Breeding news from South Africa. Stallions, Mares Stud Farms and other essential information and news relating to thoroughbred horse breeding in South Africa.
‘We don’t view our investment in the 140 ha new farm as a vanity project. It’s a serious attempt to run a successful enterprise on business principles, focused on the aim of producing top end Graded Stakes winners.’
The market for yearlings dictates that elite stallions will invariably hog the top of the buyers list, hence it is refreshing when a lesser regarded sire pops up with a million rand youngster
This is the third occasion that Sheikha Hissa’s Shadwell operation has collected the award, the last back in 2005 and firstly in 1999
Described as a horse that is something of a ringer for the Snaith stable’s retired multiple Durban July winner Do It Again, the handsome Double Superlative was bred by Patricia Devine Investments
Saturday’s Gr2 TAB Gauteng Guineas winner Sandringham Summit (Gimmethegreenlight) is without question, a well-bred colt
“I have trained many Gr.1 winners and several champions, but never one with this level of constitution or versatility” – Sean Tarry
Despite the upward trajectory of its median and average prices in recent years, it’s not a sale that (yet) has the ‘Select’ reputation of either CPYS or NYS.
‘He’s the most beautiful looking horse. This is what we can breed. We might not have the biggest stud farms or the best stallions and mares, but this is what we produce, which is just so typical of South Africa’ – Justin Snaith
Winterbach Stud has yet again come up with a select quality draft to be presented at the CRS Cape Premier Yearling Sale this Thursday afternoon at the CTICC
Situated in the premier breeding area of SA, with its limestone-rich soils and proximity to the top stallions, Black Swan has consistently punched above its weight
Pacaya carries the Trippi flag in Saturday’s World Sports Betting Cape Town Met as bloodstock expert Robin Bruss continues with part 2 of the story of a champion and the Search for Greatness
In one of the most high-profile in-race incidents of the past five years, former SA champion jockey Gavin Lerena was found guilty of four charges, while Jason Gates didn’t escape punishment
Glistian Events’ Joao da Mata chats to Cape Racing Chairman Greg Bortz about the path ahead for SA horseracing
At the age of 93, Mr Ferraris is still active in racing as a training consultant, and he takes great joy in following the career of his grandson, Luke Ferraris, a successful jockey in Hong Kong
The starting stalls stuck on the Fairview polytrack capped a mostly forgettable week for South African horseracing when the Nelson Mandela Bay Racing fixture ground to a dismal halt on Friday
