Klawervlei Stud’s homebred G1 Cape Guineas winner WILLIAM LONGSWORD (Captain Al) gained a handsome boost to his pedigree on Saturday.
His close relative THE REAL PRINCE (Gimmethegreenlight) showed his mettle when downing a superb field to land the G1 Hollywoodbets Durban July on Saturday.

Trained by Dean Kannemeyer, the lightly raced four-year-old was given a fine ride by Craig Zackey to win the R5 000 000 Hollywoodbets Greyville showpiece. The Real Prince powered into the lead 200m from home, and kept going gamely to hold off the resurgent favourite EIGHT ON EIGHTEEN (whose dam, like William Longsword, was sired by CAPTAIN AL) by a neck. Bred and owned by Khaya Stables, The Real Prince has won five of ten starts, with the gelding having also prevailed in the Listed City Of Cape Town Jet Master Stakes earlier this season.

Out of William Longsword’s G1 winning half-sister REAL PRINCESS (Trippi),  The Real Prince is a full-brother to multiple G1 winner GIMME A PRINCE, G3 BakerMcVeigh Diana Stakes queen GIMMIE’S COUNTESS and recent debut winner GIMMIE RULES.

William Longsword himself enjoyed success on Saturday with his son ROLLO THE VIKING winning the 12^th and final race on the Hollywoodbets Durban July card.

Klawervlei Stud’s homebred stallion WILLIAM LONGSWORD (Captain Al) continues to churn out winners and the strapping bay was at it again this weekend. Not only did William Longsword gelding IMAGINABLE win impressively at Fairview on Friday, but William Longsword came up with two smart winners at Turffontein on Saturday.

The Klawervlei resident looks to have a potentially smart two-year-old to his name in the form of TITAN OF THE TURF. The latter made an impressive winning debut when he won the third race on Saturday. Under Craig Zackey, the Tony Peter trained colt made all the running, despite losing a shoe, to win the #Youcanbetonus! Maiden Plate (1160m) by two and three quarter lengths. The race was a good one for William Longsword, with Titan Of The Turf beating fellow William Longsword son SILVER LONGSWORD into third spot. Bred by his part-owner Mrs Nicole Nassif-Zackey, the exciting Titan Of The Turf races for his breeder in partnership with Messrs W C Nassif, M F Oozeer & S Amoorgasapillay.

William Longsword’s second winner on Saturday came when his son ENSUING won the ninth and final race at Turffontein. Under Gavin Lerena, the five-year-old powered home from off the pace to get up and win the Next Turffontein Racemeeting Sunday 6 July MR 70 Handicap (1160m) by a length.
Trained by Johan Janse Van Vuuren, the Rikesh Sewgoolam owned gelding has now won five times. The well bred Ensuing, who lugged 63kgs to victory on Saturday, was bred by Laurence Wernars.

His G1 Cape Guineas winning sire has been in good form of late, with William Longsword’s son RICHARD THE FIRST winning a good race at Turffontein on Thursday.

The promising Klawervlei Stud bred UKUDUMA (Vercingetorix) maintained her unbeaten record when she won the Listed Irridescence Stakes (1500m) at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday.
Trained by Vaughan Marshall, the promising filly had won her only previous start and made it two wins from two starts with her victory on Saturday.

Under an inspired ride from Gavin Lerena, two-year-old Ukuduma kept finding in the closing stages to stay on gamely and win by a short-head.

Owned by Mukund Gujadhur, Grant Knowles, John Koster and Lance and Delma Sherrell, Ukuduma was a R2 600 000 purchase from the 2024 National Yearling Sale.

A daughter of the Klawervlei bred champion VERCINGETORIX (Silvano), Ukuduma is the first stakes winner produced by her dam THUNDER DANCE (Jet Master). The latter won six races including both the G1 TAB Paddock Stakes and G1 Empress Club Stakes.
The regally bred Thunder Dance was produced by Fort Wood’s top-class daughter SHADOW DANCING, herself a half-sister  to legendary sire Captain Al.

