Byword(GB) Arrives At Middlefield Stud Gr 1 Prince Of Wales Stakes winner Byword has arrived safely at Middlefield Stud at the beginning of last week, Rob Pickering reports. An athletic and eye-catching chestnut horse with a top pedigree to match, Byword has an outstanding temperament, being an absolute gentleman as we approached him in his…
Spectrum: A Diamond In The Midlands Spectrum (IRE) has proved himself a significant broodmare sire over the last few years and it is exciting times for Yellow Star Stud, where the big bay son of Rainbow Quest stands in the KZN Midlands. A courageous grey grand-daughter of Spectrum named Moonlight Cloud came very close to…
Kahal Adds Another Gr 2 This Season Kahal continues his Group race successes this season, with daughter Festival Of Fire taking home the Gr 2 KRA Fillies Guineas at Greyville on Saturday. Festival Of Fire started as the 2-1 favourite, with jocky Bernard Fayd’herbe keeping her in midfield on the rail – she showed a…
Crusade(USA) Stallion Day Invitation The Scott Bros will be presenting their exciting new sire, Gr 1 Middle Park Stakes winner Crusade on 24 May at 11:30, at Highdown Stud in Nottingham Road. Crusade has been standing at Vaughn Marshall’s yard in Cape Town after landing in South Africa at the end of January, travelling from…
Bush Hill Stud: More Excitement Around Curved Ball(AUS) This week has seen more exciting news for the connections and supporters of Curved Ball, the first and only son of international sire sensation Fastnet Rock, at stud in South Africa. Fastnet Rock has enjoyed some outstanding results at the 2013 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale posting…
First South-African Winner For Sire Admire Main(JPN) Summerhill Stud’s Admire Main(JPN) has sired his first South African winner with bay filly Admiral’s Eye at Scottsville today by two lengths, over 1200m – for breeders Summerhill Stud and Honourable Judge Alan Magid. It was the second run for the grand-daughter of Sunday Silence – she placed…
International News For KZN This Week Mr Greeley, the sire of Crusade, has featured prominently internationally once again with a Gr 3 win in France, and two seconds in America as a grandsire in a Gr 1 Santa Anita Derby and Gr 3 Bay Shore Stakes. Spectrum’s grandson Sangster places in a Gr 1 once…
King Of Kings Leading South African Sire Of Two Year Olds Former 2000 Guineas winner, King of Kings, is enjoying a purple patch with his juveniles this season. The son of Sadler’s Wells is currently atop of the South African Two Year Old Sires list, with his juvenile runners having earned over R450 000 this…
Daughter Of Mr Greeley To Run In Gr 1 1000 Guineas Irish-bred daughter of Mr Greeley – the sire of KZN’s new Gr 1 winning stallion prospect Crusade – named What a Name, is due to run in the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket on Sunday 5 May. She is out of a Dayjur mare named…
Kahal And Mogok Dominate Weekend In Dubai And Turffontein KZN had a phenomenal weekend both internationally and locally for Kahal and Mogok – notably with The Apache producing a powerful run in the Gr 1 Dubai Duty Free, and Love Struck taking home the Gr 1 SA Classic. An interesting connection between these two top…