New stallion for Avontuur
South African racing receives a welcome boost with the news of the imminent arrival of an exciting top stallion from Down Under.
7th August 2012
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A look at stallions and their progeny impact horse racing industry.
South African racing receives a welcome boost with the news of the imminent arrival of an exciting top stallion from Down Under.
“On Song “….2012 National 2YO Sale Preview: Leading 3yo of 2012 Jackson, is a National 2yo Sale purchase of 2010
Mullins Bay has the blood and the looks to match. The Summerhill stallion celebrated his first winners in June and July and he looks an exciting prospect in the making.
Back with a bang – that’s the message from the KZN Yearling Sale with its new Million Rand Race incentive. Just under 200 yearlings grossed some R13 million, with averages well up from preceding years.
SARAH WHITELAW: There are a host of young stallions retiring to stud in South Africa for the 2012 breeding season
Lion Tamer marked his first winner with a good victory by Lady De Winter in the second race at Scottsville last Wednesday.
South Africa’s Champion Breeders – Summerhill Stud, have acquired the 122 Timeform-rated son of High Chaparral, Golden Sword.
Noted breeding and pedigree expert Rob Knuppe calls it the most exciting pedigree make-up in the past decade, and suggests it is a foregone conclusion that this Australian-bred will be challenging South Africa’s top Sires in just a few years from now.
Pathfork, son of Distorted Humor was Timeform rated 119 at 2, to stand at Highlands Stud in 2012
The Rafeef purple patch continued in the 2025 Champions Season opener at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday with another crackerjack performer in the shape of Mon Petit Cherie who won the World Sports Betting Gr2 Fillies Guineas
A Transkei-born horseman who started as a Groom, the groundbreaking Lunga learnt the ropes from top men like Mitch Wiese, Glen Kotzen and Kumaran Naidoo
Better known as having raced iconic legend of the turf Pocket Power, the affable Marsh Shirtliff is fast making a name for himself in the breeding fraternity
On the eve of the launch of the 2025 Champions Season this coming Saturday, South African horseracing awoke to a brand new chapter in its history on the Workers’ Day public holiday
