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Captain Of All filly lands Devon Air Stakes

by Ruth Robertson | Jun 11, 2024 | Klawervlei Stud, Racing Results

Klawervlei Stud’s multiple G1 winning stallion CAPTAIN OF ALL (Captain Al) has been in great form of late and the champion son of Captain Al was at it again on Saturday when his daughter WHISTLE THE TUNE won the Listed Hollywoodbets Super League Devon Air Stakes (1400m) at Hollywoodbets Greyville.
Trained by Glen Kotzen, Whistle The Tune was given a fine ride by Richard Fourie to land Saturday’s R200 000 contest.

The two-year-old, who races for Sandy and Eugene Arundel, stormed home down the inside of the track, and hit the front with 200m left to run.
Fourie kept the Oldlands Stud bred Whistle The Tune going and the pair stayed on to win by nearly three-parts of a length.

She is the second daughter of Captain Of All to win the Listed Devon Air Stakes, with the sire’s WHAT YOU ARE victorious in the 2019 race.

Champion Sprinter Captain Of All also enjoyed success at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth recently when his progressive son MEU CAPITANO won the Winter Sprint in smart fashion.

South Africa’s Champion Sprinter of 2014-2015, Captain Of All has seven lots on offer at the 2024 KZN Yearling Sale.

Kommetdieding relative lands French Derby

by Ruth Robertson | Jun 4, 2024 | Klawervlei Stud

Klawervlei Stud’s G1 July/G1 Met winning sire KOMMETDIEDING (Elusive Fort) hails from an exceptional female line and this family was in the headlines yet again on Sunday.

Unbeaten three-year-old LOOK DE VEGA (Lope De Vega), like Kommetdieding a descendant of CHANDELIER (Goyama) showed his class when he won Sunday’s G1 Qatar Prix du Jockey Club (French Derby) at Chantilly.

Unbeaten in three Look De Vega, who was emulating his sire in winning the French classic, notched the French Derby in style for Carlos and Yann Lerner and Ronan Thomas, leaving his perfect record intact at Chantilly in the feature.

One of the market leaders along with Aidan O’Brien’s Diego Velazquez, the colt came into the race with two comfortable prior victories under his belt.

He broke well from the stalls and settled in behind the front runners under Ronan Thomas, keeping his powder dry until the home straight when others began to falter.

Then he picked up the lead, surging clear in the final two furlongs to cross the line comfortably ahead of First Look.

Look De Vega was cut from 33-1 into 8-1 for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe following his win on Sunday.

This family was in the news earlier in the year when TUZ (Oxbow) won the G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen. Tuz, like Kommetdieding and Look De Vega, is a direct descendant of QUEEN OF LIGHT (Borealis).

An exceptional racehorse, Kommetdieding won the G1 Vodacom Durban July in 2021, and the G1 World Sports Betting Cape Town Met the following year.

His eagerly awaited first foals arrive this year.

Winter Sprint triumph for Captain of All

by Ruth Robertson | Jun 4, 2024 | Klawervlei Stud

Klawervlei Stud’s triple G1 winning CAPTAIN OF ALL (Captain Al) looks to have come up with a very smart sprinter in the form of MEU CAPITANO.

The latter made it three wins in a row when running out an impressive winner of Sunday’s Winter Sprint run at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth.

The 2024 Winter Sprint was a triumph for Captain All, with Meu Captaino and fellow Captain Of All son JERUSALEMA RAIN finishing first and third respectively.

Trained by Piet Steyn, the progressive Meu Capitano was given a confident ride by Richard Fourie in Sunday’s 1200m sprint.

Fourie unleashed the three-year-old with 200m from home, and Meu Capitano quickly responded by opening up and drawing off to win a good race by a length and a half.

In the process, the Beaumont Stud bred gelding accounted for such high-class graded stakes winners as QUESTIONING (Querari), BEREAVE (Vercingetorix), WE’RE JAMMING (Duke Of Marmalade) and Equus Champion RIO QUERARI.

Owned by Mr C A F Goncalves & Mr D Luiz, Meu Capitano has now won four of eight starts.

Earlier on the card, Captain Of All’s speedy daughter SHE’S MY CAPTAIN had picked up her fifth career when running out a game winner of the Perfectly Placed Class 4 (F and M) over1000 metres.

Under Richard Fourie (the only jockey to have won on her), the Harold Crawford/Michelle Rix trained mare produced a smart turn of foot which saw She’s My Captain get up close home and win by nearly half a length.

Bred by Klawervlei Stud, She’s My Captain races for Michelle Rix and Adrian Long.

Former Equus Champion Captain Of All has five lots on offer at the upcoming Cape Racing Winter Yearling Sale and seven lots on offer at the KZN Yearling Sale.

Twice Over stars entered for Irish champion stakes

by Ruth Robertson | Jun 3, 2024 | Klawervlei Stud

Klawervlei Stud’s four time G1 winning stallion TWICE OVER (Observatory) has two of his top sons entered for one of the world’s greatest races.

Both SEE IT AGAIN (Twice Over) and DOUBLE SUPERLATIVE (Twice Over) feature among the entries for the 2024 G1 Royal Bahrain Irish Champion Stakes, with that Leopardstown showpiece due to be run this year on September 14th.

