Miesque’s Approval’s four year old son Angel’s Power, finished second in the Gr3 Spring Spree Stakes on Saturday at Turffontein, just over a length off from Kangeroo Jack. Angel’s Power, previously trained by Brian Wiid and had a name change after his first start (formerly Corpus Christi), is now in training with Mike Azzie and owned by Dr RJP Maponya and Mr EG Bouwer.
Summerhill Stud and breeders around KZN are welcoming the first foal crop by triple Gr1 winner, Capetown Noir.
The Apache covered his first two mares on Thursday morning at Scott Bros, officially the start of the breeding season and his third at stud, first in KZN.
A full sister retained by Scott Bros to their new stallion acquisition and home-bred The Apache, Bold Pocahontas has foaled a Crusade filly last night at Highdown Stud.
Spring Valley Stud’s sire Just As Well, who has been consistent and at one point had an impressive runners to winners percentage of 53%, has produced a champion juvenile colt in Kenya – a horse bred by Jill Fox of The Fort Stud in partnership with Out Of Africa Stud. The good looking bay colt…
The two year old full sister to Flying The Flag showed plenty of speed to win the Gr2 Debutante courageously over 1400m. Flying The Flag has attracted a top class book of mares – including Look Sharp – the dam of Gr2 winning The Mouseketeer, Plutonium (the dam of Orion Quest and King Neptune), a Gr2 and Gr3 winning full sister to sire Biarritz.
The daughter of Galileo and a half-sister to Gr1 Middle Park Stakes winner Crusade, landed the Irish Oaks on her last start and added another Group One to her haul, producing a powerful surge to overhaul Queen’s Trust at the furlong pole and stretch clear for a commanding two-and-three-quarter lengths victory.
The annual Bush Hill Stallion Day took place on the Friday prior to the Gold Cup race day, and once again it was a magnificent day with over 200 guests present and it was fantastic to have so many visitors from the Cape especially – including Susan Rowett, Mike De Kock, Jehan Malherbe and Jessica Slack.
Bush Hill Stud Stallion Day in pictures, with Flying The Flag, Curved Ball, Irish Flame, King’s Chapel, Redoute’s Promise and Toreador all presented for show.
R100 000 Breeders Incentive for Flying The Flag: The breeder of the first graded stakes winning progeny of Flying The Flag will receive a bonus payment of R100 000. The international Group winning son of Galileo stands for just R20 000 this season.