Bush Hill – Ready For Nationals!
Based in Mooi River, leading KZN thoroughbred nursery Bush Hill Stud will offer a quality draft of 14 on this month’s BSA Cape Yearling Sale
12th April 2022
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Based in Mooi River, leading KZN thoroughbred nursery Bush Hill Stud will offer a quality draft of 14 on this month’s BSA Cape Yearling Sale
Other sprinters capable of siring Gold Bowl and Cup, Oaks and Derby winners include Dominion Royale, Muhtafal, Restructure, Lizard Island, Wolfhound and Shalford
Danehill line stallions were the toast of Turffontein on Saturday afternoon, with Danehill’s late son Duke Of Marmalade sire of Saturday’s Gr2 Wilgerbosdrift SA Oaks winner Rain In Holland and Danehill’s grandson Rafeef coming up with Saturday’s Gr1 World Sports Betting SA Derby winner
Overall, 20 horses sold for A$1m or more including the four most expensive horses sold in the Southern Hemisphere this year
Bush Hill Stud’s Australian-bred stallion Willow Magic joined Ridgemont Highlands kingpin Rafeef when producing his first Gr1 winner at Turffontein on Saturday
A few years ago, Avontuur Thoroughbred Farm sold a Greys Inn colt for R425 000 at the National Yearling Sale
‘As you know, Erupt was a late maturing stayer. The Niarchos family were looking for a home for him. But initially I was not very keen to stand him in Germany where I saw limited chances for him…’ – Dr Andreas Jacobs
A Heavenly Blue half-brother to current East Cape star Global Drummer and Gr1 winning sprinter Gulf Storm will go through the ring
Coolmore have announced the addition to their 2022 roster of record-breaking, unbeaten stakes-winning juvenile Acrobat
After taking a sabbatical from racing, Ambiance’s Dr Marianne Thomson, a canny veteran of the game, has made a welcome return to the thoroughbred breeding industry
In our gambling business, how on earth do we tell people clutching thousands of rands worth of losing tickets, that the insiders basically knew before the race, that punters would be doing their money in ‘cold blood’?
Former SA Champion jockey Andrew Fortune’s six month quest to be relicenced to ride again reaches something of a watershed
