Vercingetorix Service 2022 – Auction Friday 26th August 2022!

THE VERCINGETORIX SYNDICATE IS AUCTIONING ANOMINATION FOR THE 2022 SEASON. THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO SECURE ANOMINATION AS HIS BOOK IS FULL FOR 2022! WHERE: TBA SALES COMPLEX GERMISTON,BSA AUGUST 2 YEAR OLD SALE TIME: AFTER THE FINAL LOT(1 50)ON FRIDAY 26TH AUGUST 2022 TERMS AND CONDITIONS: – THE FULL PURCHASE PRICE IS DUE... read more

A clean sweep for Maine Chance stallions!

Maine Chance Farms pulled off a notable achievement when their past and present resident stallions Silvano, Vercingetorix, Querari and Erupt all claimed sires titles for the just finished 2021-2022 South African racing season. Once again, Silvano was crowned Champion Sire of South Africa, while his outstanding sire Vercingetorix, who finished runner up to his sire... read more

VIVACIOUS SPIRIT – RACE 1 #turffontein 14 JULY 2022

Silvano Challenges Son For Champion Title

The results of Saturday’s Gr1 Hollywoodbets Durban July meeting once again underlined the dominance of the late Silvano. Not only did Silvano’s daughter Sparkling Water became her sire’s fifth July winner when she claimed Saturday’s headliner, Silvano also made his mark as a broodmare sire and sire of sires. Silvano In landing the July, Sparkling... read more

Vercingetorix Star Of KZN Sale

With class acts Pomp And Power and Astrix carrying his flag in Saturday’s R5 million Gr1 Hollywoodbets Durban July, Maine Chance stallion Vercingetorix was the toast of a well patronised BSA KZN Yearling Sale on Thursday. After enjoying tremendous success at the 2022 National Yearling Sale, Maine Chance Farms’ champion sire elect Vercingetorix was again... read more

ROYAL CONNECTIONS FOR QUERARI

Connections and family are what keep the game of breeding and racing exciting, and nowhere was this more apparent than in the results of yesterday’s Duke Of Cambridge Stakes (Gr.2) at Royal Ascot, where resident Maine Chance stallion Querari gained some important international Black type lustre to his already potent profile. Runner-up in the Duke... read more

Vercingetorix Tops Stallion Services Auction

The Cape Breeders Club hosted its ever popular Stallion Services Auction at Pearl Valley on Thursday night, and, once again, the event proved a huge success. The auction was topped by a service to Maine Chance Farms’ outstanding sire Vercingetorix, with Owloon Stud purchasing the much sought after service for R220 000. It was great timing... read more

DOUBLE STRIKE FOR SILVANO

Champions Season in KZN has just begun, and already Silvano, the late Maine Chance champion sire has proved once again just how much of a potent force he still is on the South African racing scene, as two of his progeny took two of the big Grade One races, the Woolavington and the Daily News... read more

MORE INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIONS AND SUCCESS

Horse racing and breeding is all about connections, and sometimes they pop up in the most unexpected places. This past weekend Granja, who is based at Maine Chance Farms in the Cape, had a sister (by Areion) born in the UK. A scopey filly, who already has a Black type addition to her pedigree, with... read more

MAINE CHANCE STALLIONS SHINE AT NATIONAL YEARLING SALE

The recently concluded National Yearling Sale has shown that no matter how tough the economic climate is, buyers will pay top money for quality bloodstock. Despite the ravages of Covid on the South African economy, there was lively bidding on several lots, giving hope that racing and breeding can survive the tough economic times we are living in. Although buyers and agents... read more

Quasillo’s First Stakes Winner

A half-brother to champion juvenile sire Querari, Quasillo (Sea The Stars) found himself in the news at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Sunday when his daughter Ameena returned from a 16 week break following her debut victory, to capture the R175 000 Gr3 Strelitzia Stakes. In the process, the little speedball set up a possible berth in... read more

