EAST CAPE RACING AWARDS 2012 : NOMINEES

Fred Crabbia (left) - Leading owner by wins and stakes
(Photo : Liesl King)

EAST CAPE RACING AWARDS
Axxess DSL St George’s Cricket Stadium
15 September 2012

The East Cape Racing Awards will be presented on Saturday 15 September at Axxess DSL St George’s Cricket Stadium in Port Elizabeth.

The region’s champion trainer, determined by stakes won by the stable’s runners during the season, is Gavin Smith. The 1,353 horses he saddled from 1 August 2011 to 31 July 2012 amassed earnings of R6,16 million in winning 102 races and placing 304 times.

The champion jockey, based on number of winners in Port Elizabeth is Richard Fourie. He won 47 races from 310 rides, while the leading apprentice is Stallone Naidoo, who won 17 races - just one more than his nearest competitor Teaque Gould.

Popular Fred Crabbia will be presented with the trophies for leading owner by wins and stakes. Horses who raced in his black and red silks ran 368 times in Port Elizabeth for 34 wins and 103 places, earning R1,965 million in the process.

Summerhill Stud is represented in the lineup of nominees with the following home-breds :

Hot Girl (Way West - Agency Girl) - Champion 3-Year-Old Filly

Jervis (Labeeb - Qurrah) - Champion Stayer

NOMINEES

Champion Two-Year-Old Filly
Cotillion, Deepo, Inflorescence
Champion Two-Year-Old Colt/Gelding
Greenacre, Le Var, Sedge
Champion Three-Year-Old Filly
Alvilda, Hot Girl, Pacific Breeze
Champion Three-Year-Old Colt / Gelding
Blaze Of Fire, Forest Digger, Lord Badger
Champion Older Filly / Mare
Hurricane Katrina, Inca’s Spirit, Sammy Joe
Champion Older Colt / Horse / Gelding
Celtic Fire, Tic Tak Toe, Tomcat
Champion Sprinter
Apolo Grey, Icemberg, Villandry
Champion Stayer
Inca’s Spirit, Indian Hawk, Jervis

Extract from Tab Online

SUPERIOR UPBRINGING EQUALS SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE

Checcetti wins the Jacaranda Handicap (Gr3)
(Photo : JC Photos / Summerhill Stud)

JACARANDA HANDICAP (Grade 3)
Turffontein, Turf, 1800m
31 March 2012

There’s a reason for Summerhill’s ascent to the top of the mountain.
Our horses get the best upbringing known to man,
That was apparent again on Saturday
when Checcetti (Kahal) blitzed a top class field
in the Jacaranda Jandicap (Gr3) under 57kg.
She was followed home in the money by Secret Babe (Labeeb),
another Summerhill graduate.

WHEN OUR HIP-STICKER GOES ON,
THE CLASS GOES IN.

Enquiries :
Tarryn Liebenberg 27 (0) 83 787 1982
or email tarryn@summerhill.co.za
www.summerhill.co.za

ZAKI RACING'S WINNING LEAP MAKES IT WIN NUMBER 5

Click above to watch Winning Leap winning the Racing Association Pinnacle Stakes
(Image and Footage : Tellytrack)

RACING ASSOCIATION PINNACLE STAKES
Turffontein, 3000m, Turf
27 December 2010

WINNING LEAP (Labeeb (GB) x Summersault by Northern Guest (USA))
4 Year Old Bay Gelding
Owners : Messrs R Kay, M Maloon, D Michael and Miss L Gordon
Trainer : Dominic Zaki
Jockey : Sherman Brown
Breeder : Summerhill Stud
Win Time : 191.93
Career Record : 5 Wins, 1 Places, 14 Starts
Career Earnings : R578,750

Winning Leap is an R85,000 graduate from the Summerhill draft of the 2008 Emperors Palace Ready To Run Sale.

RACE RESULT :

#	LBH	Horse	Kg	MR	Dr	Jockey	Trainer
1	0.00	WINNING LEAP	60.0	104	1	S Brown	Dominic Zaki
2	5.75	VERTICAL TAKEOFF	60.0	100	7	B Lerena	Sean Tarry
3	6.25	MIRAGE DRIVE	57.0	97	6	S Khumalo	Tyrone Zackey
4	8.25	NUDGE NUDGE (ARG)	50.0	77	8	*E Pheiffer	Mike de Kock
5	10.75	FROZEN FIRE (GER)	60.0	109	2	*T Appie (1.5)	Mike de Kock
6	18.00	AFRICAN GIANT	50.0	67	3	L Nhlapo	Joe Soma
7	99.99	VALOR NATIVO (BRZ)	50.0	71	5	*JP v’d Merwe	Ernst Oertel
8	99.99	FENERBAHCE	57.0	94	9	A Delpech	Gary Alexander
9	99.99	CLAMENCO	52.5	80	4	F Naude	Lance Wiid
		Late Scratching
10	0.00	VOLATILE	50.0	59	4		Spike Lerena

For more information please visit :
www.summerhill.co.za

KZN BREEDERS AWARDS : REWARDING EXCELLENCE

 

KZN Breeders Awards 2010
(Photos : Summerhill Stud

Please click above to enlarge…

KZN BREEDERS AWARDS 2010

Megan RomeynFriday night saw the past racing season’s hard work being rewarded when the KwaZulu Natal Breeders honoured their own for racing excellence at the prestigious KZN Breeders Awards.

