15th February 2024
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Breeding news from South Africa. Stallions, Mares Stud Farms and other essential information and news relating to thoroughbred horse breeding in South Africa.
The Queen Of The Turf from 1952 to 1954 was a phenomenon, the like of which had never been seen here before: King’s Pact lays solid claim to be the greatest filly ever bred in South Africa
His sire Redoute’s Choice led the Australian sires list three times, whilst his legacy as a sire of sires has been underlined by sons Snitzel, Not A Single Doubt and Stratum, not to mention Ridgemont-based Rafeef
‘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
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!
JP van der Merwe is not the only guilty party in the matter. In simple terms, he is the only rider to have exercised the NHA’s offer of an Acknowledgement Of Guilt and moved on with his life
Andrew Fortune made it three winners on the Family Day public holiday as Tenango breezed home to win the Gr3 feature
The son of Master Of My Fate will likely side-step stablemate Eight On Eighteen in the Daily News and go via the Greyville 1900 and Cup Trial into the big one on 5 July
