TBA and BSA Seminar: Scoring Mares For Nationals
The Thoroughbred Breeders Association and Bloodstock South Africa held a seminar for the KZN Breeders Club recently to discuss the scoring of mares for the National Yearling Sale.
The Thoroughbred Breeders Association and Bloodstock South Africa held a seminar for the KZN Breeders Club recently to discuss the scoring of mares for the National Yearling Sale.
Bloodstock South Africa would like to take this opportunity of expressing their gratitude and appreciation to all loyal vendors and buyers for their wonderful support of the various yearling sales conducted during the course of the year. Although 2018 has been a difficult period for our economy, and even more so for our industry, Bloodstock South Africa’s sales have held up remarkably well.
Kjell Foundation’s spectacular son of Noble Tune was the leading colt of the 35 #kznbreds consigned to the 447 strong National 2YO Sale catalogue, whilst Spring Valley’s athletic Oratorio lead the fillies. Mike Benson of Spurwing Horse Feeds and Kjell Foundation has had a phenomenal strike rate over the years, breeding Graded Stakes Winners and…
Bruce le Roux’s well-established Spring Valley Stud will be offering nine quality lots at this week’s National Two-Year-Old Sale. The draft offers two-year-olds by such proven and popular sires as Crusade, Querari, Oratorio, Twice Over, Visionaire and What A Winter, as well as by the vastly underrated Just As Well.
Pleasingly, the Piemonte Stud Grooms Program will also feature in this draft, with the grooms set to consign a striking son of G1 winner Byword in the form of Giacomo (Lot 298) at this year’s Two Year Old Sale.
57 #kznbred Black Type horses were produced for the 2017 / 2018 season. They sold for an average of R106 929 each at sales, and earned their owners an incredible R554 787 each on the race tracks, including TWO Gr1 winners. Small numbers, Big Results! #buykznbred
#kznbreds at the National 2YO Sale: siblings to Black Type Horses on offer, including The Mouseketeer, Ideal Secret, O Tamara, Carlita and Markofdistinction.
Hadlow Stud will be offering a single lot at the 2018 National Two Year Old Sale –and this is a filly (Lot 207) by the Fastnet Rock sired Dingaans winner Curved Ball.
Kjell Foundation offer two quality juveniles at this year’s Two Year Old Sale. Both are sired by Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf runner up Noble Tune (the only son of the top US stallion Unbridled’s Song ever to stand at stud in South Africa), whose first runners include the Gr1 placed Play Another Tune.
KZN farm Clifton Stud will be offering eight (three as Agent) two-year-olds at next month’s National Two Year Old Sale in Germiston. The draft includes lots by such popular and promising sires as Capetown Noir, Noble Tune, Toreador and Visionaire.