Graded stakes double for Maine Chance siblings

The Maine Chance Farms based half-brothers Querari and Quasillo both enjoyed graded stakes success at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Sunday, with Querari’s unbeaten two-year-old son Prophet capturing Sunday’s G3 Godolphin Barb Stakes and Quasillo’s two-year-old daughter Ameena likewise maintained her unbeaten record when victorious in the same day’s G3 Strelitzia Stakes. In the process, Ameena became... read more

VERCINGETORIX STRIKES INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS

Maine Chance stallion Vercingetorix has struck international gold in Hong Kong, when his son Super Commander, already a 3-time winner of distances up to 1200, won the Po Lam Handicap over 1000m at Happy Valley. Out of the Captain Al mare War Path, Super Commander gained his Black type here in South Africa, with a... read more

Hail King Querari

Today’s stallion game is a cutthroat business with stud farms vying with each other to acquire the next superstar stallion on which to base their fortunes. One of the hottest and most exciting stallions of recent years to emerge on the South African racing and breeding scene, is Maine Chance-based Querari who is producing horses... read more

Maine Chance breds 1st & 2nd in Concorde Cup G2

CONCORDE CUP G2 – Maine Chance Farm breds POMP AND POWER (Vercingetorix) and COSMIC HIGHWAY (Gimmethegreenlight) finish FIRST and SECOND over 1600m at Kenilworth on Saturday 20th November. Weekend Racing 20-21 November 2021:BEREAVE (Vercingetorix) – 2nd CAPE MERCHANTS G2 over 1200m at Kenilworth. BLACK SILVER (Silvano) – Won F&M H by 2,25 lengths over 2000m at... read more

Happy Birthday Andreas!

Happy Birthday Andreas! – from all the staff at Maine Chance Farms. We wish you all the best, and hope you have a very special day! The staff at Maine Chance would also like to congratulate Gestüt Fährhof on receiving Germany’s Champion Breeder Award. In the photograph above, Dr Andreas Jacobs is seen with Mr... read more

We say goodbye to our beloved Champion

Today is a very sad day for the Jacobs family, Maine Chance Farms, Gestüt Fährhof and the South African Racing and Breeding Industry, as we bid farewell to the kind, gentle Champion Silvano. Silvano was humanely euthanased at the age of 25 after a serious bout of colic yesterday evening. He enjoyed a year of... read more

A Champion and a Gentleman

The announcement that Silvano had retired from stud duties produced a flood of emotions. There was sadness that the production line had stopped and relief that it was ‘just’ retirement. Mostly, there is gratitude, for the tremendous privilege of knowing this exceptional horse, and for everything he has meant to so many participants in the... read more

The dominance of Silvano’s progeny

Few superlatives remain to describe the dominance of Silvano’s progeny. A quartet of Graded wins topped by a superb Gr.1 double, highlighted yet another banner weekend for our mighty stalwart. At Turffontein on Saturday, we bade farewell to one of Silvano’s finest gallopers, the colt Hawwaam, who is set to continue his career on the... read more

Querari’s daughter Herrin wins the Lady’s Slipper

Querari’s excellent recent run of juvenile successes continued unabated when his two-year-old daughter Herrin scored a runaway victory in the Listed Lady’s Slipper Stakes at Fairview. Allan Greeff’s charge pounced at the 300m mark and strode away to come home unharassed, leaving her rivals trailing by more than three lengths at the line. Fresh off... read more

Querari churning out the winners

That Querari is churning out the winners at a rate of knots, would be understatement. At the Turffontein meeting on Monday, juvenile son Action Packed swept to a two-length maiden success to become his sire’s eighth individual winner in the space of less than a week. Querari’s hot streak started with a fine treble of... read more

