Klawervlei Stud’s exciting young stallion KOMMETDIEDING (Elusive Fort) hails from an exceptional family.
This female line was once again to the fore this weekend, when EL CORDOBES (Frankel), who is from the same family as Kommetdieding, won the G1 Resorts World Casino Sword Dancer Stakes at Saratoga.
The Bjorn Nielsen-bred four-year-old, a 38th G1 winner for his sire, collared Rebel Red, the John and Tanya Gunther-bred brother to St James’s Palace Stakes winner Without Parole, by half a length.
El Cordobes surged past the field in the final furlongs Saturday to win the G1 Sword Dancer Stakes at Saratoga Race Course, securing an automatic berth in this fall’s Breeders’ Cup Classic at Del Mar.
Trained by Charles Appleby and ridden by Flavien Prat, El Cordobes pulled away late on the inner turf to capture the victory.
El Cordobes, who is out of BOLD LASS (Sea The Stars), had won the G2 Princess Of Wales’s Stakes last time out, and Saturday’s win pushed his earnings to $605 688.
The 2025 Sword Dancer Stakes winner traces back directly in female line to the influential QUEEN OF LIGHT (Borealis), whose numerous top-class descendants include the brilliant KOMMETDIEDING.
From the same Sadler’s Wells male line as El Cordobes, Kommetdieding was one of the most charismatic stars of his generation.
The son of champion Elusive Fort earned more than R4.255 million in a career which saw Kommetdieding triumph in both the 2021 G1 Vodacom Durban July and2022 G1 World Sports Betting Cape Town Met.
Kommetdieding’s eagerly awaited first crop are yearlings this season.
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