Breeding news from South Africa. Stallions, Mares Stud Farms and other essential information and news relating to thoroughbred horse breeding in South Africa.
When Senor Buscador won Saturday’s $20 000 000 Saudi Cup, he not only picked up the first Gr1 victory of his career, but he also shone the spotlight on his sire Mineshaft (A.P. Indy)
Querari gained another handsome boost to his pedigree page when his close nephew Spirit Dancer won the $2 million Gr2 Howden Neom Turf Cup
Drakenstein Stud announced earlier this week that Irish Champion Sprinter A Case Of You is in transit to South Africa and will join their high-class stallion arsenal
One of the greatest stallions in history, and a proven sire of sires, Galileo has, almost inevitably, become an outstanding broodmare sire
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
SA horseracing needs strong leadership – today. Otherwise we are doomed. Stakeholders don’t need this kind of circus!
A former Bloemfontein champion trainer, Michael McLachlan was a popular character in the halcyon days of horseracing and now finds himself in dire need
