Klawervlei Stud’s inform stallion WILLIAM LONGSWORD (Captain Al) is the sire of a real star in the form of DYCE. The latter showed his considerable class when romping home at the Vaal on Tuesday.

Under Piere Strydom, the Lucky Houdalakis trained gelding was always up with the pace in Tuesday’s Betway Pinnacle Stakes (1100m), and he kicked away, under a hands and heels ride, to win by two lengths.

It was a top-class performance from Dyce, who had 62kgs to carry in Tuesday’s race.

Bred and owned by David Shawe, Dyce has now won nine of 19 starts with the sprint star having banked more than R1.9 million in prize money.

His trainer said of Dyce after Tuesday’s race, “He is the best sprinter in the land.”

The gelding, unbeaten in two starts this season, won all of the G1 World Pool Cape Flying Championship, G3 New Turf Carriers Merchants and Listed Golden Loom Handicap.

William Longsword is set to be represented by his sons MELECH and BACK IN BUSINESS in Saturday’s G2 Betway Joburg Spring Challenge.

The former G1 Cape Guineas winner has three lots on offer at the 2024 Cape Racing Sales Breeze Up & Unbroken 2YO Sale, including a colt (Lot 20) from the family of G1 Kentucky Derby winner GIACOMO (Holy Bull).

Klawervlei Stud’s bang inform stallion WILLIAM LONGSWORD had another productive weekend this week, when the G1 Cape Guineas winner came up with two more winners.

William Longsword’s first success this weekend came when his son MORNING CHESS won at Fairview on Friday. The Lunga Gila trained Morning Chess was given a fine, front running ride by Calvin Habib to land the Racing 240 For Racing. For You MR 68 Handicap by three-parts of a length.

Bred by Judy Wintle, four-year-old Morning Chess is owned by Patrice Latour.

The Klawervlei homebred sire struck again when his daughter WILLY MEET AGAIN scored at Turffontein on Saturday. Trained by Lucky Houdalakis, three-year-old Willy Meet Again made it two wins from just four starts when she won Saturday’s Alan Greef FM 75 Handicap (1450m) by nearly three parts of a length.

Bred and owned by David Shawe, Willy Meet Again had finished second on debut before romping home next time out to a four and three quarter length maiden win.

William Longsword also got a handsome update to his wonderful female line when his close relative GIMMIE’S COUNTESS (Gimmethegreenlight) won the G3 Baker Mc Veigh Diana Stakes at Hollywoodbets Durbanville on Saturday.

The full-sister to dual G1 winner GIMME A PRINCE (Gimmethegreenlight) made it two wins from just four starts when landing Saturday’s G3 feature for Dean Kannemeyer, Serino Moodley and Khaya Stables.

Gimmie’s Countess, who looks a likely Fillies Guineas contender, is out of William Longsword’s G1 South African Fillies Sprint/G3 Poinsettia Stakes winning half-sister REAL PRINCESS (Trippi).

The inform William Longsword has three lots on offer at the 2024 Cape Racing Sales Breeze Up & Unbroken 2YO Sale.

Klawervlei Stud’s inform stallion CAPTAIN OF ALL (Captain Al) has been churning out the winners of late, and he came up with another good winner when his son CAPTAIN ARROW won at Hollywoodbets Durbanville on Saturday.

Runner up in last season’s Listed City Of Cape Town Sophomore Sprint, Captain Arrow defied a six month break to win impressively on Saturday.

Trained by Candice Bass-Robinson, the four-year-old was always travelling strongly, under Aldo Domeyer, in Saturday’s Taking The Reins Class 3 (1000m) to down the speedy galloper THE ABDICATOR (No Nay Never) by a length and three quarters.

Bred by Klawervlei Stud, Captain Arrow, who contested the 2023 G1 Hollywoodbets Cape Guineas, races for ASSM Racing Syndicate,  Andrew Brand & Wehann Smith and Klawervlei Stud.

