Gran Blanco of Rathmor Stud Weaned Rathmor’s white colt Gran Blanco has been weaned from his dam Perakeen, at just over 6 months of age. Mike McHardy tells us more: “Gran Blanco was weaned on the 19/03/2012 he has taken it very well and settled immediately, he seems to have become very independent and is…
Fillies From Barton Hall Stud Ken and Lynne Twort of Barton Hall Stud have had some truly spectacular foals last season, and here we have a look at a few of them. They happen to be all fillies which at the time of the photos being taken were soon to be weaned. The first filly…
Christmas Handicap Grade 3 At Clairwood On Monday The Christmas Handicap Grade 3 over 1600m takes place at Clairwood Park on Monday 26 December, for a stake of R184 000. The race is due to be run at 16:15. Las Ramblas, recently voted at the KZN Breeders Awards as Outstanding Three Year Old Filly, is…
A.P. Answer’s Foals From Clifton Stud Clifton Stud have some absolutely stunning foals, soon to be weanlings from first season sire A.P. Answer. Kali Mist by Rakeen – Fashing by Dancin Champ(USA) – had a beautiful bay filly out of A.P. Answer. This filly is well-grown and has a lot of presence, with plenty of…
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…