Miyabi Gold wins Listed East Coast Cup

Silvano’s talented daughter Miyabi Gold proved there’s no substitute for class when she raced to a scintillating victory in the Listed East Coast Cup at Greyville. Stepping out for the first time since finishing just out of the frame in the February 1 Gr.1 Majorca Stakes, Justin Snaith’s class act was let loose by Anton... read more

Maine Chance stallions dominate the Gr.3 Strelitzia Stakes

Maine Chance stallions dominated the outcome of the Gr.3 Strelitzia Stakes at Scottsville, while providing Vercingetorix with a newly-minted stakes winner, his fifth overall. Restricted to juvenile fillies, this 1100m dash up the straight was widely expected to be at the mercy of unbeaten Var filly Delta Queen. However, after disputing the lead with Querari’s... read more

Silvano G1 & G2 Double

He’s back. Silvano’s brilliant son Hawwaam added a fourth Gr.1 win to his resumé on what proved to be a red-letter day for both his sire and breeders Mary and Jessica Slack. Last seen out third in the Gr.1 Sun Met at Kenilworth, his return to Turffontein, arguably his favourite racetrack, once again brought out... read more

Silvano’s son Chefano wins the Gr.3 Queen Mother Memorial Stakes at Sha Tin, Hong Kong

Silvano has reached yet another notable milestone in his illustrious stud innings. A renowned globetrotter as a racehorse, his stallion career has followed a similar pattern in that he has sired international stakes winners in Britain, Europe, Dubai, the US and Singapore. This past weekend, our champion stallion added Hong Kong to that growing list,... read more

Vercingetorix’s son Ikigai wins G2 Gauteng Guineas

It was always going to be just a matter of time before Silvano’s champion son Vercingetorix sired his first classic winner. That honour fell to Sean Tarry’s Ikigai, who continued his rise to prominence in the Gr.2 Gauteng Guineas under the Turffontein lights. Following the scratching of stable companion, the Dingaans winner Shango, it was... read more

Silvano – a fine stakes double

The Guineas meeting at Turffontein provided Silvano with yet another fine stakes double, pride of place going to three-year-old daughter Summer Pudding, who kept her unbeaten record intact when she captured the opening leg of the Triple Tiara, the Gr.2 Gauteng Fillies Guineas. Not even a slow run race and a dropped rein could prevent... read more

SABIANGO dies at the age of 21

Gestüt Fährhof in Germany has reported the death of its three-time group/grade 1 winner Sabiango at the age of 21. Sabiango was a true son of Fährhof, as he was by the stud’s brilliant racecourse performer and sire Acatenango and out of its excellent broodmare Spirit of Eagles, who also produced Arlington Million (G1) and Audemars Piguet... read more

Red-Letter Day for Silvano

The Cape Guineas meeting at Kenilworth proved to be a red-letter day for Silvano, our champion weighing in with a trio of winners, amongst which Kilindini, who claimed the R1-million Gr.1 mile classic while making his stakes debut. Brett Crawford’s previously unexposed colt dashed to the inside rail at the top of the straight, delivered the... read more

ZILLZAAL takes R2-Million Summer Cup G1

The month of November ended on a smashing high for Silvano when he sired the first and third across the line in the rich 2000 m Gr.1 Summer Cup at Turffontein, barely a week after his unbeaten daughter Summer Pudding had captured the Gr.3 Fillies Mile. In addition, the result also catapulted him straight back... read more

SUMMER PUDDING wins the G3 Fillies Mile

Making her first foray into stakes company, Silvano’s daughter Summer Pudding put up a scintillating effort to claim the Gr.3 Fillies Mile at Turffontein and become her sire’s 84th locally-bred stakes winner, while stretching her perfect record to three from three. The race developed into a bit of a scramble as several fillies threw down... read more

SILVER OPERATOR – Guineas Prospect

Silvano’s three-year-old son, Silver Operator, stamped himself a proper Guineas prospect with a first stakes victory in the Gr.3 Cape Classic at Kenilworth. Sent off a warm favourite, the Vaughan Marshall-trained colt lived up to the hype. He picked it up in mid-stretch and once on the lead, galloped on resolutely, while holding the charge... read more

