Klawervlei Stud’s high-class G1 Cape Guineas winner WILLIAM LONGSWORD (Captain Al) looks to have a smart sort to his name in the form of NORTH POINT.
That two-year-old made it back to back wins when romping home to a facile win at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Monday.

Trained by Brett and James Crawford, North Point was always up with the pace in Monday’s Hollywoodbets Kenilworth Welcomes You Juvenile Plate (1000m).
When jockey JP Van Der Merwe asked the question, North Point quickened up smartly to win impressively by three and a quarter lengths.

Bred by the Klawervlei Grooms Trust, North Point has won two of four starts for owners Greg Bortz and Gina Goldsmith.

A horse with a wonderful temperament, North Point could be aimed at bigger races in KwaZulu-Natal later in the season.

His sire William Longsword is no stranger to siring high-class performers with the son of Captain Al’s other notable performers including star sprinter DYCE, as well as the likes of BACK IN BUSINESS, ICE STAR, ITSRAININGWILLIAM, SILVER SABRE and MELECH. The latter was entered in Saturday’s G2 TAB Senor Santa Stakes.

Klawervlei Stud’s four time G1 winning stallion TWICE OVER (Observatory) hails from the same family as one of the most exciting three-year-olds in Britain.
COSMIC YEAR (Kingman), whose G1 winning dam PASSAGE OF TIME (Dansili) is closely related to Twice Over, made it two wins from two starts when he won at Kempton on Wednesday.

A facile winner of his only previous start, the regally bred Cosmic Year turned Wednesday’s Unibet Novice Stakes into a one-horse race.
Under Oisin Murphy, the colt romped home to win as he liked by five lengths. Following the win, Cosmic Year was cut to 6-1 for the 2000 Guineas.

His trainer Harry Charlton said after the win, “It was as good as we could have hoped for. The French and Irish Guineas are other options as well as different routes into Royal Ascot.”

A half-brother to four time group winning sire TIME TEST (Dubawi), Cosmic Year is out of G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud winner Passage Of Time, whose granddam QUANDARY (Blushing Groom) also ranks as the granddam of Twice Over.

Klawervlei Stud’s inform stallion WILLIAM LONGSWORD (Captain Al) came up with two more winners this past weekend.
On Friday, his son RED WILLLIAM won at Fairview, and the following day, his daughter ELECTRIC FEELS won the eighth and final race at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth.
Five-year-old Red William raced just off the pace in Friday’s The Jane Thomas Far End Classified Stakes (2000m). Jockey Luyolo Mxothwa asked the gelding his effort 150m from home, and Red William stayed on strongly to score by a length and a quarter.

The Sharon Kotzen trained gelding races for Messrs I D Berg, M C Higgs, Glen Kotzen, Sharon Kotzen & Ben Botha (Pty) Ltd. Bred by Stone Hill Stud, Red William provided his jockey with a winning birthday present.

His sire William Longsword is also the sire of the consistent mare Electric Feels, who made it two wins from her last three starts with a convincing win on Saturday.
Under Mpumelelo Mjoka, the Harold Crawford/Michelle Rix trained Electric Feels hit the front close home and stayed on to score by half a length.

Bred by the Birch Bros, Electric Feels has finished in the first four in her last nine starts. The daughter of William Longsword races for Kelly Hadden and Michelle Rix.

Her G1 winning sire William Longsword, whose flagbearers this season include G2 Betway Joburg Spring Challenge winner BACK IN BUSINESS and Listed Betway National Colour Stakes heroine ICE STAR,  is set to be represented by his son MELECH in Saturday’s G1 TAB Computaform Sprint

The Klawervlei Stud bred MIA MOO (Vercingetorix) picked up a well deserved first graded victory when she won the G3 4Racing Sycamore Sprint (1160m) at Turffontein on Saturday. Under a great ride from Piere Strydom, the four-year-old raced just off the pace early on, before being unleashed by Strydom 150m from home.

