Klawervlei Stud’s inform stallion WILLIAM LONGSWORD (Captain Al) struck twice over the past weekend.
On Saturday, William Longsword gelding NATIONAL AWARD won in Mauritius, while the next day saw William Longsword filly CALL OF THE KAROO win at Hollywoodbets Durbanville.

The Waterford Stud bred National Award picked up the second win of his career when he won Saturday’s The SP Ecogrow Plus Challenge Cup. Trained by Rameshwar Gujadhur, National Award is owned by Mr Abhishek Gujadhur & Mr Bissoonduth Fowdur.

Three-year-old Call Of The Karoo was rewarded for consistency when she claimed Sunday’s Hollywoodbets Durbanville Welcomes You Maiden Plate (1000m). The Glen Kotzen trained filly was given a fine ride by JP Van Der Merwe, who kept Call Of The Karoo going to win by a short head. Bred by Klawervlei, Call Of The Karoo, who had finished second in her two starts prior to Saturday’s win, races for Greg Bortz, Gary Player and Gina Goldsmith.

Call Of The Karoo provided her sire with a 100% strike rate on Sunday, with the filly being William Longsword’s sole runner on the day.
Winner of six of eight races, including the 2016 G1 Cape Guineas, William Longsword has two fillies on offer at this month’s Two Year Old Sale.

Klawervlei look to have bred yet another high-class performer in the form of PERFECT MIRACLE (Hawwaam).
The latter made it two wins from two starts when winning a good race at Turffontein on Saturday.

A six and a quarter length winner on debut, the Tony Peter trained Perfect Miracle duly maintained her unbeaten record when she won the Betway Summer Cup Tickets Are On Sale On Ticketpro Graduation Plate (1200m).
Under a good ride from Calvin Habib, the three-year-old stayed on gamely to win by a neck, despite changing legs throughout running, and Perfect Miracle looks to have a bright career ahead of her.

From the first crop of her sire, Perfect Miracle is owned by Suzette Viljoen.
The unbeaten filly is out of the Tiger Ridge mare FREDDY’S SISTER,  a four time winning three-parts sister to G3 Protea Stakes winner ISPHAN (Tiger Ridge).

Klawervlei Stud’s homebred stallion WILLIAM LONGSWORD (Captain Al) has been in fine form of late, and he was at it again on Wednesday. 

William Longsword had three runners at Fairview on Wednesday, with two of his trio winning impressively.

The Klawervlei resident struck first on Wednesday when his son RICHARDTHEFEARLESS was given a superb ride by Girish Dookhit to win the Play Soccer 6,10 and 13 MR 72 Handicap convincingly. The Zietsman Oosthuizen trained gelding hit the straight well clear of his rivals, and Richardthefearless kept galloping strongly to win by four and a quarter lengths.

Bred by Drakenstein Stud, Richardthefearless, who was making his first start in the Eastern Cape on Wednesday, races for Messrs S Poriazis & G L Chrisochos.

William Longsword is also the sire of ROYAL KINGDOM, who won the eighth and final race at Fairview on Wednesday. The Alan Greeff trained three-year-old powered home, under Richard Fourie, to win the Next Fairview Racemeeting Friday 3 October MR 76 Handicap (1300m) by a length and three quarters, going away! Bred by Mr Campbell, the Peter Moor owned Royal Kingdom has won twice from just six starts. Held in high regard by his connections, Royal Kingdom looks to have a bright future ahead of him.

His G1 Cape Guineas winning sire WILLIAM LONGSWORD has two fillies on offer at the Two Year Old Sale -a full-sister (Lot 52) to the smart JUST BE LEKKER (William Longsword), and a filly (Lot 142) whose three time winning dam is a half-sister to dual stakes winner RUSH FOR JOHN (Jet Master).

Klawervlei Stud look to have bred another smart sort in the form of ASCALON DANCER (Vercingetorix).
The latter, a full-brother to 2025 G1 South African Fillies Sprint winner MIA MOO (Vercingetorix) made a big impression when he made a winning debut at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Friday night.

Under S’Manga Khumalo, the Gareth Van Zyl trained Ascalon Dancer turned the Welcome To Hollywoodbets Greyville Maiden Plate (1200m) into a one horse race.
The three-year-old pulled clear in the closing stages to win as he liked by nearly five lengths.

Owned by Miss Singh and Raj Singh, Ascalon Dancer was a R450 000 buy from the 2024 KZN Yearling Sale before being resold for R550 000 at the 2024 Breeze Up & Unbroken 2YO Sale.

Remarkably, Klawervlei bred both Ascalon Dancer’s champion sire Vercingetorix and his stakes winning dam.

Klawervlei Stud’s G1 Cape Guineas winning sire WILLIAM LONGSWORD (Captain Al) enjoyed feature race success at Mauritius on Saturday.
His classy son ITSRAININGWILLIAM was given a fine ride to win Saturday’s The Mauritius Telecom Barb Cup.

Under Iannish Taka, the Ramapatee Gujadhur trained  Itsrainingwilliam made all the running to win Saturday’s 1600 contest courageously.

Bred by Drakenstein Stud, the gelded son of William Longsword won four times in South Africa, where his victories included the 2023 G3 World Sports Betting Legal Eagle Stakes.

William Longsword also enjoyed success at Hollywoodbets Durbanville on Saturday where his daughter PRINCESS OF BAYEUX won the ninth race on the card.

The close relation of champion GIMME A PRINCE (Gimmethegreenlight) has two lots on offer at the Two Year Old Sale.

Klawervlei Stud’s homebred stallion WILLIAM LONGSWORD (Captain Al) continues to churn out winners. The son of the farm’s late, great Captain Al was at it again on Tuesday when William Longsword supplied two smart winners at Fairview.

His inform son IMAGINABLE came with a late rattle, under Craig Zackey, to land Tuesday’s TAB Telebet 086100822 Middle Stakes (1200m) by a length and three quarters.
Trained by Gavin Smith, the gelding has won three of his last four starts, with Imaginable having won six times overall.
Bred by Varsfontein Stud, the versatile Imaginable, who has won on both turf and polytrack, is owned by Rikesh Sewgoolam.

Described as a “lovely horse to train”, Imaginable looks sure to continue to do well.

His sire’s second success on Tuesday came when William Longsword gelding RED WILLIAM won the seventh race on the card.
Under Richard Fourie, the Sharon Kotzen trained gelding got up in the shadow of the post to land the #Youcanbetonus! MR 80 Handicap (2000m) by a head.
It was a third consecutive win for the consistent Red William, with the latter having now six wins to his credit.
Bred by Stone Hill Stud, Red William races for Messrs I D Berg, M C Higgs, G M Kotzen, Mrs S B Kotzen & Ben Botha (Pty) Ltd (Nom: Mr Arne Botha).

His G1 Cape Guineas winning sire William Longsword has two fillies on offer at the Two Year Old Sale -a full-sister (Lot 52) to the smart JUST BE LEKKER, and a filly (Lot 142) out of a three time winning half-sister to dual stakes winner RUSH FOR JOHN (Jet Master).