Well done to St John Gray for being the winning breeder, trainer and owner of Future Date, the 3YO Futura – Engagement filly who blew the field away under a superb ride by Muzi Yeni.
Thank you to JC Photos for all the photos.
A horse with an unusal facial marking of a blaze that started halfway down his nose, his 16hh size was misleading – a compact stallion with mighty hindquarters which he passed onto his progeny, you could easily mistake him for being on the small side until he stood next to you – he was striking and imposing individual who threw good looking and correct foals with plenty of bone and substance, and eye catching toplines.
“Remarkably, each and every yearling in the Summerhill draft was sired by a G1 winner.”
Bloomhill Stud is another farm with a small but quality draft on offer at the 2023 KZN Yearling Sale. The farm will be offering a pair of fillies sired by proven sires Futura and Master Of My Fate respectively. Palpable (Lot 4), who shares her four time G1 winning sire Futura with such high-class fillies…
The Robbie and Shannon Hill-trained #kznbred Camphoratus was the only horse to win two awards at the KZN Racing Awards on Friday night and she is now being prepared for a tilt at the Grade 1 Gauteng Summer Cup. The five-year-old Byword mare was named KZN Champion Older filly/mare and KZN Champion Middle Distance horse….
Two new Directors have been elected to the current Board, and the KZN Breeders Club would like to welcome Cathy Martin of Hadlow Stud and Mick Goss from Summerhill Stud.
Multiple Stakes Winning Carlita also gave breeders Piemonte Stud a double on the day, as their Soft Falling Rain colt, Aemiliano, won for the International Racing Club and trainer Gavin Smith.