Vodacom Durban July Log 2012 – 23 May To view the first supplementary entries click here and to view the theme for the Vodacom Durban July, click here. In the lead up to the big Vodacom Durban July day, KZN Breeders will be hosting a Golf Day on 29 June at Beechwood Golf Club, as…
Frankel vs Black Caviar – What They Share Geoff Lester reports that when the dust had settled at Newbury last Saturday racing professionals were unanimous in their praise of the mighty Frankel. He had taken his unbeaten record to 10 with another demolition job in the Gr 1 Lockinge Stakes and was lauded to the…
KZN Successful At Highveld Feature Season Awards Horses associated with KZN resident farms and stallions came away from Saturday night’s Highveld Feature Season Awards ceremony with three awards. The daughter of King Of Kings, King’s Temptress, won Champion Two Year Old filly, an outstanding achievement for her debut win in the Grade 2 SA Fillies…
KZN-bred Madigan Wins Zimbabwe Triple Crown KZN-bred Madigan, bred by Mr Syd and Shirley Rosseau at St Helier Stud, won the Zimbabwean Triple Crown yesterday in the R140 000 FBC Derby (Grade 3) for 3-year-olds at Borrowdale racecourse. It was the third Leg of the Triple Crown run over 2400m. Trained by Kirk Swanson, Madigan…
Frankel Makes It 10 Out Of 10 AFP reports that equine superstar Frankel made it 10 wins from 10 starts in the Group One Lockinge Stakes here on Saturday in front of an impressive crowd of 15,000. The four-year-old Henry Cecil-trained colt, the 2/7 favourite, came home five lengths clear of Excelebration – finishing second…
Preakness Gr 1 Final Field And Draws Bloodhorse.com reports that most horse racing fans are hoping that Kentucky Derby (gr. I) winner I’ll Have Another can take a second step toward a Triple Crown, a feat that has not been accomplished since 1978. And while the son of Flower Alley has a solid shot to…
Final Fields For Grade 1 Races At Scottsville 26 May The final fields for three Grade 1 events on 26 May at Scottsville, the Allan Robertson Championship, Tsogo Sun Medallion, S.A. Fillies Sprint and Golden Horse Casino Sprint with a strong representation of horses either KZN-bred or by KZN resident stallions. King Of Kings and…
Four Winners In Three Days For Cataloochee In what is almost a sad irony of a sire’s premature death, generally comes success from their progeny. Cataloochee has had four KZN-bred winners since 10 May at three different tracks around the country and Stronghold has achieved an incredible 50% winners to runners from just a few…
First Supplementary Entries For Vodacom Durban July Dr HORSE A/S WGT M/R TRAINER 0 DANCEWITHTHEDEVIL (5M) 0.0 116 St John Gray 0 JACKSON (3C) 0.0 116 Brett Crawford 0 PIERRE JOURDAN (5G) 0.0 114 B Gary Alexander 0 BRAVURA (5G) 0.0 113 B Joey Ramsden 0 TALES OF BRAVERY (5G) 0.0 113 Vaughan Marshall 0…
Backworth Stud’s Exceptional Racing Weekend Backworth Stud had their globetrotting Grade 1 winning filly, Chocolicious, win again on Friday night and introduce an exciting new broodmare acquisition, National Seeker, to their broodmare band. Chocolicious (Kahal – Candy Box by Exclusive Patriot) won convincingly on Friday night at Greyville, in strong company, under jockey Keagan Latham…