Klawervlei Stud’s four time G1 winning stallion TWICE OVER (Observatory) hails from one of the hottest families in the stud book.
Twice Over’s family came to the fore once again on Friday when his relative SYNCHRONICITY (Night Of Thunder) made a winning debut at Newbury. In the process, the three-year-old full-sister to multiple G1 winner OMBUDSMAN (Night Of Thunder) was named a TDN Rising Star.
Unraced at two, just like her brother, the 900,000 guinea purchase was sent off the 6-4 favourite in the hands of Kieran Shoemark for this seven-furlong affair.
The diminutive filly, she raced professionally throughout and moved into contention stylishly before being asked a question.
Just like her sibling she possesses a smart turn of foot and soon put the race to bed, beating the well-backed SONG OF THE CLOUDS (Night Of Thunder) by two lengths.
Synchronicity was handed a quote of 25-1 for the French 1000 Guineas by Paddy Power post-race, but trainer Ed Walker is keen to move through the levels gradually, pencilling a trip to York during the Dante meeting for a Listed contest often used as a stepping stone to bigger events.
Out of the twice winning mare SYNDICATE (Dansili), Synchronicity’s fifth dam, LOST VIRTUE (Cloudy Dawn), ranks as the third dam of champion Twice Over. This is also the family of recent G1 Jenny Wiley Stakes dead-heater SEGESTA (Ghostzapper).
Twice Over has made headlines both on the track and in the sales ring in 2025-2026, with Twice Over’s star son SEE IT AGAIN capturing both the G1 World Sports Betting Cape Town Met and G1 HKJC World Pool Premier’s Champions Challenge this season.
Twice Over also had yearlings make up to R900 000 at this year’s Premier Yearling Sale.
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