Arrival Of Await The Dawn Summerhill’s new sire for the 2013 season has arrived – the much anticipated Await The Dawn, pictured with Peter Choice (breeder of recent Gr 2 Emerald Cup winner In A Rush) of Choice Carriers and stallion handlers’ Greig Muir and Themba Zuma. A son of world champion sire Giant’s Causeway…
Spectrum’s Fabulous French Gr 1 Double The Gr 1 Prix de le Foret, run on the classic French race day which incorporates the Arc de Triomphe, turned out to be a spectacular one for Yellow Star’s resident sire Spectrum – who not only had the honour of being the broodmare sire of winner Moonlight Cloud…
Eighfold Path First Mares Confirmed In Foal Scott Bros most recent addition to their sire ranks, Eightfold Path(USA) by Giants Causeway out of the brilliant racemare Divine Proportions, has got his first mares confirmed in foal, reports Highdown Stud. Eightfold Path showed early brilliance for leading French trainer Pascal Bary – winning on debut and…
Byword(GB) First Mares Confirmed In Foal Rob Pickering of Middlefield Stud has reported that champion racehorse Byword(GB) has his first mares confirmed in foal. Byword was an outstanding racehorse, who defeated no fewer than 22 Grade 1 winners during his career including the likes of Cirrus des Aigles, currently the top rated horse in Europe,…
Crusade(USA) First Mares Tested In Foal Gr 1 Middle Park Stakes winner Crusade has got his first season at stud off to a smashing start, getting his first group of mares including a Gr 2 winner confirmed in foal. Amongst the mares tested in foal is Gr 2 Debutante Stakes winner and maiden mare Tempted…
Irish Flame’s Full-Sisters Achieve Double At Durbanville Bush Hill Stud’s champion Gr 1 winning Irish Flame, who stands his first season at stud this year has a number of relatives hitting the heights at the racetrack. On Wednesday the two full sisters to the former Horse Of The Year won good races at Durbanville –…
Guest Column: A Bleak Winter: The Passing Of Western Winter 16 September, 2013 – Lisa Barrett Editors note: A picture speaks a thousand words. Just 10 minutes old, Backworth Stud had this magnificent Western Winter colt born 14 September, the same day his illustrious sire passed away – to their Australian mare Dancing Royale. Thank…
Bush Hill Double In Singapore Warwick Render of Bush Hill Stud reports that a very productive and exciting weekend for the Bush Hill sires – with them achieving what may well be a first for a South African stud farm, a “weekend double” in Singapore. On Friday King’s Chapel’s son Boundless Glory won the TC…
Unbeaten Strongman Takes Home Sophomore Listed Strongman, an as of yet unbeaten son of Stronghold who stood at Summerhill Stud prior to his untimely passing, took home the Sophomore Sprint Listed over 1200m at Kenilworth in slightly soft going by almost four lengths from De Kock (Dynasty), Exelero (Western Winter) and Kimberly Al (Captain Al)….
The King Of KZN: Kahal(GB) When you enter the territory of the most successful son of Machiavellian to stand in South Africa, you cannot help but be awed and almost made to feel quite inadequate by Kahal’s enormous presence. A large dark bay with a beautiful copper sheen on his coat, Kahal stands as tall…