His triple G1 winning sire Captain Of All has been responsible for a plethora of recent winners including THE SHEPHERD, LUNARCAM, and the promising filly FIERY PEGASUS. The latter has won three of just five starts and looks a feature race prospect in the making.

Champion Sprinter of 2014-2015, Captain Of All had a good season in 2023-2024 with his flagbearers including the likes of MEU CAPITANO, CAPTAIN HINDSIGHT and Listed Hollywoodbets Super League Devon Air Stakes queen WHISTLE THE TUNE.

Klawervlei Stud’s inform stallion WILLIAM LONGSWORD (Captain Al) had yet another good day on Saturday when he came up with a trio of winners.

Saturday’s results represented a fine strike rate for G1 Cape Guineas winning son of Captain Al, with William Longsword having just five runners on the day -one of those five, RULERSHIP, ran second to his paternal half-brother Dyce on Saturday.

William Longsword’s top-class son DYCE, winner of last season’s G1 World Pool Cape Flying Championship, made a welcome return to the winners circle when he won at Turffontein on Saturday. Under 62kgs, the Piere Strydom ridden gelding showed his class when bounding home to land Saturday’s F&I Insurance Pinnacle Stakes (1000m) by three-parts of a length.

Trained by Lucky Houdalakis, and owned by his breeder David Shawe, six-year-old Dyce has now won eight of 18 starts, with Dyce also victorious in last season’s G3 New Turf Carriers Merchants and Listed Golden Loom Handicap as well as the 2021 G2 Epol Umkhomazi Stakes.

The gelding looks again destined to contest some of South Africa’s bigger sprint races this season, where Dyce looks sure to make his presence felt.

His sire William Longsword was responsible for two more winners at Hollywoodbets Durbanville on Saturday, where the Klawervlei sire’s daughters PRINCESS OF BAYEUX and FESTIVAL CHIC won races five and eight respectively.

Trained, like both William Longsword and Captain Al, Princess Of Bayeux was given a fine ride, by Oswald Noach, to win Saturday’s RaceCape Powered by Hollywoodbets Class 4 (F and M) in game fashion. 

Noach bought the John Kinsley bred and owned filly with a storming late which saw Princess Of Bayeux get up to win by a long head. The inform Princess Of Bayeux has now won two of her last three starts for her connections.

Her paternal half-sister FESTIVAL CHIC provided William Longsword with a third success on Saturday when she won the Join The Euphoria www.capeturfclub.co.za Cape C Stakes (F and M) over 1400 metres.

The Brett Crawford trained filly, under a good ride from Louis Mxothwa, made it two wins in a row and two wins from just four starts when she scored a convincing, near half a length win. Bred by Klawervlei Stud, the progressive Festival Chic races for Jason Murugasa.

Also sire of this season’s Listed Betway Spring Spree Stakes winner BACK IN BUSINESS, William Longsword had another smart winner when his daughter LADYBUG made it two wins from just four starts when victorious at Hollywoodbets Greyville last Wednesday.

Klawervlei Stud’s triple G1 winning sire CAPTAIN OF ALL (Captain Al) has a number of smart prospects to his name this season.

One of these is the very speedy sprinter LUNARCAM, a courageous winner at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Sunday.

Trained by Stuart Ferrie, the classy five-year-old was always up with the pace in Sunday’s Follow Gold Circle On Facebook Pinnacle Stakes (1000m) and kept finding more in the closing stages to beat SHIPHOLIA (William Longsword) by a neck.

The race was a triumph for Captain Of All, who is also sire of the third place finisher CAPTAIN BOMBSHELL.

Now a six time winner, the Ridgemont Highlands bred Lunarcam, runner up in last season’s Listed LHKIR In December Umngeni Handicap, earned  has won or finished second in each of his last four starts.

The gelding races for Dr Manfred Rohwer, Messrs B D Airey, J Te Riele, E Cantatore, W Fyvie & G Teichman.

Scottsville was also a happy hunting ground for Captain Of All, who won both the G1 Gold Medallion and G1 Tsogo Sun Sprint at that track.