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Bright-eyed boy awaiting mares

Bright-eyed boy awaiting mares

A triple G1 winner and South Africa’s champion miler of 2013 and 14, CAPETOWN NOIR (Western Winter) has settled down beautifully on the farm and awaits mares from breeders for the 2023 covering season. His offspring includes G1 winners...

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They look good in our breeches!

They look good in our breeches!

Photographer Candiese Lenferna sent us this nice pic of Stealth Attack stretching out to beat Fairy Tripp at Greyville earlier this week in the hands of our sponsored apprentice, Siphesihle Hlengwa. He beat Richard Fourie in this race, which...

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The Rileys at Royal Ascot

The Rileys at Royal Ascot

Heversham Park’s Nigel and Kat Riley flew out to the United Kingdom in the last week of June to attend the Royal Ascot meeting, to visit Penny Farm at Newmarket, and the Newmarket Museum of Horseracing. They were accompanied by Charl...

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‘Wings’ gets his first winner

‘Wings’ gets his first winner

WINGS of Desire (GB), our former resident stallion, now deceased, sired his first winner when home-bred Racinante (ex Paxmak), won a Maiden Plate over 2000m on the Polytrack at Fairview on Monday, 26 June. Three-year-old Racinante is owned and...

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Capetown Noir moves to Heversham Park

Capetown Noir moves to Heversham Park

FROM BUSINESS DAY LIVE: By David Mollett Heversham Park Farm, run by advocate Nigel Riley and his wife Katerina, recently hit the racing headlines when revealing they will be standing one of the best performing horses in the country, Capetown...

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Jackson stamps his fillies

Jackson stamps his fillies

KAILENE, trained by Michael Roberts, became the latest filly to win for stallion Jackson. She ran on powerfully to beat a competitive field in a handicap over 1600m at Scottsville on Wednesday. Rachel Venniker held her reins. This was...

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Jackson’s Rockie Reef wins again!

Jackson’s Rockie Reef wins again!

Rockie Reef (Jackson), posted a follow-up win in a 2400m contest against males on Scottsville’s Festival of Sprints Day, Saturday 3 June. Trained by Peter Muscutt, she’s a daughter of Jackson, who stands at Heversham Park at just...

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Zirconeum’s Sparkling Jubilee wins

Zirconeum’s Sparkling Jubilee wins

Sparkling Jubilee could’ve been named ‘Pearl Jubilee’ as she was a 30th Wedding Anniversary Present from Mike to Diane de Kock, but racing partner Chris Haynes named her such after top mare Sparkling Water and the Queen’s Jubilee, which was...

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Rosette collectors

Rosette collectors

Kat and Elektra are stacking up rosettes at Heversham House. Elektra has been making steady progress this last year, she notched a 1st and a 3rd in the pony dressage class on Saturday, 27 May.  We are very proud also of Kat, she did her...

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Martha and Bullseye

Martha and Bullseye

The South African Miniature Horse website describes these cute little things as “striking, small, well balanced horses that, if all reference to size were eliminated, would have the same conformational proportions of other full sized light...

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Samurai Blade, jumping

Samurai Blade, jumping

Christen Hogan, over the jumps on 10-year-old Samurai Blade (Where’s That Tiger), retired at Heversham Park and loving life. On his day, Samurai Blade competed in the Durban July, Daily News and Summer Cup.  

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