KZN Sire Links To Royal Ascot Gr1 Successes With Royal Ascot almost coming to an end – it has yielded some outstanding results with a few horses having direct links to KZN – such as Rathmors new import Noble Tune, Golden Sword, Just As Well and Spectrum. The first to start with is the outstanding…
Unbridled’s Song: Noble Tune Arriving; Will Take Charge In Longines Top 10
Unbridled’s Song: Noble Tune Arriving; Will Take Charge In Longines Top 10 Equarius Bloodstock has reported that stallion prospect Noble Tune is enroute to South Africa from the United States to stand his first season at Rathmor Stud. The Gr2 and Gr3 winning son of Unbridled’s Song has been enthusiastically received by breeders around the…
Breeding Season 2014: Ato Arrives At Summerhill Stud
Breeding Season 2014: Ato Arrives At Summerhill Stud The arrival of a new stallion at Summerhill always stirs the juices. We like to think that to get through the eye of the stallion barn’s needle, takes a racehorse of extraordinary quality and exacting standards. Form, physique and family are the fundamentals, and they need to…
Gr1 Places For A.P. Answer And Kildonan At Scottsville
Gr1 Places For A.P. Answer And Kildonan At Scottsville Young KZN sires A.P. Answer and Kildonan are getting off the mark. Yet another successful graduate off the 2013 Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale, Clifton-bred Beckedorf by A.P. Answer placed in the Gr1 Tsogo Sun Medallion at Scottsville yesterday. A R70 000 graduate owned by Eric Buhr…
Son Of Galileo To Stand At Yellow Star Stud For 2014 Very exciting news for KZN emerged again this week as Yellow Star Stud announced that they have acquired the first son of the international champion sire Galileo to stand at stud in South Africa – the handsome grey three-quarter brother to the famous Frankel,…
Rathmor Stud Secure Fantastic Stallion Prospect: Noble Tune(USA)
Rathmor Stud Secure Fantastic Stallion Prospect: Noble Tune(USA) Rathmor Stud have purchased an exciting stallion prospect for the 2014 breeding season. Noble Tune(USA), impeccably-bred with a top-class race record to boot, will be the first son of Unbridled’s Song to stand in South Africa. He is expected to arrive in June ahead of the breeding…
Crusade’s Half-Brother Places In Gr 3
Crusade’s Half-Brother Places In Gr 3 First season sire Crusade, a Gr 1 winning son of Mr Greeley who stood his first season at stud at Scott Bros in 2013, saw his half-brother by Henrythenavigator – Cristoforo Colombo – place in the Gr 3 Curragh Gladness Stakes over the weekend. Ballydoyle’s Cristoforo Colombo, tracked the…
First Winner For Brave Tin Soldier Rathmor-bred Split The Breeze won a brilliant race at Clairwood yesterday on debut by three quarters of a length over 1000m. The two year old colt is the first to win for the beautiful freshman sire, Brave Tin Soldier, at Summerhill Stud – a horse that lives up to…
King’s Chapel: First Yearlings Presented For Nationals
King’s Chapel: First Yearlings Presented For Nationals King’s Chapel standing at Bush Hill Stud, has proven himself overseas with winners weekly in various countries such as New Zealand, Australia, Macau, Singapore and Hong Kong. King’s Chapel has had several Group winning and performing horses – including Gr 2 winner King’s Ransom, Gr 3 and 12-time…
Jackodore Grabs Nkosazana Listed By Four Lengths
Jackodore Grabs Nkosazana Listed By Four Lengths Toreador’s talented five year old daughter Jackodore snatched the Nkosazana Listed by an impressive four lengths from Summerhill-bred Negev, with Silent Force and Dalalaat placing respectively. The Sean Tarry-trained Jackodore made this her ninth win to date – with 12 places behind her. Owned by Chris Van Niekerk,…