Klawervlei Stud’s four time G1 winning stallion TWICE OVER (Observatory) hails from an exceptional family, and this wonderful female line has been in the news yet again through the deeds of unbeaten three-year-old OMBUDSMAN (Night Of Thunder).
The latter made it four wins from four starts when victorious in Sunday’s G3 Prix du Prince d’Orange at ParisLongchamp, with Ombudsman looking a very exciting prospect indeed.
Impressive on good ground in the Listed Prix Nureyev at Deauville last month, the 3-5 favourite raced in the box seat behind the leader First Look and was gifted a clear run up the rail as that G1 Prix du Jockey Club runner-up drifted left passing the two furlong marker. Green and errant for William Buick on the run to the line, the Gosdens’ upwardly-mobile colt veered off a true line twice to interfere with the similarly progressive Henri-Francois Devin trainee Start Of Day close home but was allowed to keep the race after an inquiry. Start Of Day was half a length behind at the line.
Godolphin Managing Director for UK and Dubai Hugh Anderson said, “William said that Ombudsman is a very good horse who is a little bit green and perhaps that is what we saw in the final stages. I am really delighted and John and Thady have campaigned him superbly, with the win at Deauville and now here. The expectation is that he is going to be a very good 4-year-old and he’s definitely coming back next year–I’m not sure about whether he will race again this year.”
Ombudsman is out of the Dansili mare Syndicate, a great granddaughter of G1 Emirates Prix Du Moulin De Longchamp winner ALL AT SEA (Riverman). The latter is a half-sister to Twice Over’s granddam QUANDARY (Blushing Groom).
Twice Over’s lengthy list of high-class performers include 2023 G1 SplashOut Cape Derby/G1 Daily News 2000 winner SEE IT AGAIN, a three-parts brother to the Twice Over sired champion DO IT AGAIN.
Recently gelded, See It Again is being aimed at a tilt at the R6 million G1 Betway Summer Cup.
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