Igugu(AUS) Heads Up Entries For TBA Paddock Stakes Grade 1 DR HORSE A/S WGT WGT TRAINER 4 IGUGU (AUS) (4F) 0.0 117 Mike de Kock 3 BEACH BEAUTY (4F) 0.0 108 Dennis Drier 5 EMERALD COVE (4F) 0.0 106 Justin Snaith 9 SUPER ELEGANT (3F) 0.0 104 Piet Steyn 10 WE THREE (5M) 0.0 100…
Gran Blanco of Rathmor Stud – Photographic Update Photos taken of Gran Blanco on 3 March 2012. Go to Foals 2011 to keep up with the news of this special foal, or visit www.rathmorstud.co.za
The Apache Does It Again The Apache, bred by the Scott Brothers of Highdown Stud, won the Pinnacle Stakes last night over 1600m with Gavin Van Zyl achieving a 1-2 across the post for the KZN-breds. Seal ran on half a length behind the Mogok colt, with Link Man and Belmonte filling in third and…
Fort Beluga’s First Crop Of Foals At Spring Valley Spring Valley Stud have welcomed their first crop of foals from their regrettably deceased stallion, Fort Beluga. Sadly, the stallion broke his neck earlier this year and had to be put down, but he has left behind an exceptional crop of foals. He was well-supported and…
Pinnacle Stakes At Turffontein Tonight The Pinnacle Stakes will be run over 1600m at Turffontein (stand side) on Tuesday night, with a quality field of ten horses participating, including the KZN-bred Equus Three Year Old Colt The Apache trained by Gavin Van Zyl. Other horses representing KZN-breds include the Silvano colt, Seal (also from Gavin…
Foals From Middlefield Stud For the latest Foal Feature, we visited Rob and Michele Pickering at their Middlefield Stud to have a look at a few of their new foals from the 2011 season, with Rob particularly excited and enthusiastic about the progeny of Carpocrates(USA), one of the best bred stallions to be imported to…
Indian Charlie, Sire Of Uncle Mo, Loses Cancer Battle Blood-horse.com reports that Airdrie Stud confirmed that their top stallion Indian Charlie was euthanized at about 9:30 a.m. EST 15 December. The 16-year-old son of In Excess had been battling cancer. “Losing Indian Charlie after a challenging battle with Hemangiosarcoma and its complications has been a…
Gran Blanco Update From Rathmor Stud Rathmor Stud’s Gran Blanco is now just under 5 months old, and we have received an update from Mike McHardy, the owner of Rathmor Stud, about the beautiful rare white colt by Kahal. “Gran Blanco is growing really fast and is turning out to be a well above average…
“Pocket” by Gary Lemke I recall going to the 2010 Vodacom Durban July, hoping that Pocket Power would win, this after witnessing his dead-heat with Dancer’s Daughter in 2008. I will never forget watching him come around the corner into the straight at Greyville after he was caught wide, the race had not gone well…
Foals From Hadlow Stud In this foal feature, we focus on Hadlow Stud which is owned by Cathy and Jonathan Martin and integrates St John Gray’s Graystone Stud into their establishment, standing the likes of Emperor’s Dance – the dam of Grade 1 Sansui Summer Cup winner and 2011 KZN Breeders Award winning Horse-Of-The-Year Dancewiththedevil…