Congratulations to the riders competing in the KZN Breeders Dressage Challenge!
At a show held at Buffelsbosch Equestrian Centre on 6 July, Adam Smith won the Novice Class on Spurwing’s Rundu.
On 4 August 2019, at a show held at Durban Shongweni Club – the KZN Dressage warm up, the winners were:
Prelim : Jess McDowall on Secondo Fors
Novice: Deborah Butt on Memphis
Elementary: Anna Bischoff on Story Teller
The King Of KZN Passes On: Kahal(GB) The most successful son of Machiavellian to have stood at stud in South Africa, courtesy of his owners Shadwell Stud, Kahal was euthanized this morning after complications arose from abdominal tumours. The stallion, KZN’s top sire and in South Africa’s top five since 2009, he was the sire…
King’s Chapel Bold Black Type Success As Sire And Broodmare Sire Bush Hill’s resident sire King’s Chapel had two classy performances recently – one as a sire in a Listed race in New Zealand, the other as a broodmare sire in an Australian Gr3. The first saw his great son King Montrose place behind Silver…
Visit to Greenhill Farm A visit to Greenhill Farm in Lidgetton, owned by Stuart and Lola Crawford and assisted by their daughters Taryn and Haley, reveals a beautiful farm where the horses needs always come first. Not only do Stuart and Lola breed and raise Gr 1 winning horses, they also grow South Africa’s national…
Backworth-bred Chocolicious Sold Down Under In a private deal brokered by Gary Moore of Gavelhouse, South African Grade 1 winner Chocolicious has been sold to Australians Darren and Elizabeth Dance, who will race her with a group of their clients from Australian Thoroughbred Bloodstock. Bred at the picturesque Backworth Stud in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, the…
The seven-time winner Christopher Robin topped the charts at the Bloodstock South Africa Randjesfontein September Sale held in Barn 19 at the training centre on Tuesday. A 5yo #kznbred entire son of Damage Is Done, Christopher Robin is a dual stakes winner and a horse with Summer Cup potential. He won his first start this…
Exciting news emerged yesterday as Galileo and Fastnet Rock each produced Gr1 winners yesterday in the UK, including a Gr1 place for Flying The Flag’s full sister, Rhododendrum. Galileo is the sire Bush Hill Stud’s Flying The Flag whilst Fastnet Rock is the sire of Curved Ball.