Klawervlei Changes Hands In Landmark Breeding Deal
Klawervlei Stud, South Africa’s six-time champion breeder, is set to enter a new era. The Koster family’s multi award-winning Bonnievale establishment has been acquired by prominent businessman and leading racehorse owner, Laurence Wernars. The transaction marks one of the most significant developments in the local breeding industry in recent years, with stewardship of one of […]
Newsletter 2 – June
Grade 1 Winner Proceed Heads to Stud at Blue Sky
Trainer Sean Tarry said about his 2024 Grade 1 Gold Medallion winner, Proceed: “He had blinding acceleration and Grade 1 form that stood up in no uncertain terms. He was precocious, progressive and professional.” Proceed has been retired to stand at Bruce le Roux and Tinus Gericke’s Blue Sky Thoroughbreds stud in Mooi River. As […]
Buying Winners, Not Waiting For Them
The results from last weekend’s Graded feature races served as a timely reminder that some of the best bloodstock purchases do not come from yearling sales auctions. Grade 1 R2-million Hollywoodbets Gold Challenge winner Questioning (Querari) and Grade 2 HKJC World Pool Stakes heroine Quickstepgal (Vercingetorix) have one factor in common: both were acquired as […]
Catwalk King adds the Somerset 1200 to our juvenile stakes haul
CATWALK KING wins the Somerset 1200
The Right Time, The Right Move For Brett Crawford
Success in Hong Kong seldom comes easily, particularly for newcomers adjusting to one of world racing’s most demanding environments. Yet Brett Crawford has made a strong start. Up to 25 May, he had saddled 20 winners and 98 placings from 285 runners during an encouraging first season in the territory. Crawford’s affable nature and easy-going […]
Jan Mantel And The Journey That Built Millstream
Jan Mantel’s Millstream Stud Farm has quietly evolved into one of the breeding industry’s steadily ascending operations, consistently holding its own among South Africa’s leading farms without losing the identity of a hands-on, boutique establishment. Millstream has enjoyed an outstanding opening quarter to 2026. In March, Mantel sold a colt by Vercingetorix out of Gimme […]
Haute Couture Gives Murugasas Their G1 Breakthrough
Jayson and Preshalin Murugasa realised their long-cherished ambition of owning a Grade 1 winner when Haute Couture (Callan Murray) defeated Rich Man’s World in a scintillating finish to Saturday’s R1.75-million Grade 1 Gold Medallion over 1200m at Hollywoodbets Scottsville. The build-up centred heavily on a potential showdown between two promising juvenile stars and, having prevailed […]
Grade 1 Star Lucky Lad Retires To Stud At Hopes And Dreams
Dual Grade 1 winner Lucky Lad will retire to stud at Suzette and Basie Viljoen’s Hopes and Dreams Stud in Wellington in the Western Cape, where he will commence stallion duties at the start of the 2026 breeding season in September. Five-year-old Lucky Lad becomes the third son of three-time Champion Stallion Gimmethegreenlight (More Than […]
Adam Azzie Is Building A Stable With Purpose
Adam Azzie is enjoying a hot streak, having saddled nine winners from his first 50 runners as a licensed trainer. His winning strike rate stands at 18%, while his Win/Place percentage is just shy of 60% – a remarkable return considering he has only 21 horses in training, many of them fairly moderate performers. Adam […]