Tag: Wings Of Desire

Tag: Wings Of Desire

Pivotal dies at 28

Pivotal dies at 28

A phenomenal chapter for Cheveley Park Stud and British bloodstock has come to a close with the death of the stud’s great sire Pivotal at the age of 28.  After a short but very sweet racing career in which he won four of his six...

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From the Bloodstock SA Blog

From the Bloodstock SA Blog

Wings of Desire (GB), the young sire by Pivotal, has his first yearling on offer at the National Yearling Sale next month. Lot 182 – a colt out of Pinkyandthebrain (AUS) who is a half brother to Herodotus who placed 2nd Peninsula Handicap...

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Thorn among the Roses

Thorn among the Roses

OUR resident stallion Wings Of Desire (Pivotal) certainly enjoys his duties on the farm. Here he is, enjoying a break in the garden across from his stable. He’s a real man, and, as Kat Riley chuckles, “a proper thorn among the...

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Our Special offer to KZN Breeders

Our Special offer to KZN Breeders

HEVERSHAM Park Farm of Gauteng is offering free transport to mares based in KwaZulu-Natal for the 2020 breeding season, as well as a reduced service fee for Wings Of Desire (now R10,000), and Moofeed (R5,000). Both stallions have first-season...

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Ferraris honoured at Oaks Trial

Ferraris honoured at Oaks Trial

ORMOND Ferraris, the 87-year-old retired master trainer, was honoured at Turffontein last Saturday when his name was attached to the Listed Oaks Trial. He won no fewer than 10 Oaks in his distinguisged career. Here is Mr Ferraris with Nigel Riley...

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Our foals are looking good!

Our foals are looking good!

HERE are a few pics of foals born at Heversham Park, to be offered at auction sales next year. Our purple-bred international Gr1 performer Wings Of Desire’s ‘babies’ are looking the part, our headline pic is of an August colt...

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The deal with Wings of Desire (GB)

The deal with Wings of Desire (GB)

AT a time when most stud farms in the country have reduced the fees of their stallions, Heversham Park Farm has bucked the trend and increased the service fee of their Pivotal-stallion Wings Of Desire (GB) from R25,000 to R35,000 for the 2019...

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Pivotal’s worldwide influence

Pivotal’s worldwide influence

BARELY a week has gone by in the 2018 season without Pivotal’s talents as a broodmare sire being advertised in major races. This year alone his daughters have supplied top-flight winners Advertise, Cracksman, Fairyland, Olmedo and...

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Wings Of Desire out of 2018 Durban July

Wings Of Desire out of 2018 Durban July

FIVE-year-old import Wings Of Desire (GB) was not supplemented into the Gr1 Vodacom Durban July at the First Acceptance and supplementary stage on Monday. The striking son of Pivotal, who arrived in South Africa in late January for stud duties at...

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