While small in numbers, Piemonte Stud will be represented by high-quality individuals at the 2023 August Two Year Old Sale.

The Piemonte Stud will be offering two well related fillies at the August Sale in the form of daughters of Global View and What A Winter respectively. Galileo horse Global View, whose progeny include G1 Daily News 2000 runner up Dave The King and East Cape champion Global Drummer among others, is represented here by a filly (Lot 94) whose four time winning dam is a Var half-sister to millionaire Storm Warning, and this filly’s fourth dam is none other than multiple champion Olympic Duel.

What A Winter, whose progeny include recent G1 Jonsson Workwear Computaform Sprint winner Isivunguvungu, is the sire of Buttafuori (Lot 73), a filly out of a four time winning daughter of outstanding broodmare sire Horse Chestnut who hails from the same female line as such international standouts as Colonial Affair, Declaration Of War and Union Rags among others.

Piemonte’s two fillies can be found in Block E at the TBA Complex in Germiston.

Wendy Whitehead enjoyed a stellar race day at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Wednesday, bringing five winners home and doubles for two of her owners – Ittsa IT & Business Solutions and owner and breeder, Mrs Nothemba Mlonzi of Mwetwood Stud in Birnamwood, situated outside of Howick. Four of Wendy’s five winners were #kznbred.

The day started with Piemonte bred son of Crusade out of a Tapit mare, Grande Lupo, breaking his maiden under Calvin Habib who rode four of Wendy’s winners. A R90 000 graduate off the August 2YO Sale, this is the female line of the mighty American Gr1 winner Dortmund and Mogambo.

Next it was a double for Mrs Nothemba Mlonzi, who has John Fox taking care of her breeding and racing affairs and who was on course to enjoy the double. Sky Cafe, by Toreador and the picture of consistency, broke her maiden over 1400m once again under Habib. She is out of Fair Archer, a half sister to dual Gr1 winner Happy Archer.

The beautifully-bred and flashy Mvulazana followed suit; by Soft Falling Rain out of another Tapit mare, feature winner Grey Light, this was the third win for the pretty chestnut filly, again under the services of Calvin Habib and won going away over the 1400m by almost two lengths.

That gave Wendy a treble in her first three starts, and #kznbred Teichman made it five nearer the end of the day under Athandiwe Magudlwa, who the horse loves to run for. The Eightfold Path gelding bred by Scott Bros, out of an Argentine imported mare Carta Expresa, won his sixth career race – from his last nine starts, he has won three and and only been out of the money for owners Messrs G S Perkins, I D Howard, Sanjeev Ramsewak & Sanjeeth Ramsewak on one occasion. The six year old gelding seems to be getting better as he gets older!

Congratulations to Wendy on a truly outstanding achievement!

It was a great day for #kznbreds overall, winning five races on the day after Capetown Noir gelding Straight Up was victorious in the last for trainer Duncan Howells and the SA Punters Forum Syndicate.

Well done to all concerned.

Piemonte Stud will be strongly represented at the upcoming November Two Year Old Sale.

The KwaZulu-Natal farm will be offering a consignment headed by the offspring of such notable sires as Act Of War, Captain Of All, Global View, Ideal World, Master Of My Fate,  The United States and Twice Over at the November auction.

Four time G1 winner and proven G1 sire Twice Over is represented here by a filly (Lot 3) out of G3 Fillies Mile runner up Fire Wheel, with this filly’s granddam a full-sister to champion Yard-Arm. 

Dynasty’s Guineas winning son Act Of War is one of South Africa’s most exciting young sires, and he is represented in this draft by Mio Presto (Lot 65) -a colt out of a three time winning daughter of multiple champion sire and broodmare sire Jet Master.

Gimme Now, a winning Gimmethegreenlight half-sister to G3 Gold Bowl winner Don’t Look Back, has a colt (Lot 8) by Master Of My Fate on offer, while Master Of My Fate, whose progeny include three individual G1 winners, is also the sire of Who Are You (Lot 58) -a filly bred on similar lines to exported G1 Champions Cup winner Master Plan.

Former Leading First Season Sire Global View is doubly represented in the Piemonte draft -Giovana, a mare from the family of champions Horse Chestnut and Monyela, has a Global View filly (Lot 9) here, while Sanctuary, a four time winning daughter of National Emblem, has a colt (Lot 75) by Global View on the November Sale.

Global View is a son of legendary sire Galileo -as is Flying The Flag, who has three lots on sale. They include a colt (Lot 72) from the same family as top-class sire Alzao, and a colt (Lot 107) from the same female line as champion Senor Santa and smart Hong Kong galloper Chefano.

Galileo’s G1 winning son The United States has made an explosive start to his stud career, and Sheela’s promising sire is represented in Piemonte’s string by a filly (Lot 45) from the same family as champions Colonial Girl and Edict Of Nantes, with her dam a winning half-sister to high-class two-year-old Brilliant Cut.

Other attractive lots in this draft include the Ideal World filly (Lot 18) out of a half-sister to champion Icy Air, the Captain Of All colt (Lot 68) whose dam is a daughter of US champion Big Brown, and the Gold Standard colt (Lot 79) out of Listed East Cape Nursery heroine Scripture.

