Klawervlei Stud’s homebred stallion WILLIAM LONGSWORD (Captain Al) is from a truly exceptional family. Members of this family claimed no fewer than three feature races at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday!
Classy four-year-old THE REAL PRINCE (Gimmethegreenlight) showed his class when he romped home to win the Listed City Of Cape Town Jet Master Stakes by five lengths.
Out of William Longsword’s G1 winning half-sister REAL PRINCESS (Trippi), the Dean Kannemeyer trained gelding has won four of eight starts and looks an exciting prospect.
Bred and owned by Khaya Stables, The Real Prince is one of three black type winners produced by G1 South African Fillies Sprint/G3 Poinsettia Stakes winner Real Princess.
SIDDELEY (Lancaster Bomber), like William Longsword descended in female line from the mare BLUEBELL GIRL (Drum Beat), claimed her biggest win when victorious in Saturday’s G3 SplashOut Prix Du Cap. The Justin Snaith trained four-year-old powered home, under Gavin Lerena, to claim Saturday’s 1400m feature by nearly half a length. (Her close relative, and G3 Baker McVeigh Diana Stakes winner, GIMMIE’S COUNTESS (Gimmethegreenlight), ran fifth to Siddeley). Bred and owned by Lammerskraal Stud, Siddeley had finished a close up third in the Listed SABC Olympic Duel Stakes prior to Saturday’s win, and she has won four of 19 outings.
Outstanding sprinter GIMME A PRINCE (Gimmethegreenlight), a full-brother to THE REAL PRINCE, made it back to back graded wins when he stormed home to win Saturday’s G2 Khaya Stables Diadem Stakes. A brilliant last out winner of the G1 Cape Flying Championship (a race he won previously in 2023), the Dean Kannemeyer trained six-year-old swooped late, under a great ride by Craig Zackey, and won comfortably by three parts of a length. Bred and owned by Khaya Stables, Gimme A Prince has strong claims to the title of South Africa’s top sprinter this season.
William Longsword could be represented by his son BACK IN BUSINESS in Saturday’s G1 Wilgerbosdrift H F Oppenheimer Horse Chestnut Stakes and by his daughters MISS SCALETTA and WILLY MEET AGAIN in the same day’s G1 Wilgerbosdrift SA Fillies Classic. Miss Scaletta has also been entered in the G1 TAB SA Classic on Saturday.
The G1 Cape Guineas winner has four lots on offer at the Premier Yearling Sale, including a full-sister (Lot 197) to the classy JUST BE LEKKER (William Longsword).
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