Klawervlei Stud enjoyed some fantastic results at the 2026 Premier Yearling Sale, which took place at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Friday and Saturday.
Klawervlei ended the two day auction as the sale’s Leading Vendors, by Aggregate, with Klawervlei, as Agent, selling 44 yearlings for R25.8 million.

The top priced lot sold from this draft was the Vercingetorix colt (Lot 123), who was knocked down to Gina Bortz for R3 000 000. A full-brother to Listed Irridescence Stakes winner UKUDUMA (Vercingetorix) and three-parts brother to the stakes placed SHE’S A RAINBOW (Silvano), the bay was produced by top-class racemare THUNDER DANCE (Jet Master). The latter, whose dual G1 winning dam SHADOW DANCING (Fort Wood) is a half-sister to Klawervlei’s legendary sire CAPTAIN AL (Al Mufti), won six times with Thunder Dance’s victories including triumphs in both the G1 Paddock Stakes and G1 Empress Club Stakes. 

Klawervlei’s resident sires KOMMETDIEDING (Elusive Fort) and TWICE OVER (Observatory) also enjoyed notable success at the Premier Sale.
The charismatic Kommetdieding, winner of both the G1 Vodacom Durban July and G1 World Sports Betting Cape Town Met, had members of his first crop make up to R900 000 at the 2026 Premier Yearling Sale, while four time G1 winning champion Twice Over, likewise, had yearlings fetch up to R900 000.

Klawervlei Stud’s multiple G1 winning stallion KOMMETDIEDING (Elusive Fort) enjoyed a handsome update to his pedigree on Saturday.
Progressive three-year-old DIOGENES (Hawwaam) landed the biggest win of his career when he captured the Listed WSB Hawwaam Stakes at Turffontein on Saturday.

In the process, the Weichong Marwing trained gelding stamped himself a potential contender for the upcoming G2 TAB SA Derby.
Under a great ride from Muzi Yeni, Diogenes tracked the front running TEXAS MISSILE (One World) before hitting the front with 100m left to run.
From there, the son of Hawwaam drew off to post his first black type win by a length and a half.

Bred by Riethuiskraal Stud, Diogenes races for Mr Havenga.

The progressive gelding has won three of nine starts, with Diogenes victorious in his last two starts.

Diogenes is out of G3 Diana Stakes runner up CAPTAINOFMYSOUL (Captain Al), a three-parts sister to both triple G1 winner CAPTAIN AMERICA (Captain Al) and Listed Gardenia Handicap runner up ADORABLE.
The latter is the dam of Kommetdieding, an unbeaten galloper at two who went on to win both the G1 Vodacom Durban July and G1 World Sports Betting Cape Town Met.

The brilliant Kommetdieding also enjoyed notable success at the recent Premier Yearling Sale, where members of his first crop made up to R900 000.

Klawervlei Stud’s homebred G1 Cape Guineas winner WILLIAM LONGSWORD (Captain Al) had a good double at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Sunday.
William Longsword looks to have a progressive sort to his name in the form of SWORD SPEED.

That three-year-old made it two wins from four starts when he won Sunday’s Century Club Middle Stakes (1950m).
Under Mickaelle Michel, Sword Speed came with a strong run down the outside of the track, and he got up to win by just over three-parts of a length.

Trained by Alyson Wright, the Rob Champion owned Sword Speed has won or been placed in three of four outings and he looks above average.

William Longsword’s second success on Sunday came when his daughter CALL OF THE KAROO finished in a dead-heat for first place in the tenth and final race.
Trained by Glen Kotzen, the three-year-old unleashed a fine turn of foot which saw Call Of The Karoo fly up late and she put her head down where it mattered to share the win with JANE’S VISION (Visionaire).
Bred by Klawervlei Stud, Call Of The Karoo is owned by Mr Fegen, Glen Kotzen and the Woodhill Racing Syndicate.

By the same sire as such exciting sires as ONE WORLD, ERIK THE RED and MALMOOS, William Longsword has sired a number of high-class performers including G1 winning sprinter DYCE.

Klawervlei Stud bred thoroughbreds enjoyed good success at Turffontein on Saturday.
Not only did the Klawervlei bred SECRETARY BIRD (Rafeef) win Saturday’s Listed Wilgerbosdrift Ruffian Stakes, but the Klawervlei Stud bred champions ONE WORLD (Captain Al) and VERCINGETORIX (Silvano) are the sires of WORLD ATTRACTION, winner of Saturday’s Listed TAB Storm Bird Stakes, and GRAND EMPIRE, victorious in the same day’s G1 HKJC World Pool SA Classic respectively.

Promising two-year-old Secretary Bird made it two wins from just three starts when she won the Ruffian Stakes (1000m) on Saturday.
Under Ryan Munger, the Sean Tarry trained filly exploded through late to draw off and win convincingly by two and a quarter lengths.

Owned by the ASSM Racing Syndicate, Secretary Bird is a full-sister to the useful performer TINTIN (Rafeef).

Saturday’s winner is out of SECRETARIAT’S GIRL (Captain Al), a five time winning own sister to the stakes winning dam of the Klawervlei bred G1 South African Fillies Sprint winner MIA MOO (Vercingetorix).

Secretariat’s Girl, also closely related to multiple stakes winner MELTING MOMENTS (Captain Al), has a Futura filly (Lot 83) on offer at the upcoming Premier Yearling Sale.

The Klawervlei Stud bred I’M A FIREBALL (Vercingetorix) confirmed the promise he had shown earlier in his career when he won the March Stakes at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Sunday.

Trained by Mike and Mathew de Kock (Mike having trained both of I’m A Fireball’s parents), I’m A Fireball was given a superb ride by Callan Murray in Sunday’s feature race.
Murray quickly took his mount to the front, and kept I’m A Fireball going strongly for the pair to hold off ROLAND GARROS (Vercingetorix) and win by nearly half a length.
Owned by Hollywood Racing, the classy I’m A Fireball has won two of his last three starts and looks to be well above average.

The gelding is certainly bred to be good. A son of the Klawervlei Stud bred champion and champion sire Vercingetorix, I’m A Fireball is out of the top-class racemare GIBRALTAR BLUE (Rock Of Gibraltar), whose seven wins (four of which came in graded stakes races) including the G2 KRA Fillies Guineas. To date, Gibraltar Blue has produced seven winners including I’m A Fireball and his full-sister CULLINAN BLUE (Vercingetorix). The latter was beaten less than a length when finishing third in the 2024 Listed Betway Swallow Stakes.

This is also the family of promising three-year-old THESECRETADVERSARY (St Mark’s Basilica), who holds an entry for the 2026 G1 Betfred Derby.

Klawervlei Stud will be offering a Vercingetorix full-sister to I’m A Fireball and Cullinan Blue at the Premier Yearling Sale later this month, and she promises to attract plenty of attention!