24th January 2020
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A look at stallions and their progeny impact horse racing industry.
Judging by the results achieved by his small first crop, South Africa lost a potentially outstanding stallion with the death of Kingsbarns in 2018
He looks on track to record a fourth General Sires Title come the end of the 2018-2019 South African racing season
New Predator has been syndicated and already enjoys the committed support of the majority of the commercial breeders in the province
Hat Puntano joins a quintet of Group One-winning standouts on the Summerhill roster in Act Of War, Capetown Noir, Rabada and Willow Magic
Allan Bloodlines have announced a newly structured payment system for services to Elusive Fort
The well performed Heavenly Blue was one of the best of his generation as a three-year-old, but unfortunately a knee chip curtailed his career.
Yellow Star Stud have reported that Warm White Night has lost his struggle with a painful hoof condition and passed away peacefully on Wednesday morning.
Drakenstein Stud Farm will stand the beautifully pedigreed Gr1 winning international champion to be managed by Freeman Stallions
The triple Gr1 winning son of Lomitas is also broodmare sire of Classic runner up Barahin – who is out of the Silvano mare Mocha Silver – and sire of SA Classic fourth-place finisher Zillzaal
A fortuitous KZN Breeders Golf Day voucher led to the purchase of a quick filly at the KZN Yearling Sale who broke the ice on debut
The number of entries compares favourably in quantum with recent years, with 58 first entries received in 2024, 60 in 2023, 68 in 2022, 53 in 2021, 52 in 2020, 49 in 2019, and 69 in 2018
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
