News Archive - 2010
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28 July 2010Thoroughbred Industry Mourns the loss of Graham Beck

It was with sadness that we learnt of the passing of Graham Beck in London on Tuesday 27 July 2010, a great contributor to the racehorse industry, both as an owner and breeder.  ...

26 July 2010Lizard's Desire fighting laminitis in Dubai

LIZARD’S DESIRE, the horse who scored a glorious victory in the Singapore Airlines International Cup after so nearly winning the world’s richest race, the $10-million ...

23 July 2010Raceday Mood Blossoms at Vodacom Durban July Gallops

Durban - A big crowd of punters  enjoyed a warm midwinters morning at Greyville racecourse to watch the runners in the 2010 Vodacom Durban July go through their workouts ...

19 July 2010N2YO Graduate J J The Jet Plane One of SA's Best Sprinters
Extract:  www.racingweb.co.za
J J The Jet Plane (Jet Master x Magestic Guest) proved again that he has no peers among South African sprinters, scoring his second ...
12 July 2010Kings Gambit Second in UK
Kings Gambit (Silvano x Lady Brompton) finished second in the 51st John Smith’s Cup (Heritage Handicap) at York on Saturday 10 July - reported as one of the most prestigious ...
9 July 2010Paris Perfect Wins in Saudi Arabia

Paris Perfect (Muhtafal x Candle Princess) continued his success in Saudi Arabia by winning the Farhan AlSaude Prize over 2000m at Taif Racecourse on 2 July 2010. 

5 July 2010Features at Clairwood

Herman Brown’s Orbison won the Gr. 1 Champions Cup on Saturday 3 July at Clairwood, ahead of Galileo’s Galaxy and the legendary Pocket Power.  The son of ...

5 July 2010Perfect Season Wins in France
Perfect Season (Jallad x T-Model) bred by Mr. G A R Sturlese won the Prix de la Chaussee d’Antin on Saturday 3 July 2010 at Longchamp.
28 June 2010Ancestral Fore Wins Canon Gold Cup (Gr 1)

The premier race for stayers, the Grade One Canon Gold Cup, run at Greyville on Saturday, 26 June 2010 was won by a three year old for the first time since 1988.  Ancestral ...

21 June 2010Lizard's Desire Ranked 14 in the World
SA-bred Lizard's Desire is currently ranked 14 in the World according to the World Thoroughbred Rankings:  1 Dec 2009 - 23 May 2010 compiled by the World Rankings Supervisory ...
7 June 2010SA-Breds continue their dominance in Gr. 1 Races

Saturday, 5 June 2010 - Greyville

Gr. 1 - Daily News 2000
Winner: IRISH ...

7 June 2010Sweet Theresa wins in USA

Saturday 5 June 2010
Colonial Downs, USA

Winner:  Sweet Theresa ...

1 June 2010Gypsy’s Warning (Mogok x Gypsy Queen)
Owned by Team Valor International and Green Lantern Stables

Making her first start in the United States, South African mare Gypsy's Warning beat Maram in the ...
1 June 2010Now is the perfect time to buy a South African-bred horse!
THE Scott Brothers’ consistently successful stallion Mogok produced a Group 3 winner in the United States earlier this week courtesy of KwaZulu-Natal bred filly Gypsy’s ...
31 May 2010KZN Champions Season
Scottsville - 29 May 2010
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26 May 2010KZN Yearling Sale offers traditional value and even greater variety

GRADE 2 winners Goat (cost R60,000), Spring Clover (R45,000) and Grade 3 winners Ultra Vires (R70 000) and Cool Zone (R150,000) are among the value buys from recent KZN Yearling ...

24 May 2010Pocket Power Keeps on Winning!

The Pinnacle Stakes on Friday, 21 May at Greyville resulted in yet another win for the now legendary POCKET POWER.  He thrilled the large crowd as he powered to victory ...

17 May 2010Lizard’s Desire Wins $3 million Group 1 Singapore Airlines International Cup
SOUTH AFRICAN bred Lizard’s Desire (Lizard Island x Annsfield) won the Group 1 Singapore Airlines International Cup at Kranji, Singapore on Sunday 16 May.   ...
12 May 2010Who is the sire of Lizard's Desire - South Africa's major hope for Sunday's $3 million Singapore
If you posed this question in a racing quiz, it's a sure bet there would be three popular answers: Jet Master, Fort Wood and Western Winter.