Other notable entries for this year’s Irish Champion Stakes include last year’s winner AUGUSTE RODIN (Deep Impact) as well as the likes of CITY OF TROY (Justify), FACTEUR CHEVAL (Ribchester), and METROPOLITAN (Zarak) to name but a few.

The Irish Champion Stakes has been won by some of the greatest horses in history, with its honour roll not only including such legendary stallions as SADLER’S WELLS (Northern Dancer), GIANT’S CAUSEWAY (Storm Cat) and SEA THE STARS (Cape Cross), but also by such superb gallopers as TRIPTYCH (Riverman), INDIAN SKIMMER (Storm Bird), SUAVE DANCER (Green Dancer), DAYLAMI (Doyoun) and GOLDEN HORN (Cape Cross).

Both See It Again and Double Superlative are top-class performers in their own rights. The Drakenstein Stud bred See It Again has won a trio of graded stakes including both the 2023 G1 SplashOut Cape Derby and 2023 G1 Daily News 2000, while Double Superlative was victorious in both the 2024 G1 World Sports Betting Cape Town Met and 2021 G1 Cape Guineas.

Both horses are likely contenders for this year’s G1 Hollywoodbets Durban July, a race in which See It Again finished second in 2023. See It Again’s three-parts brother DO IT AGAIN (Twice Over) won the July in both 2018 and 2019.

Twice Over has a single lot on offer at the 2024 KZN Yearling Sale -a filly (Lot 51) whose dam is a five time winning daughter of CAPTAIN AL (Al Mufti).

William Longsword filly could be a classic contender

by Ruth Robertson | Jun 3, 2024 | Klawervlei Stud

Klawervlei Stud’s G1 Cape Guineas winning sire WILLIAM LONGSWORD (Captain Al) looks to have a smart two-year-old on his hands in the form of MISS SCALETTA.

The latter made it two wins from just three starts when winning at Turffontein on Thursday afternoon.

A winner on debut, the Paul Matchett trained Miss Scaletta was given a strong ride by Philasande Mxoli to land Thursday’s Highveld Champion 2-Year-Old-Colt -Fire Attack Juvenile Plate over 1600m.

The filly stayed on strongly down the inside of the track to win courageously by three-parts of a length.

Her trainer described Miss Scaletta as a “nice filly who could be a classic contender as a three-year-old” in the post-race interview.

Bred by Varsfontein Stud, Miss Scaletta is owned by Sarah Clarke.

Miss Scaletta joins the likes of COMMANDING and GOLDEN CHANDELIER as promising two-year-old winners representing William Longsword this season.

William Longsword, whose sons DYCE and MELECH both run in Saturday’s G1 Golden Horse Sprint, has five lots on offer at next week’s Cape Racing Winter Yearling Sale and a single filly on sale at the KZN Yearling Sale in July.

Three winners from last three meetings for William Longsword

by Ruth Robertson | May 23, 2024 | Klawervlei Stud, Racing Results, Stallions

Klawervlei Stud’s homebred G1 Cape Guineas winner WILLIAM LONGSWORD (Captain Al) has had a great season thus far, and his good season has continued this week.

William Longsword has had a winner at each of the three last racemeetings, with his son COMMANDING providing jockey Richard Fourie with his 300th win of the 2023-2024 season at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Sunday. Promising two-year-old Commanding, who had contested the R1 000 000 G3 City Of Cape Town Cape Of Good Hope Nursery last time out, got off the mark in fine style on Sunday.

The Glen Kotzen trained colt romped home to break his maiden decisively by three lengths, as he put daylight between himself and his rivals. Bred by Maine Chance Farms (Pty) Ltd, Commanding races for Messrs R P Macnab, S H G Pretorius, A Robertson, L Robertson & J M Singh.

His sire William Longsword struck again at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Tuesday when his daughter DOUBLE DREAM won at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth. The mare, trained like both William Longsword and Captain Al by Vaughan Marshall, stormed home from off the pace and got up to land the Perfectly Placed Class 5 (F&M) (1200m). Bred by Klawervlei Stud, the Vaughan Marshall owned Double Dream was winning for a third time when victorious on Tuesday.

William Longsword’s winning streak continued at Hollywoodbets Greyville the following day when his son IMAGINABLE won the seventh race on the card. The four-year-old, one of five winners on the card for his trainer Alyson Wright, hit the front 150m from home and stayed on gamely to win by just under half a length. Bred by Varsfontein Stud, Imaginable was one of three winners for his owner Rikesh Sewgoolam at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Wednesday.

Not only has William Longsword been enjoying a great season, so too has his family. William Longsword’s G1 South African Fillies Sprint winning half-sister REAL PRINCESS (Trippi) is the dam of the hugely exciting filly GIMME’S COUNTESS (Gimmethegreenlight), who recently romped home to a more than four length win on debut. A full-sister to dual G1 winner GIMME A PRINCE, Gimme’s Countess has been entered in the G1 Allan Robertson Championship.

The sire of this season’s star sprinters DYCE and RULERSHIP, as well as high-class three-year-olds WILLIAM IRON ARM (a runner in Saturday’s G1 Daily News 2000) and SABRE STRIKE, William Longsword has five lots on offer at the upcoming Cape Racing Winter Yearling Sale, and a single lot on offer at the 2024 KZN Yearling Sale.