Querari’s Mill Queen

Querari’s three-year-old Mill Queen opened her three-year-old season on a triumphant note when she registered a first stakes success in the Gr.3 HSH Princess Charlene Starling Stakes at Turffontein. Not seen out for 98 days, the David Nieuwenhuizen-trained filly launched a strong challenge up the inside, to draw alongside Vercingetorix’s Maine Chance-bred daughter Wisteria Walk... read more

Waldgeist wins the Gr1 Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe

Sunday’s thrilling Gr1 Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe victory for Galileo’s son Waldgeist may have been a deflationary moment for the romantics shouting the history hungry Enable home, but it was an iconic occasion all round for one of South Africa’s leading breeders, Dr Andreas Jacobs, who acquired Maine Chance from Graham Beck shortly after... read more

Another G1 winner for Erupt’s sire Dubawi

Ghaiyyath, a son of Dubawi, produced a stunning run to win the G1 Grosser Preis von Baden on Sunday, 1 September at Baden-Baden. A winner of the G2 Prix d’Harcourt earlier in the season, the four-year-old colt made virtually all of the running under jockey William Buick. Proving too good for the chasing pack, Ghaiyyath was... read more

ERUPT’S half-brother breaks his maiden in the UK

Maine Chance Farms’ regally bred young stallion Erupt gained yet another update to his impressive pedigree when his two-year-old half-brother Visible Charm (by Invincible Spirit) got off the mark, when victorious at Nottingham on Friday. Trained by Charlie Appleby, Visible Charm justified his 11-8 favouritism status by running out a comfortable one and a quarter length... read more

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HAWWAAM wins DAILY NEWS 2000 G1

HAWWAAM (Silvano – Halfway To Heaven by Jet Master) – winner of DAILY NEWS 2000 G1 at Greyville by 1,6 lengths from TWIST OF FATE, CAPOEIRA and ZILLZAAL (by Silvano). HAWWAAM was bred by Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein and is owned by Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, trained by Mike de Kock and ridden by Anton... read more

SILVANO’S PRIDE wins R1,000,000 WOOLAVINGTON 2000 G1

SILVANO’S PRIDE (Silvano – Mary’s Pride by Jet Master) – winner of the R1,000,000 WOOLAVINGTON 2000 G1 at Greyville by 0,3 lengths from FRONT AND CENTRE, BLOSSOM (by Silvano) and SEVILLE ORANGE. SILVANO’S PRIDE is bred and owned by Anthony Peter, trained by Justin Snaith and ridden by Richard Fourie.

SUNSHINE SILK wins R500,000 GOLD BOWL G3

SUNSHINE SILK (Silvano – Vanilla Silk by Al Mufti) – winner of the R500,000 GOLD BOWL G3 at Turffontein by 0,5 lengths from DROMEDARIS and TIRZAN. SUNSHINE SILK was bred by Gold Star Stud and is owned by Mrs. A Devachander, trained by Geoff Woodruff and was ridden by Gavin Lerena.

Silvano’s HAWWAAM wins Champions Challenge G1

HAWWAAM (Silvano – Halfway To Heaven by Jet Master) – winner of THE R4,000,000 PREMIER’S CHAMPIONS CHALLENGE G1 at Turffontein by 4 lengths from CASCAPEDIA and DIVINE ODYSSEY. HAWWAAM was bred by Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein and is owned by Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, trained by Mike de Kock and was ridden by Anton Marcus.

