Klawervlei Stud’s four time G1 winning stallion TWICE OVER (Observatory) continues to churn out smart looking winners, and his latest runner to impress was CHAMPION WARRIOR.

An impressive winner of his first two starts, Champion Warrior showed his class when romping home to victory at the Vaal on Thursday afternoon.

His jockey Piere Strydom got a tow from the well backed favourite Parisian Walkway and when switching outward at the 400m mark the horse quickened superbly and powered into the lead running as straight as a dye.

The five-year-old Twice Over gelding won by 2,5 lengths from SKITTLE SKIES (Skitt Skizzle) and PARISIAN WALKWAY (Ideal World).

Trained by Sean Tarry, the Klawervlei Stud bred Champion Warrior races for Glistian (Pty) Ltd and Lance Michael.

The progressive Champion Warrior, winner of his last two starts, could be a big runner for the Grand Heritage and the 1475m trip of that big field race should be right down his alley. 

Twice Over had a 100% strike rate at the Vaal on Thursday, with Champion Warrior his sole runner on the card. The champion recently enjoyed a good payday when his daughter OFFICIAL SECRET romped to a seven and a half length win in the Betway Wedgewood Handicap.

Klawervlei Stud’s exciting young stallion KOMMETDIEDING (Elusive Fort) gained a handsome update to his pedigree when his full-sister KOMMETJIE STORM ran out an impressive winner at Turffontein on Saturday.
A close up third on debut, the Tony Peter trained Kommetjie Storm made no mistakes at the second time of asking when romping home in the first race on Saturday.

Under Gavin Lerena (who enjoyed so much success with Kommetdieding), the filly showed her class as she strolled home to a five and a half length win in the 4Racing Welcomes You Maiden Plate (F&M).

Bred by Oldlands Stud, the blue blooded Kommetjie Storm races for Kestorm Investments.

The filly was the top lot sold off the 2023 National Yearling Sale, where Kommetjie Storm was knocked down for R3 200 000.

Her full-brother Kommetdieding was an outstanding racehorse, who won or placed in 16 of 18 starts for earnings of R 4,255,100.

The charismatic star won both the 2021 G1 Vodacom Durban July and 2022G1 World Sports Betting Cape Town Met, with Kommetdieding accounting for such champions as JET DARK (Trippi), DO IT AGAIN (Twice Over), GOT THE GREENLIGHT (Gimmethegreenlight) and RAINBOW BRIDGE (Ideal World).

Kommetdieding and Kommetjie Storm hail from the same female line as the classy QUASIFORSURE (Quasillo), a runner in Saturday’s G2 Allied Steelrode Onamission Charity Mile.

Klawervlei Stud’s home bred stallion WILLIAM LONGSWORD (Captain Al) came up with a trio of winners over the weekend.

On Friday, William Longsword filly TARTAN QUEEN got off the mark when victorious in the first race at Fairview. Trained by Gavin Smith, the three-year-old kept finding, under Craig Zackey, to land the Betway Maiden Plate (F and M) (1400m) by a length and a half. Bred by Riverton Stud, Tartan Queen races for Messrs C P Murphy & J A Carr.

Her sire William Longsword struck twice at Hollywoodbets Durbanville on Saturday. Not only did the G1 Cape Guineas winner’s son DUMBLEDORE win the fourth race on Saturday, but William Longsword filly CAPTAIN’S DESTINY ran out a ready winner of the tenth and final race.

Flashy grey Dumbledore was given a fine ride by Sean Veale to win Saturday’s Riethuiskraal Stud Class 3 (1250m) by just under half a length. In the process, the Vaughan Marshall trained gelding accounted for the promising three-year-old BJORN IRONSIDE -whose dam DANCE AT DAWN (Trippi) is a half-sister to William Longsword! Bred by the BBP Syndicate, Dumbledore is owned by Rikesh Sewgoolam.

William Longsword filly Captain’s Destiny picked up her second win when she won Saturday’s Hollywoodbets Bright Future Class 5 (F and M) (1250m) under Oswald Noach. Another trained by Vaughan Marshall, the filly powered home to beat previously unbeaten filly ALLTHEBOYSIVELOVED (Master Of My Fate) by a length. Bred by Klawervlei Stud, Captain’s Destiny races for the Kosters and Byron Norval.

