A brave fellow and not the biggest, Clifton Stud’s Prince Of Kahal fought courageously once again to add the Golden Loom Handicap Listed to his already impressive race record which now features several Black Type wins. Orphaned at 2 weeks of age when his wonderful dam, Vogue (Model Man) died after a severe bout of…
SA Champion trainer Sean Tarry made it a glorious hat-trick of victories in the R1 million Emperors Palace BSA Ready To Run Cup when the diminutive Visionaire grey Spiritofthegroove came from the clouds to deny the Gary Alexander coupling in the final 100m. The first three horses past the post were all #kznbred. From a…
Summerhill Sales will be offering an exceptional draft at this year’s Emperors Palace Ready To Run Sale. The draft includes two-year-olds by such proven and popular stallions as Duke Of Marmalade, Trippi and Visionaire, as well as a large number of youngsters from the first crops of Summerhill Stud’s exciting G1 winning sires Act Of…
Summerhill Stud, as agent, will be offering six classy two-year-olds at November’s Emperors Palace Ready To Run Sale. Watching Closely (Lot 3) is a filly by short-lived G1 Middle Park Stakes winner, and prolific sire of juvenile talent, Crusade. This filly, a half-sister to two winners, is out of a four time winning Kahal own…
Aidan O’Brien described Magical as “the ultimate racehorse” after a typically resolute success in the Gr1 Champion Stakes gave the trainer his first success in the race on Saturday. “Every day, she wakes up with a total clean sheet,” O’Brien said. “She accepts everything on the chin and says what do you want me to…
Record-priced lots were like London buses at the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Oct. 14. Angus Gold struck a winning bid of 1.05 million guineas ($1,392,683) for a well-related daughter of Dark Angel (Lot 767) who will now carry the famous colours of Hamdan Al Maktoum. An opening offer of 100,000 guineas gave little indication of the record-setting territory…
Silent Crusade is owned by the team that raced and had enormous success with the special Mark Dixon trained London Call – closely related to Silent Crusade through her dam – owners Messrs G N Cumming, C N Larsson, & R D Samuelson, and breeder Bruce Le Roux retained a share.
Gary and Colleen De Klerk of Summerview Stud have welcomed their first foal from Mogok mare Sahara, a flashy filly by Master Of My Fate. Summerview purchased the mare off the Scott Bros Dispersal Sale for R170 000 in foal to Crusade – Gary says the Crusade is a smashing individual who will be headed…
HorseName Age Sex Sire Name Dam Sire Name Dam Name Breeder Champion 2YO Filly Luna Wish 2 f Querari Silvano Imperial Wish B Le Roux Montreal Mist 2 f Soft Falling Rain Var Esterel Clifton Stud Spiritofthegroove 2 f Visionaire National Assembly Band Of Angels Tmen Studs Champion 3YO Filly sponsored by ODDS ON COLOURS…
A son of Kahal (Machiavellian) out of the five-time winning Model Man mare Vogue, Prince Of Kahal was bred by Clifton Stud and was bought for R120 000 at the KZN Yearling Sale. Prince Of Kahal was orphaned at 2 weeks old after his dam died from colic. He is a half-brother to Gr2 winner Fort Vogue, who died prematurely after arriving in Dubai, and to the Gr3 winner Whatalady.