Querari’s Head Honcho strikes again

Querari’s son Head Honcho demonstrated that attribute so prized in a thoroughbred, courage and tenacity, when he registered his first Graded success in Greyville’s Gr.3 Betting World 2200 on July day. With no pace on, jockey Keagan de Melo boldly sent Sabine Plattner’s homebred to the front fully 1000m from home and that is where... read more

Silvano’s Dominance

The dominance of Silvano was never more evident than in the Gr.2 Gold Bracelet at Greyville on Gold Cup day. In a pulsating finish to the 2000m race, our champion sire ended the season on a high by siring three of the first five runners across the line. Victory went to his lightly-raced three-year-old daughter... read more

GOLDEN SPRINT DAY DOUBLE

Maine Chance-bred runners  had a field day at Scottsville’s famed Golden Sprint meeting, winning two of the four prestigious Gr.1 races. Pathfork filly Mighty High, on just her second racetrack appearance, initiated the double in the Allan Robertson Championship. Approaching the final furlong, the juvenile was caught behind a wall of horses with nowhere to... read more

PLANO – PERFECTION OVER 3600m

Silvano continued his stranglehold on South Africa’s longest race, the 3600m Port Elizabeth Gold Cup when Maine Chance-bred Plano captured the lung-bursting event to provide his sire with a fourth win in the past six years. He joins Silvano’s excellent staying son Crown Of Gold, who contested the marathon race three times and dominated on... read more

Silvano’s son Elusive Silva

If at first you don’t succeed, try and try again. Fifth in last year’s Gr.2 Betting World 1900, Silvano’s son Elusive Silva made no mistake this time round and overcame the extreme outside draw to redeem himself in fine style. Racing amongst the backmarkers early on, jockey Bernard Fayd’Herbe switched the chestnut to the centre... read more

Sommerlied bounced back to best in the Gr.3 Poinsettia Stakes

Maine Chance Farms’ homebred Sommerlied bounced back to best in the Gr.3 Poinsettia Stakes up the Scottsville straight, thus throwing her hat into the ring for the Gr.1 SA Fillies Sprint on 27 May. Returning from a three-month break, the fleet-footed daughter of Var snapped a three-race losing streak with a determined neck victory over... read more

Silvano – A Weekend To Remember

Silvano had another weekend to remember when, in the space of just 24 hours, he added two new stakes winners to his ever growing tally. On 30 March, at Fairview in Port Elizabeth, gelded son Sabbatical earned classic honours with his last gasp success in the Listed East Cape Guineas. Caught behind a wall of... read more

Querari – Building On His Success

Querari’s progeny continue to build on the success of their sire as the season progresses. Whilst his soon to be exported star son, Monks Hood, was a much-missed absentee from the line-up of Turffontein’s Gr.1 SA Classic, the sprinter Pinnacle Peak went a long way to filling that void with a visually impressive maiden stakes... read more

Querari 2-y-o’s finish 1, 2 & 3 in the Listed Ruffian Stakes

While Silvano’s domination of stakes races has been well documented – his progeny having filled the top two or three spots in many of the country’s premier races – that ability now appears to have rubbed off on barn mate, Querari. The son of Oasis Dream took a leaf out of our champion’s book when he sired... read more

Silvano & Querari Rise To The Occasion

Maine Chance stallions once again rose to the occasion at Turffontein’s Guineas meeting, with their respective progeny accounting for two of the four graded stakes on the card. The sophomore colts division has a new poster boy in the shape of Querari’s ultra-talented son Monks Hood. Trained by Alistair Gordon, the Wilgerbosdrift colour bearer rose... read more

Maine Chance bred Janoobi wins Group 2 Zabeel Mile in Dubai

Maine Chance-bred Janoobi, already a Gr.2 Guineas winner in his native country, added a Dubai victory to his resumé when landing the Group 2 Zabeel Mile over the Meydan turf track. Sheikh Hamdan’s talented four-year-old tracked long-time leader and last year’s winner Championship throughout and, when set alight, collared his adversary close to home before... read more

Liege wins Sansui Summer Cup G1

Maine Chance Farms added another Gr.1 success to its honour roll when Liege powered to victory in the Sansui Summer Cup at Turffontein. Having run fourth in the same race in 2016, the five-year-old quickened impressively in the straight to gain the advantage 300m from home and ran on stoutly to score by a decisive... read more