Of course, they would ...
5 May 2010Lizard’s Desire now a Multi-Million Rand Earner

Following a photo finish in the Dubai World Cup, the Eastern Cape bred Lizards Desire (Lizard Island x Annsfield) finished just behind Viva Pataca in the Grade One Audemars ...

27 April 2010Breeders raise the bar and achieve extraordinary results at 2010 Emperors Palace National Yearli

AUCTIONEER Andrew Miller succinctly summed up the somewhat unexpected record averages recorded at the 2010 Emperors Palace National Yearling saying: “Seven, ...

26 April 2010Friday’s record sale is smashed by R4-million buy during Sunday’s session!

TRAINER Geoff Woodruff went to R4-million to secure a Highlands Farm-bred Jet Master colt from the Al Mufti mare Divine Nymph during the Sunday session of the 2010 Emperors ...

25 April 2010R3.6-million Highlands Farm Yearling Breaks Record On Day 1
TRAINER Mike Azzie and a partnership struck early on the first evening of the Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale at the TBA Complex, Gosforth Park, buying Lot 10, a smashing ...
25 April 2010Klawervlei, Wilgerbosdrift will hit the headlines over and over
REGULAR Top five contenders on the South African Breeders’ Log, Klawervlei Stud and Wilgerbosdrift Stud have consigned drafts to be extremely ...
24 April 2010Watch for good value buys from Mooi River’s smaller paddocks
THE smaller studs in and around Mooi River are known for their consistency and as always will present some of the best value to buyers who are prepared to do their homework ...
23 April 2010Grey’s Inn’s first crop comes under scrutiny at Emperors National Yearling Sale
THE Emperors National Yearling Sale of 2010 is a most important auction for Rosedene Stud’s Graeme Koster, tipped in many quarters as a breeder who will ...
20 April 2010Beauty, elegance and speed from the banks of the Breede River

‘’We’ve brought Miss World to the Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale this year,” says stud manager Mike Sharkey of Highlands Farm near Robertson. ...

15 April 2010Smaller vendors have plenty to offer at Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale
THERE is always room for smaller vendors with nice horses at the Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale. Eight vendors will be selling only a handful of yearlings between them ...
15 April 2010Quality and substance from Milkwood to Riverworld
IAN  and Nina Robertson of Milkwood Stud near Port Elizabeth are looking forward to showing buyers their four lots consigned to the 2010 Emperors Palace ...
13 April 2010BSA NATIONAL YEARLING SALE GRADUATES - IN THE WINNERS ENCLOSURE – 7 TO 11 APRIL 2010
THE RAJ (Tiger Ridge x Little Indian)
Bred by Mr. & Mrs. C F de Vos
Owner:  Tiger Ridge Syndicate
Trainer:  Mike de Kock
8 April 2010BSA NATIONAL YEARLING SALE GRADUATES

BSA NATIONAL YEARLING SALE GRADUATES
IN THE WINNERS ENCLOSURE – 4 & 5 APRIL 2010

8 April 2010Avontuur and Ascot will bring their usual quality fare to National Yearling Sale
AVONTUUR Stud, proud as punch of the march to stardom of three-year-old filly Val De Ra, bred and raised at their formidable Somerset-West establishment, are hoping that a few ...
6 April 2010Good things come from the Valley of Ceres
LOT 375, a Jet Master colt from the top broodmare Mystic Spring is a potential sales topper at the Emperors National Yearling Sale to be held on Friday 23, Sunday 25 and Monday ...
29 March 2010PIERRE JOURDAN ONE STEP CLOSER TO TRIPLE CROWN
Winning the Grade 1 SA Classic over 1800m at Turffontein on Saturday, 27 March 2010 brought Pierre Jourdan (Parade Leader / Vin Fizz) one step closer to taking the Triple Crown ...
29 March 2010SOUTH AFRICA’S SUCCESS IN DUBAI
CONGRATULATIONS to Mike de Kock, Herman Brown and our SA Bred horses on yet another successful Dubai campaign.  South Africa looked on with pride as our ...
26 March 2010DUBAI WORLD CUP – SOUTH AFRICA’S FLAG BEARERS
Wishing all connections the best of luck at Meydan Racecourse on Saturday 27 March 2010

Mr Brock (Fort Wood x Cape Badger) bred by Mrs. B.D. ...
24 March 2010Burwell Stud is excited about Jet Master filly
AT Burwell Stud, Anton Proctor is particularly excited about a Jet Master filly from the multiple Graded winner Pacific Blue, consigned to the Emperors Palace National Yearling ...
24 March 2010Connemara brings five to National Yearling Sale
BREEDERS Paul and Linda Garlicki of Connemara Stud will be sending five yearlings to the Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale next month.
The Garlicki’s started ...
23 March 2010International News

Millard’s Runner “Hard Astern” 3rd in Hong Kong
Hard Astern (Hard Up x Jungle Idol) bred by Starston Stud finished 3rd in the HK$850,000 ...

