Klawervlei Stud’s July winning sire POMODORO (Jet Master) continues to impress as a stallion.
The bay recently came up with a classic winner when his talented, Klawervlei Stud bred son RUSSIAN ROCK accounted for subsequent G1 Jonsson Workwear Cape Derby winner LINEBACKER (Captain Of All), G1 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate winner JET DARK (Trippi) and G1 World Sports Betting SA Classic winner MALMOOS (Captain Al), when he stormed home to win the G1 Cape Racing Presents The Cape Guineas earlier this season.
 
Russian Rock is one of a growing number of stakes winners for his sire Pomodoro. The latter, South Africa’s Leading First Season Sire of 2017-2018, is also the sire of multiple G1 winner, and Equus Champion, RETURN FLIGHT, G2 Hawaii Stakes winner CIRILLO, G2 World Sports Betting Camellia Stakes winner GOLDEN BELLE, Devon Air Stakes winner CARALLUMA, and Secretariat Stakes hero LEOPOLD, as well as the likes of CORNISH POMODORO, PUTONTHEREDLIGHT, and ROYAL ITALIAN.
 
Pomodoro also has a number of promising looking two-year-olds to his name this season, including Listed Summer Juvenile Stakes runner up BARZALONA and Listed Storm Bird Stakes runner up SOCIAL IMAGE.

The versatile Pomodoro, who won from 1160 to 2450m, went close to having a feature race double recently with sons CORNISH POMODORO and USHUAIA ran second and third in the Listed Drum Star Handicap and Listed Derby Trial at Turffontein
 
Pomodoro has a top-class draft on offer at the upcoming National Yearling Sale. Some of his potential National Sale standouts include below.

LOT 124:

This filly, out of a mare by the world’s premier sire GALILEO (Sadler’s Wells), sports Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies winning champion PHONE CHATTER (Phone Trick) as her third dam.

LOT 267:

From the same family as G2 SA Fillies Nursery winner BASADI FAITH (whose sire MASTER OF MY FATE like POMODORO is a son of JET MASTER), this filly’s granddam is a dual winning own sister to multiple G1 winning champion NATIONAL COLOUR (the dam of champion MUSTAAQEEM and exciting sire, and G1 winner, RAFEEF)

LOT 269:

A 3/4 brother to Pomodoro’s talented son PUTONTHEREDLIGHT, this colt is a half-brother to G3 Cape Classic winner SILVER OPERATOR (Silvano) and is out of a stakes winning daughter of CAPTAIN AL (Al Mufti and G1 Thekwini Fillies Stakes winner ROXANNE (Western Winter)

LOT 288:

Directly descended from the mighty DROHSKY (Polyphontes), this full-brother to 2 decent winners is out of a four time winning daughter of G2 Fillies Guineas winner STAR AWARD (Elliodor)