Instant success is non-negotiable in a tough industry and having started the current season with no stakes winners amongst his first two crops to hit the track, it came as no surprise that Capetown Noir was soon looking for a new home when Summerhill changed hands in 2020
Capetown Noir has now joined What A Winter, Argonaut and Warm White as a stakes-producing son of Western Winter
South Africa’s only father-and-son training team of Mike and Adam Azzie commenced their Highveld Spring Season in terrific style
A number of young South African based stallions have made promising starts with their first runners in 2018-2019
The beautifully bred Summerhill stallion Capetown Noir opened his account with his first runner
”Too many horses are not making their production costs in the sales ring and we invite you to talk to us about your needs…’
Over at the barn, the stallions are so well-behaved, so content, because generations of stallion-handling are built into life here. These people have been chasing stallions ever since the old Colonel came back from the Great War in 1918, determined to breed the best transport horses his money could buy
With a proliferation of new stallions in the SA sire ranks, Sarah Whitelaw notes that the KZN arsenal is looking particularly promising.
The truth is, Capetown Noir is a Thoroughbred jewel, and the boys up at the Summerhill barn will handle him with the delicacy Lord Carnarvon would afford a precious chalice dug from the bowels of an ancient pyramid
Guineas winners include the legends Hawaii, Politician, Colorado King and Empress Club – to name a few. Sarah Whitelaw lists her personal selection of Guineas highlights over the past two decades
A horse with movie star looks, high-class ability and basically everything in his favour to go all the way in the breeding paddocks
‘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’
