced to first place in the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot in his last ever race before retiring. The four-year-old Frankel has now won 14 races from as many starts, securing his reputation as one of the world’s greatest race…
KZN Breeders Million Mile Final Field DR HORSE A/S WGT M/R TRAINER 2 THE MOUSEKETEER (4G) 61.0 99 A Sean Tarry 13 FURIOUS DANCER (4G) 61.0 96 A Kumaran Naidoo 11 BLACK WING (4G) 60.5 106 A Brett Crawford 12 COFFEE SHEIK (4G) 60.5 97 A Wendy Whitehead 4 CHECCETTI (4F) 58.5 97 BA Mike…
Backworth’s Go Again Going Places For Brown And Robinson Backworth had a good day’s racing at Scottsville Tuesday with Go Again (Muhtafal – Going Places by Esplendor) winning second time out for the Herman Brown/Frank Robinson yard; beating the hot favourite, Markus Jooste’s talented Trippi colt, Skywalk Luke, by a length. The Backworth graduate of…
Pulpit Dies At Claiborne Farm The bloodhorse.com has reported that perennial leading sire Pulpit, a three-quarter brother to Summerhill’s very own Gr 1 winning sire A.P. Arrow (out of Garimpeiro by Mr Prospector), died in his paddock at Claiborne Farm on 6 December, according to an announcement made by farm manager Bradley Purcell. The 18-year-old…
Emperors Palace Ready-To-Run Gallops At Summerhill Stud The Emperors Palace Ready-To-Run Sale Gallops took place on a magnificent blue skies at Summerhill Stud. In typical Summerhill fashion, it was a superbly organised day together with Bloodstock South Africa, with the who’s who of racing present from breeders to trainers and owners, including many VIP’s such…