Record-priced lots were like London buses at the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Oct. 14. Angus Gold struck a winning bid of 1.05 million guineas ($1,392,683) for a well-related daughter of Dark Angel (Lot 767) who will now carry the famous colours of Hamdan Al Maktoum. An opening offer of 100,000 guineas gave little indication of the record-setting territory…
Gary and Colleen De Klerk of Summerview Stud have welcomed their first foal from Mogok mare Sahara, a flashy filly by Master Of My Fate. Summerview purchased the mare off the Scott Bros Dispersal Sale for R170 000 in foal to Crusade – Gary says the Crusade is a smashing individual who will be headed…
The Mooi River based farm will be offering two high quality colts by triple Equus Champion and rising star sire What A Winter.
Piemonte Stud is firmly established on the breeding map in South Africa, with their horses easily recognisable country wide with their Italian names.
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…
Whilst their places will only be confirmed after National Yearling Sales inspections have taken place in January, Rathmor Stud have a very strong draft beginning their sales preparations for the 2019 Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale. They include the progeny of Dynasty, Frankel and Noble Tune and from the families of Mastercraftsman and Mastery.
With the opening of breeding season on Saturday, KZN farms are welcoming new mares to the broodmare band this season, including a full sister to African Night Sky and PE Champion Beataboutthebush.
Amongst KZN’s broodmare band for 2018 is #kznbred five-time Gr1 winner Dancewiththedevil at Cathy and Jonathan Martin’s Hadlow Stud, for owner-trainer and breeder St John Gray.
A respected business lady in Johannesburg who also owns a farm in the beautiful Birnamwood area outside of Howick, Ms Mlonzi made the news when she sold her Master Of My Fate filly, Master Keys, at the National Yearling Sale in 2017 for R100 000 to Nathan Kotzen, becoming the first black lady to do so in the history of the National Yearling Sale. Master Keys won impressively on debut yesterday at Scottsville.
KZN is represented by four horses on the CTS Cape Premier Yearling Sale and saw Summerhill sell their outstanding and well-bred Silvano filly for R500 000.