Klawervlei Stud’s inform stallion WILLIAM LONGSWORD (Captain Al) had a good day at Turffontein on Thursday. William Longsword had a pair of winners at Turffontein, and a pair of his sons finished first and second in the eighth and final race on Thursday.
Three-year-old BUMPS LAST GRIND made no mistakes on Thursday when he romped home to win the Charity Mile 1 November Maiden Plate (1000m) in convincing style.
The Fanie Bronkhurst trained gelding was given a strong ride from Jeffrey Syster, with the latter bringing Bumps Last Grind with a strong run to win going away by a length and a quarter.
Bred by Andre Hauptfleisch, Bumps Last Grind, second in three of his only four starts prior to Thursday, races for Bryan & Taryn Spong.
William Longsword sons ENSUING and CIAN THE CONQUEROR made it a good day for their sire when they ran 1-2 in Thursday’s Next Turffontein Racemeeting Saturday 12 July MR 84 Handicap (1200m). One of five winners on the day for Gavin Lerena, the Johan Janse Van Vuuren trained Ensuing made it back to back wins with a fluent one and three quarter length score on Thursday.
Owned by Rikesh Seewgoolam, the five-year-old was bred by Laurence Wernars.
The G1 Cape Guineas winning William Longsword has some very promising two-year-olds this season, including G1 World Pool Moment Of The Day Premiers Champion Stakes entrant COUNT OF ROUEN and fellow debut winner TITAN OF THE TURF.
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