Investec Summerhill Stallion Day 2013 The annual Investec Summerhill Stallion Day, traditionally held on the Sunday following the Vodacom Durban July, rounds off the busiest and most glamorous week in the South Africa racing calendar with the KZN Breeders Race Day, Suncoast KZN Yearling Sales and Vodacom Durban July. A beautiful and unusually warm winters…
Summerhill Stud New Sire Addition: “Sunday’s Surprise – Ato” Ask anyone who’s attended an Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale at the TBA’s Germiston complex, where his ideal watering hole is, and he’ll tell you it’s the Maine Chance coffee bar, where Liz Slade cooks up a storm and serves up thousands of cups of the…
International News For Clifton Sires A.P. Answer’s half-sister Reponds Moi is off to a fiery start in her French racing career while King Of Kings’ American grand-daughter Channel Lady takes home yet another Gr 3 in the All Along Stakes at Colonial Downs in the USA. Reponds Moi(USA), a two year old half-sister to sire…
Summerhill Announce Exciting New Sire Acquistion: Await The Dawn AWAIT THE DAWN Giant’s Causeway – Valentine Band There are moments in the horse game you never forget. One of those was the running of Ireland’s Kilternan Stakes (Gr.3) two years ago. My curiosity was pricked by the sight of a relatively unknown youngster demolishing a…
Crusade(USA) Enthusiastically Received At Stallion Day Crusade’s official introduction to the guests who numbered over 100 at Scott Bros’ Highdown Stud, on Friday afternoon, to meet one of KZN’s new Gr 1 winning stallions was an overwhelming success. Attended by breeders and trainers alike under unusually warm weather for winter in Nottingham Road, Crusade was…
2013 RA Highveld Feature Season Awards The Racing Association Highveld Feature Season Awards ceremony took place on Saturday evening at Turffontein Racecourse and saw three KZN-breds – Virgo’s Babe, Meadow Magic and Seal, take home awards on the evening. A fairy-tale story – Virgo’s Babe took the award for Champion Two Year Old Filly. The…
KZN Breeders Juvenile Million For 2012 KZN Yearling Sale Graduates – Log 1 The first log for the KZN Breeders Juvenile Million race to be held on Vodacom Durban July day has been presented. The race, for a stake of R1-million, is a fantastic incentive to buy a yearling off the 2013 KZN Yearling Sale….
Crusade(USA) Arrives At Scott Bros Big, black and beautiful – Crusade has arrived at Scott Bros’ Highdown Stud, ready to stand his first season in South Africa at a stud farm steeped in history – where once stood the great multiple national Champion sires Foveros and Jungle Cove – amongst their many stallions to contribute…
Another Gr 3 Winner Down Under For St Petersburg(AUS) Solzhenitsyn(NZ) has won the Gr 3 Labour Day/Lord Mayor Cup over 1600m in Australia earlier today for the second year running. The son of St Petersburg(AUS) who stands at Summerhill Stud, is out of Tri Victory(NZ) by Victory Dance(IRE). A 12-time winner, Solzhenitsyn has also won…
Crusade(USA) Stallion Day Invitation