Klawervlei Stud’s homebred stallion WILLIAM LONGSWORD (Captain Al) looks to have come up with another smart performer in the form of STONEYWOOD.
The latter, a full-brother to 2024 G1 World Pool Cape Flying Championship winner DYCE (William Longsword), made it two wins from his last three starts when Stoneywood won at Turffontein on Saturday.
Trained, like Dyce, by Lucky Houdalakis, the progressive three-year-old was given a fine, positive ride by Marco Van Rensburg in Saturday’s Drakenstein Stud MR 84 Handicap (1160m).
Always up with the pace, Stoneywood kicked again in the closing stage which saw the William Longsword gelding go on to win by over three-parts of a length.
Bred and owned by David Shawe, Stoneywood has won or finished second in five of his six starts and he looks progressive.
His G1 Cape Guineas winning sire William Longsword is also the sire of another smart sophomore in the form of ROYAL KINGDOM. The latter ran second in the Listed Ibhayi Stakes at Fairview on Friday.
From one of the best families in the South African stud book, William Longsword has a single lot on offer at the Cape Yearling Sale -a filly (Lot 64), closely inbred to FORT WOOD (Sadler’s Wells), from the family of multiple G1 winning filly HAPPYANUNOIT (Yachtie).
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