A MEMORABLE WEEKEND FOR MAINE CHANCE

A stakes double put the seal on a memorable weekend for Maine Chance, which saw a quartet of fillies score in the stud’s silks. Homebred Girl On The Run set the ball rolling under the Turffontein lights when she trumped her male rivals in a thrilling finish to the Gr.3 Victory Moon Stakes. The daughter... read more

Canadian glory for Quidura

Talented four-year-old filly Quidura, a half-sister to well performed Cape sires Querari and Quasillo, scored an impressive victory in the G2 Canadian Stakes at Woodbine on Saturday. Querari A daughter of Dubawi, Quidura got past Starship Jubilee inside the final furlong of Saturday’s 1800m turf feature and won by a length for Gestut Fahrhof, trainer... read more

SILVANO – SA RACING’S PRIDE – OUR JOY

The accolades just keep coming for Silvano. At a glittering Equus Awards ceremony in Johannesburg, our blue chip sire took home the silverware for Stallion of the Year, barely a week after receiving a similar accolade at the Cape Breeders Awards evening. The honours are well-deserved, for Silvano had just notched up a second Champion... read more

LATERAL IS NO MORE

Lateral [GB] was put down on Wednesday night, 16 August. The 14-year-old stood at Southford Stud, for the past three seasons, but sadly suffered a broken leg. An Italian champion at two and the leading three-year-old and miler in Germany in 2006, Lateral possessed a rare turn of foot for a son of classic sire... read more

Silvano – The Gentle Champion

Silvano was named 2016-17 Stallion Of The Year at this week’s Cape Breeders Awards evening, held in Stellenbosch. The country’s leading stallion of 2013-14, our flagship stallion claimed a second Champion Sires’ Title when ending the 2016-17 racing season with all-time record progeny earnings of R27,867,675. Such was his dominance, that he finished nearly R8,7-million... read more

MAXIOS (GB) 2008 | Monsun – Moonlight’s Box by Nureyev

MAXIOS (GB) stands in Germany at Andreas Jacobs’ Stiftung Gestüt Fährhof. Maxios is Monsun’s best bred son at stud and is from the family of NORTHERN DANCER and DANEHILL. MAXIOS is also half-brother to European Champion, BAGO, winner of the Juddmonte Grand Prix de Paris G1, Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe G1, Prix Ganay G1,... read more

THE JACOBS FACTOR

THE JACOBS FACTOR – by Robyn Louw – Dr Andreas Jacobs’ SA Stud Book Influence –  One of my favourite things is my annual Durban July debrief with Charles Faull, historian and form analyst extraordinaire, who always comes up with some firm and interesting views on what we can learn from the outcome of the... read more

Querari & Quasillo’s half-sister QUIDURA (GB) – 2nd in G1 at Saratoga, USA

QUIDURA (Querari and Quasillo’s half-sister by Dubawi) ran a gallant 2nd in the $500,000 G1 Diana Stakes at Saratoga, USA on Saturday, 22nd July. Owned by Andreas Jacobs’ Gestut Fahrhof, the Dubawi filly led the field close to home and fought gallantly all the way to the line, to be just headed by Lady Eli, a... read more

SILVANO’S OFFSPRING DOMINATE

On what was a great day of racing, Silvano stamped his mark on Greyville’s July meeting by siring the first two home in the prestigious Gr.1 Vodacom Durban July. Top honours went to the 2016 runner-up, Marinaresco, who turned on the turbo up the straight, adding the country’s premier race to his already impressive resumé,... read more

SILVANO’S JULY PROSPECTS

Silvano four-year-old, Mr Winsome, secured his place in the final field for the  R4.25 million Gr.1 Vodacom Durban July with his gutsy victory in the Gr.3 Track & Ball Derby at Scottsville on 18 June. Dean Kannemeyer’s charge engaged in a protracted stretch duel with Sun On Africa, but gained the upper hand close to... read more

