“First of the Kjell pair on offer is Praise Singer (Lot 500), a colt by Noble Tune. This bay, a half-brother to 2 winners, is out of a 3 time winning ¾ sister to G1 Premier’s Champion Stakes winner Fez and half-sister to the top class broodmare Salaam. The latter produced the high class, Kjell bred siblings Eastern Greeting, Kwinta and Kalaam.”
Rathmor Stud’s promising young stallion Noble Tune was represented by a second winner from his first crop when the Gavin Van Zyl trained Play Another Tune won a juvenile plate over 1400m at Greyville on Good Friday.
Qualifying KZN-breds for the upcoming National Yearling Sale.
The first crops from Scott Bros’ respective stallions’ Crusade and Eightfold Path were well received at the recent National Yearling Sale, whilst Irish Flame and Await The Dawn sold one individual each for over R100 000.
The top priced colt from KZN on the third and final day of the National Yearling Sale came from Clifton Stud when a beautiful Crusade colt sold for R350 000, whilst the top-priced filly of the final day came from Piemonte Stud for R200 000 as Lot 410.
Day 2 of the National Yearling Sale yielded very pleasing results, in particular for Bush Hill Stud who sold the top-priced KZN colt to date with a magnificent son of Kahal out of Plutonium by Muhtafal, for R650 000 whilst Rathmor’s Eightfold Path filly sold for R325 000.
KZN’s top selling colt of the day came from Bush Hill Stud – an immaculately-bred Oratorio colt out of Felix The Cat by Black Minnaloushe, knocked down to Garth Puller for R400 000, whilst St Helier Stud’s breathtaking grey Crusade filly sold for R300 000.
Bush Hill Stud have an exciting National Yearling Sales draft, including a half-brother to Irish Flame by Oratorio, Toreador, and progeny of Kahal, Crusade and Kildonan.
Spring Valley has a proud history of consistently producing tough, quality racehorses including Gr.1 performers Dunford (winner of the South Africa’s greatest race, the Durban July), Buy And Sell, Count The Money, Indiscreet Fantasy and Personal Fantasy to name a few. Spring Valley is also home to the very promising young sire, Just As Well (USA), a Gr.1 winning son of AP Indy from an outstanding producer of high class performers such as dam, No Matter What, Rainbow View and sires E Dubai and Raven’s Pass.
Clifton Stud’s National Yearling Sale draft features a half-sister by Toreador to Bezanova, a half-brother to The Plunderer, and the first crop of Crusade and Irish Flame.