Klawervlei Stud’s homebred G1 Cape Guineas winner WILLIAM LONGSWORD (Captain Al) struck twice over the weekend.
William Longsword gelding DUMBLEDORE won a good race at Hollywoodbets Durbanville on Saturday, while promising William Longsword filly JEANNE DARC scored at Hollywoodbets Scottsville the following day.
The regally bred Dumbledore picked up his third career win when he won Saturday’s Book Now For Royal Raceday On 16 March 2025 Class 3 (1250m). Under an inform Richard Fourie, the Vaughan Marshall trained grey defied 60kgs with a smart performance.
Settled just off the pace, Dumbledore hit the front 200m from home and stayed on to win a good race by a length and three quarters.
Owned by Rikesh Seewgoolam, Dumbledore was bred by the BBP Syndicate.
Promising filly Jeanne Darc made it two wins from just five starts when she won the eighth race at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Sunday. The Stuart Ferrie trained three-year-old showed plenty of heart in fighting off runner up RADU (Rabada) to win the Sharmena Bunseelal (35 years) Class 4 (F and M) (1600m) by nearly a length.
Jeanne Darc has now won two of her last three starts and she looks to have a bright future.
Bred by Ridgemont Highlands, Jeanne Darc is yet to finish out of the first three. She is owned by Mike Fullard in partnership with James and Lee-Ann Drew.
Her G1 Cape Guineas winning sire William Longsword has two lots on offer at this week’s Premier Yearling Sale -a colt (Lot 211) from the family of G1 Australian Cup winner STARSTRUCK (Haulpak), and a filly (Lot 223) who is closely inbred to FORT WOOD (Sadler’s Wells).
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