Joking, becoming serious

Joking, a juvenile daughter of Querari, broke her maiden in the best possible way, with a stylish stakes victory. Facing her sternest test to date, the Maine Chance-bred filly took on stakes winning colts in the Listed Dahlia Plate at Fairview, and passed with flying colours. Approaching the final furlong nearer the back of the... read more

Classic Treble for Silvano

No stallion has dominated a single weekend as Silvano has done. In the space of 24 hours, our champion sired three Classic winners on two different race courses, and a champion son made a triumphant return to action. For the second time in history, our champion sired the winners of both the Gr.1 SA Derby... read more

Silvano flush with a number of exciting three-year-olds

Silvano is flush with a number of exciting three-year-olds this season. This was underlined at Turffontein’s Classic meeting. Having sired the first two home in the March Gr.2 Gauteng Guineas, this time it was Silvano’s daughter, Orchid Island, who provided him with a coveted Gr.1 success, when she landed the SA Fillies Classic, sponsored by... read more

Southern Hemisphere Apex

Oppenheim: Southern Hemisphere Apex Tuesday, March 7, 2017 | By Bill Oppenheim It’s been pretty hot down south so far in 2017, literally as well as figuratively. It’s been a while since we turned the APEX focus to the Southern Hemisphere, so it seems like a good time to take a fresh look. As always,... read more

Dominant Silvano

The result of Saturday’s R1-million Gr.2 Gauteng Guineas once again underlined Silvano’s ability to dominate major stakes races. On Met day, his daughters Nightingale and Star Expess hogged the limelight in the Gr.1 Klawervlei Majorca Stakes, and it was more of the same at Turffontein when his sons Janoobi and Al Sahem fought out a... read more

Banner Hill – G3 winning stakes debut

Maine Chance-bred Banner Hill completed a Gr.3 double for Maine Chance on Queen’s Plate Day – in the marathon Gr.3 Chairman’s Cup over 3200m. Banner Hill – making his stakes debut in this lung-bursting event, the Glen Kotzen runner took the step up in class in his stride, with a rattling come-from-behind victory. The newly-minted stakes... read more

Silvano – stamping his authority

Silvano stamped his authority on the coveted Gr.1 Klawervlei Majorca Stakes in no uncertain manner when he sired the first two across the line, in addition to which he also featured as the broodmare sire of the third-placed runner. In what was without a doubt the finish of Kenilworth’s showpiece Met meeting, his daughters Nightingale... read more

Maine Chance bred HORIZON set for Cape Derby G1

While he may not have beaten much, the high-profile Dynasty colt Horizon put together a convincing performance and booked his ticket into the Investec Cape Derby G1 when winning the R250 000 Gr3 Politician Stakes at Kenilworth on Saturday. Trying the 1800m for the first time, the handsome colt rose to the occasion and suggested that... read more

Time Odyssey – 2nd in Singapore G1

Maine Chance-bred Time Odyssey was rewarded with his first Gr.1 black type this past weekend when he ran out a game second in the Dester Singapore Gold Cup at Kranji, the third leg of the Singapore Triple Crown. In a slow-run race, the Pat Shaw-trained five-year-old chased home long-time leader Bahana (Elusive City) and fell... read more

QUERARI sibling QUIDURA (GB) proves strongest in G3 Valley View Stakes in USA

Gestut Fahrhof’s homebred Quidura (GB) put away rival My Impression (Sky Mesa) and drew clear in the straight to win the G3 Pin Oak Valley View Stakes, the feature race at Keeneland on Friday, by a length and a quarter. Content to sit just off the pace in fourth through the early stages of the race,... read more

Another G2 Winner for Querari (Ger)

