KZN is having a great season with two Gr1 winners amongst our Stakes Winners this season, and three of our #kznbreds walked away with Awards – including two out of three Triple Tiara winner, Takingthepeace.
KZN had a brilliant day yesterday at Turffontein, kicking it off with a surprise Gr2 win in the SA Fillies Nursery, whilst Takingthepeace did not disgrace herself to finish 4th in her Triple Tiara bid, and Summerhill gained another outstanding Gr1 with son of Await The Dawn, Hero’s Honour.
A R280 000 purchase from the CTS 2016 Johannesburg Ready To Run Sale, KZN-bred Takingthepeace made dreams come true yesterday at Turffontein for owners Murray Makepeace, M F de Kock & Michael Shea when the Mike De Kock trained flying filly, came from stone last off the turn to accelerate under a phenomenal ride from the…
Summerhill Stud bred the winner Champagne Haze, and his champion half-brother Pierre Jourdan and Belle Rose, and also claimed a terrific feat by producing the top three in this Gr3 cracker, with Greasepaint and Pure Blonde respectively.
Carrying top weight of 61kgs at the Vaal, Africa Rising put them to sleep by winning by a quarter of a length over the 1200m and showed his turn of foot, in the process defeating the very smart Gr1 winner, Mustaaqeem, who had his first defeat yesterday.
From small numbers in our province, KZN had a great Summer Cup race day with a Gr2 Merchants win, followed up by several places in the feature races of the day including a very close second in the Gr2 Dingaans. Summerhill Stud are doing KZN proud once again on the seasonal stats, as the current leading breeders of South Africa.
THE 2017 Melbourne Cup will be remembered as the day 24-year-old trainer Joseph O’Brien overshadowed his legendary father Aidan O’Brien to create a famous chapter in the race that stops the nation with a full brother to Golden Sword, who was also the youngest horse in the race.
Darley’s outstanding stallion, Dubawi, second only to Galileo as Europe’s premier sire, has enjoyed yet another magnificent season in 2017, says Sarah Whitelaw for Sporting Post. Dubawi is the sire of Summerhill’s handsome chestnut stallion, the only Gr1 winning horse at stud in the Southern Hemisphere – the Sean Tarry-trained Willow Magic. Willow Magic’s first…
Garlingari, a son of KZN based Linngari, produced another victory in the Qatar Prix Dollar Gr2 over 2000m for Madame Corine Barande Barbe at Chantilly, a race that contributed towards the fame of the great Cirrus Des Aigles.
Three KZN associated horses will be running in the Gr1 Daily News 2000, which was won by Summerhill-bred Rabada last year. The three include Rabada’s grey half-brother Glider Pilot, Varsfontein son of Mogok, Pagoda, and Summerhill-bred Gr3 winning Visionaire colt Africa Rising.