Klawervlei Stud’s G1 Cape Guineas winning stallion WILLIAM LONGSWORD (Captain Al) continues to come up with smart winners.
The son of Captain Al had another good winner at Fairview on Friday when his daughter BONJOUR LA VILLE won over 1000 metres.
In the process, the Kelly Mitchley trained two-year-old made it two wins from her last three starts.

Under Brevan Plaatjies, Bonjour La Ville roared away from her older rivals to win the TAB Telebet 0861 000 822 MR 78 Handicap (1000m) by two and a quarter lengths. The consistent filly has won or been placed in five of her seven starts. Bred by Stonehill Stud, Friday’s winner races for the KM Racing Syndicate and Mr Cotterell.

William Longsword, who hails from one of the best families in the stud book, shares his increasingly influential sire Captain Al with a host of proven and promising stallions.
Captain Al also ranks as the sire of ERIK THE RED and ONE WORLD, South Africa’s Leading First and Second Season Sires respectively for 2024-2025, with another son, MALMOOS, set to be represented by his first runners next season.

Klawervlei Stud’s four time G1 winning stallion TWICE OVER (Observatory) had a handsome update to his pedigree when his relative OMBUDSMAN (Night Of Thunder) won the G1 Prince Of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot on Wednesday.

In the process, Ombudsman made amends for Twice Over, who ran second in the 2010 Prince Of Wales’s Stakes and fourth in the same race in 2009 and fifth in 2011.

Trained by John and Thady Gosden, four-year-old Ombudsman overcame trouble in running to claim his biggest win to date. Ombudsman, ridden by William Buick in the blue silks of Godolphin, was repeatedly short of room until over a furlong out, but he picked up strongly when in the clear and won going away by two lengths.

Last season’s Champion Stakes winner Anmaat, who had every chance when produced to lead inside the final couple of furlongs, finished runner-up, while See The Fire, the only filly in the race, was a further two and a half lengths back in third.

Ombudsman failed to make it to the racecourse as a juvenile but progressed well as a three-year-old and won all four starts in 2024, notably the Group 3 Prix du Prince d’Orange at Longchamp.

He had been an encouraging runner-up to Almaqam, when giving away 3 lb, in the Brigadier Gerard Stakes on his return at Sandown last month.

Ombudsman, who has won five of six starts, is out of SYNDICATE (Dansili), whose fourth dam LOST VIRTUE (Cloudy Dawn) is the third dam of Twice Over.

This is also the family of this season’s top-class son COSMIC YEAR (Kingman), who ran second in the 2025 G1 Tattersalls Irish 2000 Guineas.

Klawervlei Stud’s blue blooded stallion WILLIAM LONGSWORD (Captain Al) sports a female line which continues to impress.
On Saturday, exciting two-year-old GIMMIE RULES (Gimmethegreenlight), whose dam is a half-sister to William Longsword, made the perfect start to his career when making a winning debut at Hollywoodbets Scottsville.

Trained by Dean Kannemeyer, the Khaya Stables bred and owned colt made a big impression in Saturday’s Maiden Juvenile Plate (1200m). Under Craig Zackey, Gimmie Rules stormed home to get up and win first time out by a length.

The regally bred colt, who looks destined for bigger and better things, is a full-brother to multiple G1 winner GIMME A PRINCE, G3 Baker McVeigh Diana Stakes winner GIMMIE’S COUNTESS and Listed City Of Cape Town Jet Master Stakes winner THE REAL PRINCE. The latter holds an entry for the 2025 G1 Hollywoodbets Durban July.

Gimmie Rules is the fourth winner from as many runners for William Longsword’s top-class half-sister REAL PRINCESS (Trippi). The latter won six times with her victories including triumphs in the G1 South African Fillies Sprint and G3 Poinsettia Stakes.