It’s a coup for KZN Breeding to have Celestial City, full brother to five-time Grade One winner Hawwaam standing at Henning Pretorius’s Summerhill Equestrian in Mooi River. His sire Silvano hardly needs any introduction, a two-time multiple Group 1 winner in Hong Kong, Singapore and America, winning 7 races during his racing career, over a…
Godswood, by Blue Sky Thoroughbreds resident sire Willow Magic, produced his eighth career win for breeders Bush Hill Stud on the weekend at Turffontein. Out of a Jallad mare Bluebell Wood from the family of multiple Gr1 and 14-time winning Roland’s Song as well as 8-time and Gr1 winner Contador, the gelding started his career…
Lee Scribante of Piemonte Stud who have Last Winter, has confirmed that his first mares covered have been confirmed in foal. The impressive son of Western Winter stands at Bush Hill Stud on behalf of Piemonte, for the convenience of farms in Mooi River, Nottingham Road and Rosetta for ease of access for mares. Last…
Bush Hill Stud’s smart young resident sire New Predator (AUS) has his first foals arriving this season, and there is an aura of excitement as the grandson of the world champion Galileo is passing on his substance and quality to his foals. This has also inspired Laurence Wernars to send his Gr1 winning chestnut mare,…
“Crowned Champion Freshman Sire for the South African racing season of 2014/2015, it was thanks to Team Valor’s Barry Irwin and his vision of what he wished to achieve from the breeding of his mares based in KZN that we have Visionaire standing in the province of KwaZulu Natal.” – International Racehorse Magazine.
A Dynasty: Irish Flame To Carry The Torch Exciting news broke last night from the CTS Book 1 sale with a South African sales record made by a top-priced Dynasty colt, Shining Knight, reaching a massive R5,2million and a Dynasty filly following for R3.7 million. Dynasty is hot right now…
International Racehorse Magazine: Mogok(USA) Mogok(USA) emerges along the paved road amongst the green manicured lawns of the great Highdown Stud owned by brothers Robin and Des Scott. You hear him arriving before you see the impressive stallion with his almost black gleaming coat, his enthusiastic strides with swinging hips that indicate tenaciousness – Mogok could…
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…
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…
Stallion Feature: Kildonan Equus Champion Sprinter Kildonan joined Yellow Star Stud from the Cape earlier this year, the athletic dark bay stallion has been enthusiastically welcomed by breeders around KZN. Meeting Kildonan (named for a Scottish gold mine) to take some photos of him, he was a complete gentleman and watching him run loose in…
Stallion Feature: Strategic News(AUS) Strategic News(AUS) will be standing his third season at Rathmor Stud this year. The imposing chestnut stallion is the only son of Strategic and grandson of Grand Lodge standing at stud in South Africa, having his first crop of weanlings on the ground. Strategic News won a total of five times…
Stallion Feature: King Of Kings(IRE) King Of Kings(IRE) has been in the news for much of this year for all the right reasons, starting off most of this year as the Leading National Sire of Two Year Olds by Stakes Earned. Surrounded by stallions whose service fees last year range from R60 000 – R150…
Stallion Feature: Rocky Street(AUS) Rob and Michele Pickering of Middlefield Stud have a young and exciting band of stallions, with the focus of this week’s stallion profile, the Australian import, Rocky Street. Rob explained what a lovely temperament Rocky Street has and we got to experience it first hand. After being assured that it was…
DIED FEBRUARY 2017 Stallion Feature: A.P. Answer(USA) Exciting new stallion A.P. Answer(USA) standing at Clifton Stud has just produced his first crop of foals, but his arrival at the farm was an interesting story – that the delete button on Peter Blyth’s keyboard almost prevented this eye-catching bay stallion by A.P. Indy from even…
Stallion Feature: Jam Alley(AUS) Arriving at Hadlow Stud to meet Jam Alley, it was the first day where the rain had come at last in Mooi River, and fortunately it held out long enough for our meeting and some photos with the big chestnut stallion. He had been standing inside his stable getting groomed and…
Stallion Feature: Mogok(USA) KZN Breeders Award Winner 2011 for Stallion Of The Year Mogok (named after a city in Burma) has proved himself to be a consistent stallion, and with his regal pedigree its not surprising. By Storm Cat out of Coup de Folie by Halo, he is the last foal out of champion race…
Stallion Feature: Just As Well(USA) Just As Well(USA) is a handsome new stallion standing his first season this year at Spring Valley Stud. By Sire-Of-Sires A.P. Indy out of No Matter What by Nureyev, Just As Well has all the makings to be a successful stallion based on his incredibly strong pedigree, and in addition…
Stallion Feature: King’s Chapel(NZ) King’s Chapel who was recently unveiled at Bush Hill Stud’s stallion day will be standing his first season at stud in South Africa this year. By King of Kings(IRE) out of Lower Chapel by Sharpo(GB) – he had 10 wins in New Zealand and Australia over 1200-1600m, and was Horse of…
Stallion Feature: Badger’s Drift As of 15 July Badger’s Drift topped the Stallions list for 3 year olds in South Africa, with an impressive strike rate of 73% for runners to winners. Badger’s Drift was Champion Freshman sire in 2007, and his progeny are continuing to be successful at the track. Act of Supremacy and…