‘Save The Date’: KZN Breeders Awards
‘Save The Date’: KZN Breeders Awards |
‘Save The Date’: KZN Breeders Awards |
Rathmor-bred Romany Prince, a Kahal half-brother to American and South African multiple Gr1 winner Gypsy’s Warning, not only gave his dam more Black Type by winning the Drum Star Handicap Listed but in the process, Ormond Ferraris’ 2500th winner in a career spanning 64 years. Scott Bros’ Gr2 winning son of Miesque’s Approval, Judicial, finished closely in second position.
As a small breeding establishment, we are very proud of the recent statistics on the www.nhra.co.za website, which sees us producing over 55% winners for the season. From 27 runners, we have had 20 wins and 57 places, and our horses have earned over R1,5-million for their connections over the past season.
Those who’ve known Summerhill for the past 40 years, will know how painful it is to be parting with our horses. They have been the mainstay of our lives and the farm was built on their backs. But the time has come, and the timing couldn’t have been less opportune. That said, one man’s adversity…
A Gr1 winner of the Empress Club Stakes, Middlefield Stud’s Byword filly comes up against last season’s reigning horse of the year, Oh Susanna (AUS) in the category of Champion Older Female, distance immaterial.
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…
National Yearling Sale – First Day Results The TBA National Yearling Sale kicked off this afternoon and saw the top price for a handsome chestnut KZN-bred colt from Summerhill Stud [pictured above], a son of Visionaire selling as Lot 126 for R525 000. The colt named Count Von Count (sold as Lot 126), out of…