Orphan Filly Gypsy Fair Rewards Bush Hill Stud Every winner is special to any breeder, but Gypsy Fair’s facile win by sixth lengths at Flamingo Park was especially so to all at Bush Hill because by all accounts this filly should never have been alive. Warwick Render goes onto to tell us why this filly…
KY Commission Approves Race-Day Salix Ban Blood-horse.com reports that the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, by a 7-5 vote with one abstention June 13, approved an administrative regulation that would ban the use of furosemide on race-day in graded and listed stakes over a three-year period beginning Jan. 1, 2014. Whether it is enacted remains to…
Fun In The Sun At Suncoast For The Upcoming KZN Yearling Sale A promotional photoshoot for the sales took place at Suncoast, the venue for the upcoming Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale taking place on 5 and 6 July. Suncoast was last year’s venue and proved to be a huge success in the warm beautiful surroundings…
Vodacom Durban July Weights Important developments have taken place in the entry list for the R3-million, Grade 1 Vodacom Durban July with two important scratching and two supplementary nominations taking place yesterday, Monday. Mike de Kock has scratched his three-year-old gelding Silver Flyer from the race after the son of Silvano failed to feature in…
Backworth’s Cape Princess Wins Again For Miesque’s Approval Backworth Stud’s Cape Town Princess (Miesque’s Approval – Moving On Up by Jallad) broke her maiden second time out at Durbanville Wednesday under a controlled ride by jockey Karl Neisius for trainer Dean Kannemeyer. She showed plenty of toe and was just off the leaders coming to…
Union Rags Wins The Belmont Bloodhorse.com reports that Union Rags, closing with urgency along the rail under John Velazquez, got up in the final couple of strides to win a heart-pounding finish over Paynter by a short neck in the 2012 Belmont Stakes (gr. I) June 9. The lack of a Triple Crown quest by…
I’ll Have Another Out Of Belmont, Retired Owner Paul Reddam and trainer Doug O’Neill announced June 8 that I’ll Have Another has been retired due to a tendon injury, his quest for the Triple Crown ended a day before his scheduled start in the Belmont Stakes (Gr. I). During a hastily called press conference at…
Black Caviar’s Compression Suit ABC.net reports that champion 21-time winning mare Black Caviar donned a custom-made spandex body suit when she flew to London in her quest to prove she is the world’s fastest horse. The mare’s patronage is a coup for the fledgling New South Wales company that designed the compression suit. Black Caviar…
I’ll Have Another – Will He Become The 12th Triple Crown Winner? Reddam Racing’s I’ll Have Another, bidding to become the 12th winner of the Triple Crown June 9 in the Belmont Stakes (Gr I), will break from post 11. Made the 4-5 morning-line favorite, I’ll Have Another will again be ridden by Mario Gutierrez….
South African’s Paul Hart And Heartbreak Hill Are Going To 2012 London Olympics Paul Hart and his 16 year old Thoroughbred gelding with a KZN pedigree, Heartbreak Hill, have been selected to compete in the 2012 Olympic Games in London in the Equestrian discipline of Eventing. Eventing is the sole equestrian discipline representing South Africa…