Yellow Star Stud’s son of Right Approach and current Log Leader Panza, recently collected his fourth win at Scottsville over 1400m for the De Klerk’s of Yellow Star Stud and the satellite stable of Chris Erasmus based in Mooi River. He has also placed 14 times and has earned almost R400 000 in stakes.

The stable and birthplace of champions Futura and Dancewiththedevil at Yellow Star, is not afraid to run their horses if they are fit and operate from a beautiful yard and track in Mooi River, next to former pre-trainers Balmoral Stud.

The racing stables themselves are very roomy and airy and include a grass and sand track, and carry a wonderful air of tranquility. The racehorses pull up under the watchful eyes of past champions and resident stallions Kildonan, Tropical Empire and The Assayer, who know all too well about winning posts at the highest levels.

The five year old gelding was unsold at the 2013 KZN Yearling Sale, and is out of a mare named Pennings by In The Money. His second dam is Gr1 winner Nobely Born, the daughter of Complete Warrior is a Cape Flying Championship winner as well as the Gr2 Sceptre Stakes.

Patrick Ellis of Yellow Star says of Panza: “He really is a one of a kind horse – he refuses to work and show us anything at home but come race day he tries his heart out! It is very difficult to keep him fit, but when he is fit he is always a tough horse to beat.”

Upon enquiry of Panza’s unusual name,  Lorraine De Klerk said at the time of his naming she was reading a World War II book, and the chestnut “is named after a German-made war tank as they were the Right Approach in the war strategy. His younger brother is named Tiger Tank!” Lorraine advised that the horse is very well and they are looking forward to his run on Sunday at Scottsville where they have eight horses carded for the day.

363 Horses qualified for the KZN Breeders Series of races for 3YO’s and up, with almost 650 horses entered in total. In order to qualify, horses must be registered with the KZN Breeders Premium Scheme.

The KZN Breeders Series, along with the running of our feature KZN Breeders Million Mile, will be taking place on our KZN Breeders Race Day, 25 June at Greyville. Our Million Mile, which is excluded from the entries and log below saw No Worries last year defeat July hopeful and dual Gr1 winner Rabada in a nail biting finish.

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. 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, 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, 21 April 2017 at 16:00 Fee: R2280 (Fee R2000 + Vat R280)
Final Supplementary Entries close Thursday, 15 June 2017 at 11:00 Fee: R11400 (Fee R10000 + Vat R1400)

A very big thank you to the owners, trainers and breeders who have supported our KZN Breeders Race Day and contributing towards the enormous success it has been each year!

The Juvenile log is posted separately.

Well done to the log leaders!