Klawervlei Stud’s exciting young stallion KOMMETDIEDING (Elusive Fort) gained yet another update to his stellar female line on Sunday.

Promising two-year-old GIMMEFORSURE (Gimmethegreenlight), who hails from the same family as Kommetdieding, made an impressive winning debut at Turffontein. The Mike and Mathew De Kock trained filly was sent off as a 9/4 shot for Sunday’s 4Racing Welcomes You Maiden Juvenile Plate (1100m) and duly lived up to expectations. Under Callan Murray, the regally bred Gimmeforsure hit the front 150m from home and drew off to win by just over a length and a quarter.

Owned by Mr Murugasa, the Boland Stud bred Gimmeforsure is out of SUREFIRE (Count Dubois), a three time winning half-sister to G3 King’s Cup winner PIRATE’S GOLD (Rich Man’s Gold) and dam of the very smart QUASIFORSURE. Surefire’s granddam RIDING LIGHT (Top Ville) also ranks as the third dam of the top-class KOMMETDIEDING.

The latter, who, like recent G1 Betfred Derby winner LAMBOURN (Australia), hails from the powerful Sadler’s Wells male line, won or placed in 16 of 18 starts and won both the 2021 G1 Vodacom Durban July and 2022 G1 World Sports Betting Cape Town Met.

The Klawervlei Stud bred MIA MOO (Vercingetorix) showed her class when she won the G1 South African Fillies Sprint brought to you by The Witness at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Saturday. Trained by Sean Tarry, four-year-old Mia Moo made it a hatrick of graded wins when she won Saturday’s R1 000 000 sprint for fillies and mares. 

Under Callan Murray, Mia Moo was produced with a perfectly timed run, with the filly just getting up to win by a short-head. 

Winner of the G3 4Racing Sycamore Sprint and G2 TAB Camellia Stakes at her two previous starts, Mia Moo has won six of 16 starts and she has earned R1 300 825 in stakes. The filly, who is owned by Sandy and Eugene Arundel in partnership with World Sports Betting, was a R300 000 buy from the 2022 National Yearling Sale. 

Mia Moo is the daughter of the Klawervlei-bred champion Vercingetorix and Listed Irridescence Stakes queen LEEWARD (Captain Al).

Klawervlei Stud’s homebred G1 Cape Guineas winning stallion WILLIAM LONGSWORD (Captain Al) looks to have come up with a potentially smart two-year-old in the form of COUNT OF ROUEN.
The latter made the perfect start to his career when he made a winning debut at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Wednesday.

Trained by Peter Muscutt, Count Of Rouen (9/2) was given a fine ride by Serino Moodley.
The latter bought his mount with a strong late run, which saw the colt storm home to claim Wednesday’s Greyville Convention Centre Maiden Juvenile Plate (1200m) by nearly a length and three quarters.

Bred by Riverton Stud, the promising two-year-old races for Messrs Tony Zackey, H J Da Silva, B W Hamilton, S Perumal, Dr R Rotham & Mrs Roslyn Coetzee.

Count Of Rouen’s sire William Longsword has another promising two-year-old to his name this season in the form of NORTH POINT, a winner of two of just five starts.

William Longsword is one of a growing number of Captain Al sons making his mark at stud.
Captain Al sons ERIK THE RED and ONE WORLD are South Africa’s Leading First and Second Second Season Sires this season, while another son, CAPTAIN OF ALL, is the sire of this season’sG1 Wilgerbosdrift SA Fillies Classic winner FIERY PEGASUS.

Klawervlei Stud’s four time G1 winning stallion TWICE OVER (Observatory) hails from the same female as one of Britain’s most exciting three-year-olds COSMIC YEAR (Kingman).
The latter made it three wins from three starts when running out a convincing winner of the Listed TrustATrader King Charles II Stakes at Newmarket on Friday.

The Harry Charlton-trained son of Kingman looked a Group race winner in waiting when taking the step up to Listed class in his stride. Partnered for the first time by Ryan Moore the 6/4 favourite never looked in danger of losing his unbeaten record at any point in the seven furlong contest.

Once sent on by Moore the Juddmonte-owned favourite quickly found another change of gear to scoot into a clear advantage with only daylight ahead of him.
Although recent Kempton Park scorer Marvelman tried to match the effort of Cosmic Year he failed to have the legs to match him with a length-and-a-half separating the pair at the line.

A tilt at the G1 Tattersalls Irish 2000 Guineas is now on the cards for Cosmic Year, who has won his three starts by an aggregate of 13 lengths.

Cosmic Year, whose third dam QUANDARY (Blushing Groom) is also the granddam of Twice Over, is out of the top-class performer PASSAGE OF TIME (Dansili), winner of five races including both the G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud and G3 Musidora Stakes.

The Klawervlei Stud bred MIA MOO (Vercingetorix) made it back to back graded stakes wins when she won the G2 TAB Camellia Stakes (1160m) at Turffontein on Saturday.

The filly had won the G3 Sycamore Sprint prior to her victory on Saturday.

Trained by Sean Tarry, four-year-old Mia Moo was given a fine ride by Piere Strydom in the Camellia Stakes. Strydom launched his challenge late, and Mia Moo stayed on nicely to win by over two lengths.
Owned by Sandy and Eugene Arundel in partnership with World Sports Betting, the classy Mia Moo has won five of her 15 starts.

Mia Moo is a real triumph for Klawervlei Stud. Remarkably, Klawervlei not only bred Mia Moo and her outstanding sire Vercingetorix, but the farm also bred Mia Moo’s dam LEEWARD (Captain Al).

The latter, who reeled off four wins in a row at two culminating in a win in the Listed Irridescence Stakes, is the dam of five winners with Leeward’s offspring including not only Mia Moo but also the promising three-year-old TWO G’S (Master Of My Fate). The latter holds an entry in the G2 World Sports Betting Fillies Guineas.

Klawervlei Stud’s homebred G1 Cape Guineas winner WILLIAM LONGSWORD (Captain Al) was responsible for a pair of winners over the weekend.
On Friday, the William Longsword filly CITY OF DREAMS got off the mark when she won the Play Soccer 6,10 and 13 Open Maiden (F&M) (1000m) at Fairview.

Under Iannish Taka, the Kelly Mitchley trained three-year-old turned the contest into a one-horse race with City Of Dreams drawing off to win by four and a quarter lengths. Bred by the Klawervlei Grooms Trust, City Of Dreams races for Mr S S Govender & Mesdames Sarosha Govender & S D Stokes. 

William Longsword filly STREISAND provided her sire with a second success this weekend when she won at Turffontein on Sunday.
The Robyn Klaasen trained three-year-old, ridden by Kaidan Brewer, justified tote favouritism when she won Sunday’s Champion Finale 26  April FM 75 Divided Handicap (F&M) over 1600m. Well ridden by Brewer, Streisand kept going to score a shade cosily by a length. Bred by Klawervlei Stud, Streisand races for Dayalan Chinsammy and Satch Mathen.

A son of Klawervlei’s late, great stallion Captain Al (whose sire sons have enjoyed a wonderful season in 2024-2025), William Longsword went close to having a treble this weekend, with his daughter ENCHANTING LADY finished third, beaten just a neck, in the fifth race on Friday.