Klawervlei Stud’s inform stallion WILLIAM LONGSWORD (Captain Al) continues to churn out winners all over South Africa. The Cape Guineas was at it again when he came up with a trio of winners, at three different tracks, this weekend.

His first success came when his son WILLIAM THE FIRST won the ninth and final race at Fairview on Friday. The Gavin Smith trained gelding defied his starting price when he hacked up, under Stallone Naidoo, to land Friday’s Next Fairview Racemeeting Friday 22 November MR 68 Handicap (1300m) by two and a quarter lengths. Bred by Cheveley Stud, William The First, who is owned by Denver Moodley, was winning for a second  time when he scored on Friday.

William Longsword is also the sire of progressive filly CAPTAIN’S DESTINY, who made it back to back wins when she won at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday. The Vaughan Marshall trained four-year-old  was given a fine ride by Oswald Noach to claim Saturday’s CRS Summer Sale Class 4 (F&M) by nearly half a length. Bred by Klawervlei, Captain’s Destiny, who fractured her pelvis earlier in her career, races for JP Koster and Byron Norval.

Classy mare SHIPHOLIA provided her sire with his third winner over the weekend when she won a good race at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday. Under Marco Van Rensburg, the five-year-old came with her challenge 200m from home, and she stayed on nicely to win by just over a length. Trained by Gareth Van Zyl, the Klawervlei Stud bred Shipholia, who races for the Hollywood Syndicate, has now won five times with her wins including the 2023 New Turf Carriers eThekwini Sprint.

William Longsword, whose close relative GIMME A PRINCE (Gimmethegreenlight) caught the eye when third in Saturday’s G3 Cape Mile, is having a fine season in 2024-2025. His flagbearers this season include the likes of G2 Betway Joburg Spring Challenge winner BACK IN BUSINESS as well as star sprinter DYCE.