Summerhill Stud’s Act Of War, whose first crop are two-year-olds this season, was one of the very best sons of former SA Horse Of The Year and champion producing sire Dynasty. He produced his first winner from his first runner at Fairview on Friday when his Piemonte Stud-bred son Daichi made a winning debut over…
Triple Gr1 winning sire Capetown Noir is off the mark, a very pleasing start for the Summerhill sire by Western Winter. Brandina, out of Var mare Bedouin from the family of Fair Brutus and Grand Format, won impressively on debut this afternoon in Fairview in one of the first juvenile races of the season. Bred…
Piemonte Stud have bred a very handsome but unusually marked Var colt named Aberto, as Lot 200 at the KZN Yearling Sale. Out of Selkirk / Sadler’s Wells mare Irish Heroine, he is just about a guaranteed winner with his dam who has produced four winners from six runners – including 5-time winner Lee’s Pick,…
Remarkably, 11 of the Piemonte yearlings on offer are sired by G1 winning stallions, with the draft including lots by the likes of Capetown Noir, Captain Of All, Jackson, Soft Falling Rain and Wylie Hall.
It was a red-letter day for Piemonte who produced three winners on the day, including Alfeo (Crusade) and Romano (Irish Flame) and Carlita winning the Listed East Cape Nursery on Friday.
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…
This is the first crop of Flying The Flag, a full brother to double Gr1 winner Rhododendron and Gr2 winner Magical.
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…
The big quiet bright bay mare who was voted KZN Breeders Broodmare Of The Year in 2011, is fast establishing herself a dynasty with six daughters acquired by leading Thoroughbred nurseries in both South Africa and overseas – going on to produce six winning progeny between them, including in Ireland and more recently a Listed winning juvenile at Fairview – Queen Forever on Friday, whilst her grandson So Var won at Turffontein this week.
Piemonte’s Stud’s Celestina pictured as a yearling. Unsold at the National Yearling Sale, the daughter of Kahal out of Sully’s Landing is already Gr3 2nd placed from two starts from the stable of Sean Tarry. KZN BREEDERS SERIES POINTS AS AT 22 MAY 2017 -2YO LOG No. Horse Age Sex Trainer Breeder Points 1 CELESTINA…