#kznbred Two year olds Carlita, Alfeo and Born A Bully feature in the Eastern Cape Award nominees. The awards take place on Saturday, 1 September.

Its an outstanding achievement for the Scribante’s Piemonte Stud, breeders of Carlita (Oratorio) and Alfeo (Crusade). Eightfold Path’s son Born A Bully, bred by Clifton Stud, has won and placed four times from eight starts. This included third in the Dahlia Listed behind winner Alfeo.

Carlita is one of Oratorio’s leading horses of this South African-bred generation. A R35 000 purchase off the 2017 KZN Yearling Sale, Carlita has earned R218 125 with three wins from five starts and a place – including the East Cape Fillies Nursery Listed, and second to Traces (AUS) in the Summer Juvenile Stakes (Listed) at Kenilworth.

Alfeo sold at the same sale for R20 000, has earned R211 850 with three wins and two places from six starts – including giving his sire Crusade one of his four Stakes Winners for the season, when taking the Dahlia Listed. He also finished second to Madame Speaker in the East Cape Nursery Listed.

Congratulations to the Scribantes on a great season!

The 2YO Log is being lead by three quality juvenile racehorses, the first making KZN proud is Piemonte-bred Carlita with 30 points, followed hotly by another Piemonte horse, the Crusade gelding Alfeo with 22.

Third on the list is shock Gr2 SA Fillies Nursery winner Ronnie’s Candy, a daughter of King Of Kings bred, owned and trained by St John Gray. 212 Juveniles on the log will be competing for 32 places in two races for the juveniles, for a stake of R200 000 each.

The KZN Breeders Race Day, taking place on 30 June at Greyville racecourse, has once again received overwhelming support from the owners and trainers.

Carlita in particular is one of the best for her sire Oratorio in the country, having had three wins and a place, including taking the East Cape Fillies Nursery (Listed) and finishing second to Traces (AUS) at Kenilworth in her second start, giving her Black Type in the Summer Juvenile Stakes Listed. Carlita is owned by Mrs Ashley Fortune in partnership with trainer Alan Greef.

Alfeo, by Crusade out of Singapura Cat, has been impressive – winning twice and placing second twice from all four starts, including second in the East Cape Nursery Listed. Carlita proves that dreams can come true, having sold for only R35 000 at the 2017 KZN Yearling Sale and earning over R250 000 in stakes in less than a year.

Ensure you diarise 30 June in your calendar and come down to Greyville for a Proudly KZN race day, exclusively for horses registered with the KZN Breeders Premium Scheme. Dont forget to wear your Black & White and there will be plenty of action on the day, including giveaways and Vodacom Durban July entry tickets.

See you there!

The Gr1 Allan Robertson Championship at Scottsville in May could be on the radar for the talented Piemonte-bred Oratorio filly Carlita, who registered her first stakes success with a facile victory in the R150 000 Listed East Cape Fillies Nursery at Fairview on Friday.

It was a red-letter day for Piemonte who produced three winners on the day, including Alfeo (Crusade) and Romano (Irish Flame).

Having her first run at 1200m, and with two wins and a solid runner-up credit to the Australian-bred Traces in the Listed Summer Juvenile Stakes at Kenilworth on Met day, Carlita looked particularly hard to oppose in the eight-horse field.

Aldo Domeyer, who was doing the riding honours for his Stepmother Ashley Fortune and the Greeffs, rode a confident race on the Piemonte Stud bred youngster.

Relaxed a few lengths off the pace set by Seattle Empress, Carlita tightened up on the outside and asserted herself at the 200m marker to win in good style.

She beat the Pathfork maiden Madame Speaker by 2 lengths in a time of 68,82 secs, with Potala Palace debut winner Watsonia back in third.

The Piemonte Stud-bred Carlita has now won three races from four starts for stakes of R214 375.

A bargain buy off the KZN Yearling Sale for R35 000, she is by Oratorio (Danehill) out of former Backworth Stud broodmare, Auburn Annio (Point Given). This is the damline of sire Spring Halo.

Lee and Dino Scribante’s Piemonte Stud present an exceptional draft for the Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale, which includes an Irish Flame half-sister to Gr3 winner O Tamara, with progeny by sires Noble Tune, Byword, Wylie Hall, Jackson, Ideal World, Master Of My Fate, Captain Of All, Visionaire, Irish Flame and Bold Silvano.

Exciting Piemonte Stud-bred prospect, Carlita, is at the top of the Log of the KZN Breeders Series for Juveniles with 14 points.

Piemonte Stud have bred the likes of O’ Tamara, Celestina, Lee’s Star and Kalamain amongst others.

The KZN Breeders Race Day takes place on Saturday, 30 June at Greyville, and both juvenile races will be on the Polytrack. Last year saw the Durban View Room at full capacity of 400 owners, trainers and breeders in a sea of Black and White.

The Oratorio 2yo filly out of Auburn Annio by Point Given, is owned in partnership by new prospective trainer Mrs A B Fortune, and Mr & Mrs Alan Greeff. Trained by Alan Greef, Carlita sold for just R35 000 at the 2017 KZN Yearling Sale, and won impressively on debut by a phenomenal eight lengths over 1000m.

She recently followed up with second under Piere Strydom to Traces (AUS), at Kenilworth in the Tattersalls Summer Juvenile Stakes (Listed). Carlita descends from a family of leading Argentine Group Winners, including sire Spring Halo.

175 Entries have been received for the two juvenile races to be run on KZN Breeders Race Day, both over 1200m (one each for colts and fillies) and each for a stake of R200 000.

In an important update to the entries and conditions this year, to accommodate juveniles that may be showing precociousness for the race day, entries for 2yo’s will remain open until 22 March 2018 at an entry fee of R57 in order to accommodate these young horses. 

The races will be open to all horses country-wide whose credentials meet the criteria of “KZN bred” as prescribed by the rules of the KZN Breeders Premium Scheme, and the points accumulating from 1 January.

The KZN Breeders Race Day is the second biggest event by stakes on Gold Circle’s racing calendar with stakes of R2,6 million on offer. Seven other races, including the feature Million Mile, will be run each for a stake of R200 000 – open to KZN-breds 3yo’s and up over 1200m, 1600m and 1900m.

In addition to the stakes earned by the winning and placed connections, the KZN Breeders Club also hand out vouchers to the first four of each race to use towards the purchase of a KZN-bred horse at the KZN Yearling Sale (with a combined value of R223 000), which always takes place the week prior to the running of the Vodacom Durban July.

Further dates for KZN Breeders Series entries:
Supplementary Entries close Friday, 20 April 2018 at 16:00 Fee: R2280 (Fee R2000 + Vat R280)
Final Supplementary Entries close Thursday, 14 June 2018 at 11:00 Fee: R11400 (Fee R10000 + Vat R1400)

The log for the 3yo’s and up will be published separately and fortnightly.