Sire of star sprinter DYCE, among many others, William Longsword is set to be represented in Saturday’s G2 Allied Steelrode- Onamission Charity Mile by both his G2 Betway Spring Challenge winning son BACK IN BUSINESS as well as by his classy son MELECH.

Klawervlei Stud’s resident stallion TWICE OVER (Observatory) came up with an eye catching winner on Friday.

His classy daughter OFFICIAL SECRET turned Friday’s Betway Wedgewood Handicap (2200m) into a one horse romp, with the mare running out a seven and a half length winner.

Under Richard Fourie, the Alan Greeff trained Official Secret raced at the back of the field early on. Official Secret powered up into the lead with 1000m left to run, and from there it was just a matter of who would run second.

Official Secret had looked unlucky not to win her penultimate start when a close second in the Friendly City Stakes.

Bred by Drakenstein Stud, the six-year-old is owned by Mr Moor.

Official Secret is bred on very similar lines to Twice Over’s high-class son SAND AND SEA, the winner of the 2017 G1 Gold Medallion.

Twice Over, whose progressive son OLIVER recently reeled off a hatrick of wins, is a top-class stallion whose progeny also include former Horse Of The Year, and dual G1 Vodacom Durban July winner DO IT AGAIN, the latter’s multiple G1 winning three-parts brother SEE IT AGAIN and 2024 G1 World Sports Betting Cape Town Met winner DOUBLE SUPERLATIVE.

Twice Over had an impressive four runners in the 2023 G1 SplashOut Cape Derby, was won by See It Again.

Klawervlei Stud’s four time G1 winning stallion TWICE OVER (Observatory) has another useful prospect to his name in the form of OLIVER.

That gelding made it three wins in a row, and four wins from his last five starts, when winning a good race at Hollywoodbets Durbanville on Saturday.

The Adam Marcus trained Oliver was given a fine ride by Grant Van Niekerk, who is unbeaten on the five-year-old.

Van Niekerk bought his mount with a strong late run down the outside of the track and the pair went on to win Saturday’s Cape Racing Sales Class 3 (1400m) convincingly by a length and a half.

Now a five time winner, the Bernard Kantor owned Oliver was bred by Klawervlei Stud.

Twice Over went close to having a double at Hollywoodbets Durbanville on Saturday. His only other runner on the card, LAVENDER BAY, was just beaten when finishing second in Saturday’s fourth race.

From the same family as exciting prospects COSMIC YEAR (Kingman) and OMBUDSMAN (Night Of Theatre), Twice Over could be represented by his daughter OFFICIAL SECRET in Friday’s Listed Algoa Cup, while Twice Over’s star son SEE IT AGAIN holds an entry for the G1 Betway Summer Cup.

Klawervlei Stud’s G1 Cape Guineas winner WILLIAM LONGSWORD (Captain Al) looks to have come up with a top-class son in the form of BACK IN BUSINESS.

The latter made it three wins on the bounce, and back to back feature race triumphs, when he won the G2 Betway Spring Challenge (1450m) at Turffontein on Saturday afternoon.

Trained by Joe Soma, five-year-old Back In Business was given a superb ride by Rachel Venniker to land Saturday’s R550 000 feature race.

Venniker bought Back In Business with a strong late run down the inside of the track, and the pair got up to score by a length and a half.  His beaten rivals included such high-class graded stakes winners as GLADATORIAN (Vercingetorix), WILLIAM ROBERTSON (Rafeef), MAIN DEFENDER (Pathfork) and PURPLE PITCHER (New Predator).

Bred by Klawervlei Stud, Back In Business, one of two runners in the Spring Challenge for his sire, has won six of 11 starts, with the gelding having earned R725 750 in prize money.

Back In Business, who races for ANOA (Pty) Ltd, had won the Listed Betway Spring Spree Stakes, prior to his G2 win on Saturday.

His inform sire William Longsword went close to having a double on Saturday with his son MARVEL WILLIAM finishing a close up third in the seventh race at Hollywoodbets Durbanville.

William Longsword is also the sire of star sprinter DYCE, who made it back to back wins when romping home, under 62kgs, to a two length win earlier in the week.