Scott Bros International Racing News For KZN: Miesque’s Approval and Crusade Scott Bros have two of their stallions highlighted as Miesque’s Approval’s half-brother by Northern Afleet, a 2012 grey gelding named World Approval placed third at Churchill Downs in the Gr2 American Turf Stakes. Finishing less then two lengths off the winner in good going…
Way West Half-Brother By Toreador Wins By 13 Lengths On Debut Toreador has had three winners in less than a week – with a double at the Vaal on Tuesday 5 May, including a two year old son – a half-brother to sire Way West, winning a dazzling debut by almost 13 lengths over 1200m…
Rathmor Stud: Close Hatches Nominated For Eclipse Older Female Award Close Hatches, closely related in pedigree to Rathmor’s new resident sire Noble Tune, has been nominated for the upcoming 44th Eclipse Awards in the category of Older Female taking place 17 January. Her fellow nominees include Group winners’ Dayatthespa and Don’t Tell Sophia. Close Hatches…
King’s Chapel: Thurlow Places Second In Queen Adelaide Stakes Listed Bush Hill’s resident sire King’s Chapel had his grand-daughter finish second in the Queen Adelaide Stakes Listed in Australia over 1050m, her first start out since her run in the Gr1 Blue Diamond Stakes at the end of February. The two year old Sebring filly…
Death Of High Chapparal, Sire Of Golden Sword Dual Derby winner High Chaparral, and the sire of Summerhill Stud’s Golden Sword, has died at the age of 15. The six-time Group 1 winning son of Sadler’s Wells was put down at Fethard Equine Hospital during exploratory colic surgery due to a perforated intestine. Winner of…
Noble Tune News: Half Sister Lady Serena Breaks Maiden By Seven Lengths Noble Tune’s three year old Bernardini half-sister, Lady Serena, broke her maiden at Belmont on Sunday in devastating fashion over 1700m, leading the race from the jump to open up off the corner easily on the dirt track, going on to win powerfully…
Clifton Stud: Five Winners On One Day Between Stud And Stallion Clifton Stud and A.P. Answer achieved five winners on Sunday between them, at Scottsville and at Borrowdale – three for A.P. Answer as a stallion and three for Peter and Jenny Blyth’s Clifton Stud. Scottsville began with Chartwell bred by Miss CJ Rymill, winning…
First Winner For Yellow Star’s Tropical Empire He has to be one of the most beautiful stallions standing in KZN – a big bold eye, plenty of presence and energy, and very easy on the eye when it comes to his conformation – reminiscent of the early George Stubb’s paintings of the English Thoroughbred with…
KZN-Bred Monsieur Mogok Places Second In Hong Kong Monsieur Mogok, a four year old bay gelding by Mogok out of Miss Madam by Dolpour and owned by Robert Chung, bred by Scott Bros finished runner up in a Class 3 handicap at Sha Tin over 1800m – finishing very strongly from stone last under a…
First Winner For Just As Well(USA) Just As Well pictured galloping through the lush green acres of Spring Valley Stud in January 2015. Image: Candiese Marnewick International Group winning sire Just As Well has had his two year olds arrive in a serious fashion. After getting Black Type from David Niewenhuizen’s Just As I Said…