Even money favourite Kangaroo Jack (Querari – Rainbow Flag by Model Man) showed his class with an authoritative win in Saturday’s G2 Joburg Spring Challenge at Turffontein over 1450m. Bred and owned by the Wallace family and trained by Gary Alexander, the 4yo made it 5 wins in a row with an easy 2 length victory in the R400,000 contest, beating... read more

Tellina (Silvano) – an eye-catching effort in his German debut

Fresh off a six-month break, Maine Chance home-bred Tellina marked his return to action with an eye-catching effort in his German debut for the Andreas Wohler stable. Contesting the Gr.3 German St Leger at Dortmund in the silks of Maine Chance’s German sister stud, Stiftung Gestüt Fahrhof, the Silvano gelding was held up towards the... read more

Marinaresco (by Silvano) wins the Champions Cup Gr1

MARINARESCO (by Silvano – Gay Fortuna by Fort Wood) winner of the Champions Cup Gr1 on 31 July 2016 by 1,25 lengths from Judicial, No Worries and Saratoga Dancer. Marinaresco was 2nd in the Vodacom Durban July Gr1 and 3rd in the Investec Cape Derby Gr1. Marinaresco has recently been awarded a merit rating of 110. Durban-based... read more

Querari (GER) gets his first Gr1 Winner

QUERARI FALCON (Querari – Pretty Waves by  Crimson Waves) wins the THEKWINI STAKES (Grade 1) by a length from Dawn Calling. Prominent owner Adriaan van Vuuren paid only R90,000 for Querari Falcon. She is the first Gr 1 produced by the promising Oasis Dream stallion Querari (GER), who stands at Main Chance Farms. Trained by... read more

Maine Chance Record Breaker!

The pedigree stood out, the specimen stood out and in the end, his price stood out! The pick of the sale, Lot 48,  consigned by Maine Chance Farms, a Dynasty colt out of the full sister to Silvano fetched a record price for a yearling sold on our shores. At R5.2 million he was knocked... read more

Silvano Offspring Dominate in Durban July

The progeny of 2001 Arlington Million (gr. I) winner Silvano dominated the finish of the 2015 Vodacom Durban July (SAf-I) July 4 at Greyville Racecourse in South Africa. Silvano sons Power King, Punta Arenas, and Tellina ran 1-2-3 to give their sire, South Africa’s champion sire in 2012-2013, the trifecta in the R3.5 million race.... read more

Newsells is leading vendor at Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1

09/10/2015 Street Cry ex Shastye Newsells Park Stud enjoyed outstanding results at the Tattersalls Book 1 Sale this week finishing as the leading vendor with an aggregate of 8,160,000gns, and an average of 429,474gns for 19 lots sold. The highlight being the sale topper and highest priced auction yearling in the world this year, Lot... read more

Record Price for Dubawi Colt at Tattersalls October Book 2

Trade on the second day of Book 2 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale continued to be strong with the highlight coming at the beginning of the sale when a colt by Dubawi achieved a record breaking price of 725,000 guineas when selling to John Ferguson. The fireworks on Day 2 arrived just before lunchtime... read more

Yearling filly out of Loveisallyouneed realises 2.1m gns at Tattersalls

07/10/2015 Loveisallyouneed yearling by Dubawi Newsells Park Stud is enjoying a tremendous sale so far with their consignment at Tattersalls Book 1 Sale this year. The highlight being the sale topper today and highest priced yearling this year, Lot 304, a daughter of Dubawi out of Loveisallyouneed, a daughter of the wonderful mare Jude, selling... read more

Legatissimo shows her star quality in Gr.1 Matron Stakes

13/09/2015 Legatissimo Matron Stakes Legatissimo showed her star quality once again with a comfortable victory in the Coolmore Fastnet Rock Matron Stakes (Gr.1) over 1m at Leopardstown yesterday for owners Michael Tabor, Mrs John Magnier and Derrick Smith. Bred, raised and sold by Newsells Park Stud, it was a top-class performance by this three-year-old filly.... read more