Magical, a 2YO sister to Gr1 Fillies’ Mile winner and English 1,000 Guineas & English Oaks placegetter Rhododendron and Bush Hill Stud’s resident international Group winning sire Flying The Flag, got off the mark when scoring by a head in Ireland on Tuesday.
King’s Chapel had a double yesterday at Flamingo Park, including a win with juvenile colt Bishop Of Bombay in the Non Black Type Flamingo Nursery over 1400m.
Purchased off the Klawervlei Farm Sale, the juvenile out of Kahal mare La Mascarata bred by Dr Ian Heyns, sauntered to an easy victory under Craig Zackey over the 1200m comfortably by over a length.
Rathmor Stud once again did KZN proud as they dominated the KZN Yearling Sale on Day 1, topping the sale with an outstanding Duke Of Marmalade filly who sold for R460 000 to Team G Racing. KZN topped the first three places on the top prices of the day – after Rathmor’s Lot 25 Cést…
Bush Hill Stud’s Redoute’s Promise saw his multiple winning half-brother More Energy (by Fastnet Rock), further boosting the pedigree when he placed second in the Gr3 Qld Tatt’s RC Tattersall’s Cup over 2200m by a neck under South African Jeff Lloyd, from only five starts. View the KZN Yearling Sales draft on offer from Bush Hill, including the first progeny of Redoute’s Promise.
Rathmor Stud did KZN very proud with exceptional results over the three days of the National Yearling Sale with their registered KZN-breds – overall the National Yearling Sale surprised many with extraordinary results for a supressed economic climate.
Two of KZN’s exciting young stallion prospects were further boosted over the weekend with news that Flying The Flag’s full sister Rhododendron had taken the award for Ireland’s Champion 2YO Filly, whilst Arrogate, who shares a sire with Noble Tune in Unbridled’s Song, produced an earth shattering win in the Pegasus $12 million dollar race by over four lengths.
Rikitikitana, a son of Toreador owned in partnership by Dr K G Bakos & Mr G M Bakos & Mr Clyde Basel and trained by Sean Tarry, swooped past Celtic Captain to win the Gr3 Christmas Handicap at Greyville under Lyle Hewitson.
Bush Hill Stud’s Curved Ball produced his sixth winner this afternoon at the Vaal for breeders Cathy and Jonathan Martin of Hadlow Stud – who also bred the first ever winner by Curved Ball, a juvenile filly in the previous season named Fast And Rocking.
After the news filtered through of Flying The Flag’s full sister Rhododendron’s Gr1 win in the Dubai Fillies Mile, Photo Call (also by Galileo out of Theann – a daughter of Flying The Flag’s second dam Cassandra Go) won the Gr1 First Lady in the United States from Tepin by almost three lengths