Pierre Jourdan, whose racing performances have enthralled the public during the past year, walked away with the laurels in the categories of Outstanding Three Year Colt and Horse Of The Year, while Salutation (by Requiem) garnered the Outstanding Stayer Female and Winning Leap (by Labeeb) grabbed the Outstanding Stayer Male award. Hear The Drums (who made it 34 wins on Friday in the Glendore Sprint), was honoured with the Individual Achievement Award. Garden Verse (dam of the illustrious Imbongi and Mahubo) was awarded Broodmare Of The Year and man-of-the-moment stallion, Way West, grabbed a deserved Stallion Prospect Of The Year award with super sire Kahal once again crowned Stallion Of The Year.

The highlight of the evening undoubtedly was when Summerhill Stud was once again named the Leading Breeder Of The Year.

Award	Horse	Breeder
Outstanding 2 Year Old	CHOCOLICIOUS	Backworth Stud
Outstanding Sprinter Female	NOBLE HEIR	Connington Stud
Outstanding Sprinter Male	THUNDER KEY	C Baitz
Outstanding Middle Distance Female	SPICED GOLD	Greenhill Farm
Outstanding Middle Distance Male	ORBISON	Scott Bros
Outstanding Stayer Female	SALUTATION	Summerhill Stud
Outstanding Stayer Male	WINNING LEAP	Summerhill Stud
Outstanding 3 Year Old Filly	SPICED GOLD	Greenhill Farm
Outstanding 3 Year Old Colt	PIERRE JOURDAN	Summerhill Stud
Outstanding Older Female	NOBLE HEIR	Connington Stud
Outstanding Older Male	MAGICAL	RJ & Mrs Clarkin
Individual Achievement	HEAR THE DRUMS	Summerhill Stud
International Achievement	GYPSEY’S WARNING	Rathmor Stud
Broodmare Of The Year	GARDEN VERSE	Summerhill Stud
Stallion Prospect	WAY WEST	Summerhill Stud
Stallion Of The Year	KAHAL	Summerhill Stud
Leading Breeders	SUMMERHILL STUD	n/a
Breeding Achievement	CONNINGTON STUD	n/a
Horse Of The Year	PIERRE JOURDAN	Summerhill Stud

For more information please visit :
www.summerhill.co.za

WINNING LEAP RARING TO GO

Winning Leap
(Photo : JC Photographics / Summerhill Stud)

CANON GOLD CUP (Grade 1)
26 June 2010

A chat with trainer Dominic Zaki early this morning, revealed that our Gold Cup aspirant, Winning Leap, has travelled well, and is ensconced at his Summerveld stables, from where he will launch his assault tomorrow.

Dominic says there’s only one “stopper”, as far he’s concerned, and that is his 21 points in penalties that he’s picked up for his last two striking victories. Winning Leap has grown to almost 17 hands, he’s stays all day, and Dominic says his acceleration grows as he matures.

“He’ll be a formidable four year old, and I have unending faith in the challenge of the progeny of Labeeb”.

The circumstances of the purchase of his grandmother, Karafa, from His Highness the Aga Khan, were amusing. Mick Goss, elder brother Pat and erstwhile Summerhill general manager, Anton Procter, were attending the Tattersall’s December Sales in England in the mid 80’s, and they had devised a secret code for their agent, the late and famed Joss Collins, whereby Joss would keep bidding for as long as Pat kept his deerstalker hat on his head. Understand, it was mid-winter in the UK, snowing and hats were imperative.

When the bidding approached the 80,000 Guineas mark (around a R1 million today, and already well beyond where Summerhill normally shops), Pat, who for all intents and purposes was the trio’s banker, decided to call it enough, and raised his hand to remove the deerstalker.

The mare, however, was descended from the most famous of Aga Khan’s family’s, the one which produced the legendary stallion Nasrullah, Royal Charger and Kalamoun, and Mick and Anton would have none of this stopping. To the complete bewilderment of the auctioneer, they thrust their hands on Pats head to keep the deerstalker in place, so that Collins would not give up the pursuit.

“Was that a bid, sir?” enquired the auctioneer, and Mick Goss was quick to reply “and how, sir”, and so, at a 100,000 guineas, Summerhill became the proud owner of this wonderfully bred mare. The brothers proceeded to breed an Italian 2000 Guineas winner from the mare, before her importation to South Africa, and while the family’s been a little slow in getting going here, Summersault, dam of the Gold Cup fancy, has shown signs of a serious revival. Victory in tomorrow’s time-honoured event, could signal its greatest moment in South Africa.