Piemonte Stud’s draft for the 2021 November Two Year Old Sale can be viewed online at www.bsa.co.za

From the first crop of William Longsword, the colt has an equally outstanding dam line from the Lammerskraal family of Redberry Lane, Solo Traveller and Flying Ice.

Piemonte followed suit on the 2nd day, selling Bethel as Lot 472 for R250 000 to Form Bloodstock. The What A Winter colt, out of Wood Sprite by Fort Wood has Murmuration as the 2nd dam – the female line of Mambo Mime, Captains Lullaby and Varbration.

Summerhill Equestrian’s Henning Pretorius was the second leading buyer of the sale, purchase three Lots for an average of R2,9-Million. His three lots included a smart Trippi colt out of Bang Sue, Lot 185 Celestial City for R7-Million (both horses bred by Wilgerbosdrift), and the beautiful bay Querari full sister to Gr2 winner, Querari Falcon, consigned by Benmarne Stud. Henning was also the underbidder on the impressive grey Silvano colt with the 2nd dam being Dancer’s Daughter, knocked down for R4,5-Million.

Henning has made his aspirations clear to assemble the best Thoroughbred bloodstock possible for his farm and to put KZN back on the map of breeding in South Africa, and we look forward to an exciting future from Summerhill Equestrian.

Congratulations to all concerned!

First into the ring is Candia (Lot 13) a regally bred daughter of Equus Champion Soft Falling Rain and Listed East Cape Fillies Nursery winner Winter Fantasy –herself a daughter of G1 Thekwini Stakes heroine Royal Fantasy.

Well performed Galileo son Global View is represented here by Caearo (Lot 136) a colt out of a eight time winning half-sister to the very speedy stakes winner Lielums, while Cerelia (Lot 187) is a Jackson filly bred on similar lines to champions Horse Chestnut and Monyela. Jackson is also the sire of Diedi (Lot 333) a colt out of the stakes winning East Cape champion Dancing Natasha, from the family of champion Beholder and red hot US sire Into Mischief.

Another young Galileo sire represented in the Piemonte draft is the blue blooded Flying The Flag, a brother to G1 winners Magical and Rhododendron. The latter has two sons on offer –a colt (Lot 263) out of a daughter of Australian G3 winner Lucky Diva, and a colt (Lot 292) whose siblings include the high class sprinter Amazing Strike.

Boom sire Vercingetorix is the sire of Campa (Lot 223) a half-brother to talented G3 performer Celestina, while another red hot stallion represented in the Piemonte draft is multiple G1 winner Wylie Hall, whose son Decimus (Lot 278) is a half-brother to multiple stakes winner A Time To Dream.

Equus Champion Capetown Noir (whose very first runner was the classy Brandina) is represented here by a half-brother (Lot 458) to the stakes winning dam of G3 Prix du Cap winner Rose In Bloom (recently sold for R800 000), while red hot sire, and European champion, Oratorio is represented by a colt (Lot 472) from the immediate family of champion sprinter and G1 Breeders’ Cup Sprint winner Sheikh Albadou.

Yet another Equus Champion with a yearling in this draft is the very promising Captain Of All, whose first runners include the stakes winning Captain Anne Bonny. He is the sire of Cleto (Lot 493) a colt out of a winning Fort Wood own sister to G3 Peninsula Handicap winner Wonder Lawn –a former record price NYS buy!

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Piemonte Stud is firmly established on the breeding map in South Africa, with their horses easily recognisable country wide with their Italian names.

Father and son duo, Lee and Dino Scribante, have invested heavily in their broodmare band, purchasing well-bred fillies off our leading sales nationally and racing the fillies to great success and retiring them back to Piemonte.

Amongst their success stories, naming both bred and purchased are Carlita, recent 2-time winning daughter of Capetown Noir – Brandina, Alfeo, Kalamain, Celestina and the late O Tamara – and their astute purchases include the Stakes Winners Queen Forever and Beataboutthebush. Recent winners include Fillipo, Aloysius, Mia Finola and Ninnoto. Keep a watch for Elnora who impressed in her Scottsville Barrier Trial for trainer Wayne Badenhorst.

Lee and Dino offer every horse that they breed for sale, and keep the horses that don’t reach reserves when consigned. From those, Lee and his brother who race in partnership have had significant success, with 2nd placed Listed filly Brandina being one of them!

The Scribantes were involved with another late and great sire Await The Dawn, who has been a sad loss to breeding in KZN and a Gr1 producer including Hero’s Honour.

Sunday saw Tony Rivalland produce a striking win with Piemonte-bred Vinson, a very large and handsome 3yo gelding from what must be the last crop of Await The Dawn, who burnt up the turf on Sunday in the colours of Mr Sadha Naidoo.

The sizeable gelding skipped clear under Sean Veale to win by almost two lengths from Whiskey Road. He showed his potential in his Barrier Trial, skipping clear to take it by over 5 lengths with what seemed little effort. Vinson has now won and placed from only three starts and the Rivalland Stables look forward to a bright future with him.  Vinson sold for R90 000 at the 2017 KZN Yearling Sale.

