Outstanding mare Dancewiththedevil got the timing right when she won the G1 Summer Cup at Turffontein last Saturday less than 24 hours after she was named the Kwazulu-Natal Breeder's Horse Of The Year.
At the function the chairman of the Kwazulu-Natal Breeders, Koos de Klerk, pointed to the success of KZN-bred horses at the Equus Awards and also reminded that KZN-bred or consigned horses had filled the first two places as well as fourth place in the Vodacom Durban July.
Winners at the KZN Breeders Awards for 2011:-
2YO Filly: Extra Zero (Summerhill Stud)
2YO Colt: Midnight Serenade (Clifton Stud)
Sprinter Female: Onehundredacrewood (Summerhill Stud)
Sprinter Male: Arabian Mist (Summerhill Stud)
Middle Distance Female: Dancewiththedevil (Graystone Stud)
Middle Distance Male: The Apache (Scott Bros)
Stayer Female: Fisani (Summerhill Stud)
Stayer Male: The Apache (Scott Bros)
3YO Filly: Las Ramblas (GEJ van der Merwe)
3YO Colt: The Apache (Scott Bros)
Older Female: Dancewiththedevil (Graystone Stud)
Older Male: Pierre Jourdan (Summerhill Stud)
Broodmare Of The Year: Gypsy Queen (Rathmor Stud)
Stallion Of The Year: Mogok (Highdown Stud)
Stallion Prospect: Miesque's Approval (Highdown Stud)
Breeder Of The Year: Summerhill Stud
Breeding Achievement: St John Gray
Industry Award: Ian Outram
International Achievement: Gypsy's Warning (Rathmor Stud)
Horse Of The Year: Dancewiththedevil (Graystone Stud)