19 March 2010Dane Julia (SAF) in Group 1 Australia
Dane Julia (SAF) in Group 1 Australia on Saturday

Dane Julia (Caesour x Precious Julia) bred by ...
18 March 2010New-Look Website

Bloodstock SA’s aims to set high standards with new-look website

Bloodstock SA has made ...

15 March 2010Cerise Cherry finished 3rd

Hong Kong - Cerise Cherry finished 3rd behind the improving Enriched (winning ...

11 March 2010RUFFIAN STAKES at Turffontein
BSA would like to congratulate the connections of WAYWEST GODDESS winner of the RUFFIAN STAKES at Turffontein on Saturday, 6 March.  ...
9 March 2010Dubai International Racing Carnival - TWO SA Breds in Top Three Earners

The inaugural race meeting at Dubai’s Meydan Racecourse featured the start of the 2010 Dubai International Racing Carnival ...

9 March 2010BloodStock SA Press Release

9 March, 2010

THE Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale remains South Africa’s Thoroughbred Sale of Sales and the 2010 catalogue ...

4 March 2010SA’S REPRESENTATIVES FOR SUPER THURSDAY
Meydan Racecourse, Dubai

Wishing Mike De Kock, Herman Brown and all SA connections a very successful night.

2 March 20102 WINS AND 1 PLACE (GR3) IN DUBAI

Imax Cup – 25 Feb 2010 – Meydan Racecourse
1st – Lucky Find (Rich Man’s Gold/Little Erna) bred by Oldlands Stud

2 March 2010Summerhill’s Weekend of Success

Congratulations to Mick Goss and his team on a very successful weekend.

Turffontein – 28 February 2010

24 February 2010IMBONGI PLACES IN GROUP 2 AT MEYDAN
Imbongi (Mike de Kock stable) finished a close second to Herman Brown’s Bankable (IRE) on Friday 19 February in the Al Fahid Fort (Group 2) at Meydan.  Imbongi (Russian ...
14 February 2010S.A. BRED LIZARD’S DESIRE – ANOTHER WIN IN DUBAI
Congratulations once again to Mike de Kock and his team in Dubai. 

Lizard’s Desire, winner of the US$120 000 Wheels Handicap over ...
14 February 2010DE KOCK URGES INTERNATIONAL BUYERS TO LOOK AT SA-BREDS
Published by Charl  on February 12, 2010 (www.racingweb.co.za)

LIZARD’s Desire, the result of a self-mating experiment ...
10 February 2010Chris van Niekerk Buys Top Priced Colt at Cape Yearling Sale
BloodStock SA’s first yearling sale of 2010 was held at Sandringham Farm in Muldersvlei, Cape Town on Sunday 7th February.  There was keen interest in the 254 lots ...
2 February 2010J&B Met underlines the strength of Cape Summer Yearling Sale
THE first five runners past the post in Saturday’s spectacular Grade 1 J&B Met are graduates from Sales held under the auspices of BloodStock SA.
The winner, ...
27 January 2010The Power of finding a Sparkling Gem is in your Pocket!
WITH Pocket Power approaching the R10-million mark in career stake earnings in Saturday’s J&B Met, the R190 000 paid for him at  BSA’s Cape Summer Yearling ...
22 January 2010Cape Summer Yearling Sale offers quality and a great variety
THIRTEEN first-season sires will be represented at the 2010 BloodStock SA Cape Summer Yearling Sale to be held at Sandringham Farm near Stellenbosch on 7 February, starting ...
22 January 2010Hyjo Stud to disperse of a formidable band of mares
HYMAN and Joan Maisel of Hyjo Stud will be dispersing of 25 choice mares, most of them in foal, during a special sale in the Kenilworth Parade Ring on 8 February at 2pm, the ...