A son of Jet Master and a half-brother to Gr1 winner Liege, Lance produced his first winner Voltron at Turffontein on Sunday for trainer Sean Tarry, and owner Chris van Niekerk. The 2yo filly Voltron won impressively by four lengths over the 1200m trip under Lyle Hewitson. Bred by Summerhill Stud, Lance has had limited…
Star three-year-old filly, #kznbred and Bloodstock South Africa graduate, War Of Athena once again showed her class when she romped home to a facile victory in Saturday’s G1 Woolavington 2000 (2000m) at Hollywoodbets Greyville. In the process, the star three-year-old, who was emulating last season’s Triple Tiara Summer Pudding by landing Woolavington 2000, made it…
Bush Hill Stud’s resident and bred in the purple sire Flying The Flag, enjoyed a debut winner this afternoon at Fairview for trainer Gavin Smith. The three year old gelding named Al Falak sold for R150 000 to Form Bloodstock at the 2019 National Yearling Sale, and descends from one of Bush Hill Stud’s special…
Gavin Smith Racing Team completed another terrific day at the office with a hat-trick at Fairview on Friday. Gavin’s purple patch included an eyecatching victory in the R85 000 WSB Listed East Cape Derby by his budding regional champion 3yo male, Jaeger Moon. On Tuesday Smith marked his century of winners this term, and together with…
Ishnana defeated a field that included Gr1 winner Tempting Fate and useful speedsters Good Rhythm, Winter Smoke [the first three horses across the line all #kznbred], Traces, Speedpoint and Hard To Play amongst them. The Al Miqdaam galloper is raced by Thabo Mhlongo and longstanding KZN Breeder Robert Smith, Ishnana was named after a combination…
The in-form Capetown Noir saw his handsome son, arguably one of the best looking racehorses currently on the track Bohica, finish a flying 2nd to Cape raider Rio Querari on Saturdays Champions Day – which launched the new 4Racing Operator and officially ended the Gauteng season. Rio Querari was impressive and gave Justin Snaith his…
Triple Tiara princess War Of Athena and twice Gr1 2nd placed Running Brave, both bred by Summerhill Stud, have been nominated for the Vodacom Durban July. It is the first nomination for Summerhill Equestrian sire Act Of War, whose own sire Dynasty won the Vodacom Durban July in 2003. The eight-time Gr2 winning daughter of…
It was a tremendous day for KZN Breeding as War Of Athena hit the ball out of the park, winning over the 2450m Gr2 Wilgerbosdrift SA Oaks by two lengths with immense ease. In the process, she also gave her Dynasty sire his first Triple Tiara win and 5th Black Type win for the season…
It wasn’t long ago that #kznbred Takingthepeace took two legs of the Triple Tiara in 2018, only to finish two lengths off the winner over the staying leg of 2450m, but Act Of War’s star Gr1 winning daughter – War Of Athena – carries enough staying power in her pedigree which should see her through…
Capetown Noir filly Under Your Spell maintained her unbeaten record to take the Gr3 Protea Stakes under a star ride from Lyle Hewitson, for the stable of Sean Tarry and owners Sean Tarry Racing (Pty) Ltd and Mrs BMA Lahoud and Messrs M A Currie, C N Francis, A Lahoud, Jarryd Lahoud, Allan F Peters,…