Klawervlei Stud’s inform stallion WILLIAM LONGSWORD (Captain Al) has had a wonderful few weeks, and his good form continued when William Longsword came up with two more winners over the weekend.
Not only did William Longsword gelding THE CANE TRAIN score at Turffontein on Saturday but another son of William Longsword, BELLA’S PABLO, won at Hollywoodbets Scottsville the following day.
William Longsword went close to having a four timer on Sunday, with his daughter SHIPHOLIA just beaten when second in the sixth race at Hollywoodbets Scottsville, and another daughter LONG STREET finishing second in Sunday’s third race.
His first success over the weekend came when his son THE CANE TRAIN justified favouritism to score at Turffontein for Robyn Klaasen, Gavin Lerena and Nu-Atlas Racing.
Bred by the Tawny Syndicate, three-year-old The Cane Train powered into the lead 300m from home and kept galloping strongly to shed his maiden by just over half a length.
The Cane Train, who had finished third on his penultimate start, is bred on the same William Longsword/Medaglia D’Oro cross as Listed Secretariat Stakes winner Bon Vivant.
Runner up in his last three starts prior to Sunday’s win, the Peter Muscutt trained Bella’s Pablo was in front a long way from home in Sunday’s Gallop TV Maiden Plate (1950m) and he stayed on strongly to win impressively by five lengths.
Bred by Klawervlei Stud, Bella’s Pablo (bred on the same William Longsword/Galileo cross as G1 winning sprinter DYCE) races for Mr Murugasa.
Winner of the G1 Cape Guineas (like his outstanding sire Captain Al), William Longsword is also sire of the very classy BACK IN BUSINESS. The latter made it back to back wins when romping home to a facile win in the recent Listed Betway Spring Spree Stakes and he looks destined for bigger and better things.
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