From there, Mia Moo stayed on strongly to score by half a length. Remarkably, both Mia Moo and Sycamore runner up KOMATI RIVER were sired by the Klawervlei bred champion and star stallion VERCINGETORIX (Silvano).

Trained by Sean Tarry, Mia Moo has won four of 14 starts, with Saturday’s win taking her earnings to R488,325. Mia Moo races for Sandy and Eugene Arundel in partnership with World Sports Betting. The filly, who had finished second in the 2024 G3 Umzimkhulu Stakes, was a R300 000 purchase from the 2022 KZN Yearling Sale.

The 2025 Sycamore Sprint winner was produced by Listed Irridescence Stakes winner LEEWARD (Captain Al) (whose full-sister is the dam of current classy galloper POMODORO’S JET (Pomodoro)), with Mia Moo bred on the same Vercingetorix/Captain Al cross as G1 winners DOUBLE GRAND SLAM and VERNICHEY, high-class sprinter GOLDEN SICKLE and smart Hong Kong performer SUPER COMMANDER.

Klawervlei Stud’s G1 Cape Guineas winning stallion WILLIAM LONGSWORD (Captain Al) looks to have another potential smart sort on his hands in the form of NORTH POINT.
The latter made a big impression when winning impressively at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Sunday and he looks to be a two-year-old with a bright future.

Now in the care of Brett and James Crawford, North Point got off the mark at the third time of asking when he won Sunday’s Hollywoodbets Kenilworth Welcomes You Maiden Juvenile Plate (1000m).
Under JP Van Der Merwe, the grey made much of the running to win as he liked by three lengths.

Bred by the Klawervlei Grooms Trust, North Point races for Greg Bortz and Gina Goldsmith.

HIs sire William Longsword, who hails from one of the hottest families in the South African stud book, went close to enjoying further success at Turffontein on Saturday.
The Cape Guineas winner’s daughter JUST BE LEKKER finished second in the eighth race at Turffontein, and his two-year-old son TIME WILL TELL ran second, at the second time of asking, in the first contest.

William Longsword is set to be represented by his son THE CANE TRAIN in Sunday’s Listed Kings Cup.

Klawervlei Stud’s G1 winning G1 sire WILLIAM LONGSWORD (Captain Al) is from a family which continues to make waves.
On Thursday, it was announced that William Longsword’s star relative GIMME A PRINCE (Gimmethegreenlight) was ranked joint seventh on LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings.
The same day, saw a colt out of William Longsword’s full-sister REALLY ROYAL (Captain Al) make R3 500 000 at the Premier Yearling Sale.

The brilliant Gimme A Prince, who is out of William Longsword’s G1 South African Fillies Sprint/G3 Poinsettia Stakes winning half-sister REAL PRINCESS (Trippi), was given a rating of 118 for the period of January 1st to March 9th.
He is thus rated superior to such international G1 winners as ANOTHER WIL (Street Boss), EL VENCEDOR (Shocking), and the Breeders’ Cup winners STRAIGHT NO CHASER (Speightster) and REBEL’S ROMANCE (Dubawi).

Gimme A Prince stamped his claims for an Equus Award later in the year when he romped home to a five and three quarter length win in the G1 HKJC World Pool Cape Flying Championship. He made it back to back wins next time out when running out a convincing winner of the G2 Khaya Stables Diadem Stakes and he ranks as the best sprinter currently in South Africa.

He is one of three stakes winners for Real Princess this season, with the latter also the dam of 2024 G3 Baker McVeigh Diana Stakes winner GIMMIE’S COUNTESS (Gimmethegreenlight) and Listed City Of Cape Town Jet Master Stakes hero THE REAL PRINCE (Gimmethegreenlight).

Blue blooded mare Really Royal, whose victories included the 2021 Listed World Sports Betting Sweet Chestnut Stakes, made headlines on Thursday. The full-sister to William Longsword had a Vercingetorix colt (Lot65) make R3 500 000 when purchased by Leon Ellman at the Premier Yearling Sale.
Named Kalahari King, the regally bred colt was consigned to the sale by Drakenstein Stud, as Agent.