Spring Water Farm

Spring Water Farm is the continuity of a 40 year French family tradition in the worldwide thoroughbred breeding and racing operation for Xavier and Nathalie Bozo.

Situated in South Africa's magnificent KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, this 70 hectare farm is surrounded by the Drakensberg Mountains, and just alongside the famous Summerhill Stud, it is the most beautiful place to breed horses, while at the same time offering peaceful, comfortable and friendly accommodation as a bed and breakfast facility.

A truly unique combination, Spring Water Farm was purchased by Xavier and Nathalie in 2009, and after some years of preparation, the Mooi River property is ready for raising horses and to welcome anybody wishing to spend time in the middle of future champions, be it for a night, a week or longer.

The farm's principal activity is the purchase, breeding and raising of (weanlings) until they go to the yearling or the "ready to run" sales.

FOAL SYNDICATE
This is the opportunity for young horses to be purchased for the sole purpose of reselling at a later date. Pinhooking, as it relates to thoroughbred racehorses, means purchasing the horse for the specific purpose of a later resale. In this instance, our intention is to purchase the weanlings privately or at one of the major auction sales in South Africa or Australasia. The period of this market is between April, May or June. The horses will be maintained and conditioned at Spring Water Farm in South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal Midlands), then resold the following year in the late summer or earlier at one of the major yearling sales in South Africa.

All weanlings fitting our pedigree criteria are inspected at each sale and the team "short lists" the desirable horses. These are inspected at least once more, before turning over the "shorter" list to our veterinarian who examines the foals for soundness of bone and wind. X Rays are available as needed in the Sale Repositories, but other shots may be required. Endoscopic exams are performed on all weanlings prior to sale.

When the time will come the yearlings will be presented at the major sales like: the summer sales in Cape Town at the end of January or in Johannesburg at the TBA sales at the end of April while some of the yearlings for any reason would suit better at the July sales in Durban).

INTERCONTINENTAL BLOODSTOCK
Intercontinental Bloodstock is the investigator of the Midlands Foal Syndicate. A worldwide and experienced company involved in the horse business through its manager Xavier Bozo.

This Thoroughbred bloodstock company was created in 1996 by Xavier Bozo. Xavier has 40 years of experience in the worldwide breeding and racing industry, having bought mares, weanlings, yearlings and racing horses with great success, and most of them having turned out very well liked. Recently Americain (bought for US$ 200,000) then a Melbourne Cup winner in the same year (earning AUS $ 2,700,000). Lilly of The Valley a Gr1 winner unbeaten 3 year old filly having been bought € 160,000,00 as a yearling and resold to Japan for € 2 Million. Intercontinental Bloodstock bought the grand dam of Excelebration (2012 Top miler in Europe) and many other dams or sisters or brothers of Champions.

Youngsters are Xavier’s passion and his eye has been well educated over the years and during his many travels around the world.

Xavier Bozo has for many years managed different stud farms. Taking care of mares and foals, sale preparations, stallion management, having worked beside horses for many years, as well as having purchased as a bloodstock agent at all the major thoroughbred sales in the major countries for the family farm and or for clients.

While having developed a n