Breeding news from South Africa. Stallions, Mares Stud Farms and other essential information and news relating to thoroughbred horse breeding in South Africa.
The Ridgemont team had plenty to cheer after Tuesday’s Hollywoodbets Kenilworth racemeeting, with a home-bred double and two smart winners for their Redoute’s Choice champion resident, Rafeef
With so much depending on a freshman sire’s initial market appeal and first book of mares, Wilgerbosdrift stallion Buffalo Bill Cody found himself very much on the backfoot when he retired to stud in 2020
Buyers better look sharp at Master Of My Fate’s 24-strong draft destined for next month’s National Yearling Sale
That he wasn’t snapped up by one of the leading Cape studs came as somewhat of a surprise. After all, here was a Gr1-performed, impeccably-bred horse, a smashing looker who had sold for R3.7-million as a yearling
Ridgemont kingpin Rafeef has seven black type winners in South Africa this season
On the back of the success of the monthly online sales which Bloodstock South Africa currently runs it was felt that holding a dedicated sale for breeding stock was much needed
Summerview Stud will be offering a small but select string at this year’s National Yearling Sale
Arguably the ultimate breed-shaping stallion of the modern era, Fort Wood’s impact on the SA Oaks has been profound, for not only did he sire the Oaks winners Monyela, Bedloe’s Island and Ilha Bela, he also features as the grandsire of 2018 winner Secret Potion, sired by his classic winning son Elusive Fort
Maine Chance Farms has announced the appointment of internationally experienced and widely respected horseman Ross Fuller
Normandy Stud’s founding mare Terpsichore played a big role at Turffontein on Classic Day
Ridgemont have announced a very exciting boost to their stallion band with the arrival this season of world-class miler and US Grade 1 winner Hit The Road
‘I called the owner and before I could even make the offer he excitedly told me that a certain South African bookmaker had just called 10 minutes earlier to make an offer of R5m’
It’s clear that eight incidents of crop excesses is unacceptable for a sport keen to maintain a good public image, and the time appears to have arrived for a review of the crop rules for work riders on the Highveld
