IT'S CUP TIME AGAIN

Pierre Jourdan
(Image : JC Photos / Summerhill Stud)

KZN BREEDERS’ AWARDS
Bellwood Cottages, 25 November 2011

Mick Goss
Summerhill Stud CEOThe annual KZN Breeders’ Awards take place this Friday evening, so besides the Sansui Summer Cup, there are vital things happening in our neck of the woods. There’ll be those who will say they expected it of the Champion Breeders of the country to hold a healthy hand among the nominees, and it is so. However, at times like these, we remember that much of what we’ve achieved here had to do with the fact that many our racing heroes were co-bred with our many partners, a good number of whom live in jurisdictions thousands of kilometres away.

Summerhill is home not only to horses belonging to our many local clients and friends, but we have on the property the biggest concentration of foreign-owned thoroughbreds in the world. Astonishing really, when you remember that there’s the world to choose from, yet they’ve picked this farm 10kms outside the dustiest little hamlet of Mooi River, at the southernmost tip of what the smart people in the north dub the darkest continent. I guess it’s a tribute if it’s nothing else, to the camaraderie that belongs only to those that know the brotherhood of the racehorse.

We salute you all, and we’ll be especially mindful of you on Friday evening when the names of those who’ve made the finals go up in lights. Here they are :

Horse	Sire	Dam	Breeder
Outstanding Two-Year-Old Filly
Extra Zero	Way West	Haifaa	Summerhill Stud
Indigo Princess	King Of Kings	Cornflower Blue	Mr & Mrs GE Lees
Lavish Gal	Makaarem	Lavishly	Mr & Mrs R Pickering
Variometer	Var	Lady Electric	Backworth Stud
Outstanding Two-Year-Old Colt
In A Rush	Windrush	Sweet Whisper	PG Choice
Midnight Serenade	Malhub	Sapphire Serenade	Clifton Stud
Silver Age	Requiem	Russian Belle	Mr & Mrs B Le Roux
Outstanding Sprinter Female 1000m - 1200m
Apple Princess	Announce	Apple Fair	Graystone Stud
Mannequin	Kahal	Model K	Summerhill Stud
Onehundredacrewood	Malhub	Roman Dream	Summerhill Stud
Outstanding Sprinter Male 1000m - 1200m
Arabian Mist	Muhtafal	Valley Mist	Summerhill Stud
Midnight Serenade	Malhub	Sapphire Serenade	Clifton Stud
Silver Age	Requiem	Russian Belle	Mr & Mrs B Le Roux
Outstanding Middle Distance Female 1400m - 1800m
Dancewiththedevil	Modus Vivendi	Emperor’s Dance	Graystone Stud
Fisani	Kahal	Gypsey Spirit	Summerhill Stud
Las Ramblas	Toreador	Silent Kiss	GEJ van der Merwe
Outstanding Middle Distance Male 1400m - 1800m
Grisham	Kahal	Pelican Brief	Spring Valley Stud
Pierre Jourdan	Parade Leader	Vin Fizz	Summerhill Stud
The Apache	Mogok	Apache Rose	Scott Bros
Outstanding Stayer Female 1900m - 3200m
Fisani	Kahal	Gypsey Spirit	Summerhill Stud
Las Ramblas	Toreador	Silent Kiss	GEJ van der Merwe
Outstanding Stayer Male 1900m - 3200m
Grey Cossack	Fanatic Dane	Desert Fields	JM Goodman
Seal	Silvano	Prestine Performer	IF Heyns
The Apache	Mogok	Apache Rose	Scott Bros
Outstanding Three-Year-Old Filly
Las Ramblas	Toreador	Silent Kiss	GEJ van der Merwe
Legal Account	Lake Coniston	Golden National	Takemore Stud / A Rapp
Pisces Star	Kahal	Lady Faye	Summerhill Stud
Outstanding Three-Year-Old Colt
Ice Axe	Solskjaer	Nordic Ice	Summerhill Stud
Seal	Silvano	Prestine Performer	IR Heyns
The Apache	Mogok	Apache Rose	Scott Bros
Outstanding Older Female
Apple Princess	Announce	Apple Fair	Graystone Stud
Dancewiththedevil	Modus Vivendi	Emperor’s Dance	Graystone Stud
Fisani	Kahal	Gypsey Spirit	Summerhill Stud
Outstanding Older Male
Grey Cossack	Fanatic Dane	Desert Fields	JM Goodman
Grisham	Kahal	Pelican Brief	Spring Valley Stud
Pierre Jourdan	Parade Leader	Vin Fizz	Summerhill Stud

Milestone : I’ve just been reminded by our local historian, Megan Romeyn, whose late father was the curator of the Rohde Museum, which houses anything and everything of historic value in the Mooi River district, that today marks the anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy of the United States. It’s 48 years since that fateful day, and I’m sure just about anybody whose memory goes back to that time, will remember where they were when they first heard the news. Let us know if your memory is as good as we think it is.

Comments

[Mike Meredith]

Mick - Megan is plum right! Marty and I got married the day after Kennedy's assassination - 48 years ago!!! So we can never forget the date!
Mike

[Gavin Van Zyl]

Must be honest, I feel that this awards eve should've been scheduled on another eve rather than the night before The Summer Cup. I doubt very much that the Cape breeders would've had an awards eve on the night before The July !! Or for that matter that the Natal breeders would've scheduled an awards eve. the night before The Met !!
Together we stand, divided we fall !!
Gavin van Zyl

[Lance Morrisey]

Congratulations to the winners and Happy Racing to everyone!

[Denis Paxton]

What can I say? My Uncle is still raving about this..for the love of horses! yeehah!