Piemonte are perfectionists in all they do, and are currently sporting a winners to runners percentage of 33.3% with 26 wins and 106 places for the current season, and almost R2-million in stakes earned for their horses connections.

Piemonte-bred Brandina by Capetown Noir has made it two wins from only three starts – her only other place was third by a head in the Listed Tattersalls Summer Juvenile Stakes at Kenilworth.

Brandina was bought back for just R20 000 at the 2018 KZN Yearling Sale – TBA Chairman Lee, and Dino Scribante, offer everything they breed at auction and retain whichever horses have not sold at sales.

Raced by breeder Lee Scribante and his brother, the filly is out of Var mare Bedouin, a half-sister to Gr2 winner Fair Brutus bred by Yellow Star Stud. This is also the family of Grand Format and National Dance.

Triple Gr1 winning son of Western Winter, Capetown Noir, had his highest price 2yo sell at the 2018 Ready To Run Sale for R500 000, a half-brother to Gr1 placed Railtrip and Gr1 winner Hero’s Honour, he has been exported to Kenya for owner Michael Spencer.

Capetown Noir has now had 2 wins and 7 places from just 6 runners, and stands at Summerhill Stud for Khaya Stables.

Capetown Noir has two yearlings being consigned to Nationals from Summerhill – one out of Nojoom by Galileo (the dam of Gr2 winner Intergalactic), and the other out of Supercede (a half-sister to Talitha Borealis) by Stronghold, from the family of The Sheik and Shoe Express.

Capetown Noir’s first runner and winner, the Piemonte-bred Brandina, followed up from her impressive win at Fairview on debut to fly up to third by a head in the Tattersalls Summer Juvenile Listed at Kenilworth on Sun Met Day, giving her sire her first Black Type.

Capetown Noir, a son of Western Winter out of a Fort Wood mare and a three-time Gr1 winner trained by Dean Kannemeyer, was an Equus Champion Miler.

From just six runners to date, he has had a win and three places – as well as two horses running fifth which will come on from that.

A very popular sire at the 2018 BSA Ready To Run Sale, the handsome Capetown Noir saw his highest price at R500 000 for the half-brother to Gr1 placed Railtrip, named Ennoble. Bred by Summerhill, he was exported to Kenya, owned by Michael Spencer.

Capetown Noir, standing at Summerhill Stud is throwing large and very handsome individuals with great quality.

Don’t lose out in the sales ring – get in early!

KZN produced a double at Greyville on Friday night for Avontuur sire Oratorio. Bush Hill’s handsome Grande Maestro got a well deserved win after placing six times from eight of his starts. Bred by Bush Hill Stud and trained by Darryl Moore, Grande Maestro is out of Felix The Cat (Black Minnaloushe) and owned by Late Mr R Pennells & Mrs E M Pennells.

He won over 1400m under Craig Zackey and is the first foal of his twice 2nd placed Gr1 dam. She is a half-sister to ML Jet, out of the imported mare Subyan Dreams by Spectrum.

The other to follow was Piemonte Stud’s Di Me for trainer Ivan Van Wyk and owners Mr Lance & Mrs Daryl Duncan, he won speedily over 1200m. Piemonte Stud have had good success with Oratorio, producing the likes of multiple Stakes filly Carlita.

Di Me is out of Irish Heroine by Selkirk, a half-brother to Lee’s Star. The third dam is Royal Heroine, crowned Champion Turf Filly in USA 1984 with 10 wins in Britain & France, including the Hollywood Derby Gr1, Breeders Cup Mile Gr1, Matriarch Stakes Gr1.

Di Me won impressively on race debut at Scottsville previously.

Congratulations to the winning breeders and connections.

Piemonte-bred son of Crusade, Alfeo, has won the award for the Eastern Cape’s Champion 2YO Colt.

Out of Singapura Cat by Black Minnaloushe, Alfeo was one of four Stakes Winners for sire Crusade last season. He has had three wins and two places from only six starts – including the Dahlia Listed from Madam Speaker and finishing second in the East Cape Nursery Listed.

Alfeo is trained by Alan Greef and owned in partnership with breeder Lee Scribante and his brother. Bought back for R20 000 from the 2017 KZN Yearling Sale, he has earned over R200 000 in stakes, excluding the R40 000 BSA Maiden Juvenile Stakes Bonus he earned when winning his Maiden Juvenile Plate.

Lee and Dino Scribante’s Piemonte Stud earned a strike rate of 41.2% winners to runners for the 2017 / 2018 season and produced two Black Type winners, including Carlita who was Alfeo’s stable companion at the KZN Yearling Sale. In addition to 39 wins for the season, their horses placed 122 times, earning a collective R2,8-million in stakes.

Sire Crusade had a great season with 4 Stakes Winners – Alfeo, Covered In Snow (twice) and Butchie Boy in Zimbabwe all impressed. Crusade earned a 40% winners to runners percentage for the 2017 / 2018 season and average earnings per runner of over R50 500 each and 49 wins for the season.

Crusade is standing his 2018 breeding season at Peter and Jenny Blyth’s Clifton Stud.

Well done to all concerned!