Sandringham Summit

Sandringham Summit

In training as a young 3yo

12 December 2023

Golden Horseshoe G2

Premiers Champion S G1

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Gauteng Guineas G2

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Hawaii S G2

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Sandringham Summit (SAF)

Gimmethegreenlight (AUS)

More Than Ready

Woodman’s Girl Woodman

Becky Be Good

Canny Lad Bletchingly

Yes She Can Cancan

Lassie

Tilden (IRE)

1st Dam

TOWNSEND, by Captain Al, 5 wins at 1400m, 1600m, R446,400, Fillies Championship S G2, Diana S G3, Stormsvlei Mile L; 2nd Sweet Chestnut S L. Half-sister to REGAL RANSOM. Dam of 8 foals, 7 runners, 6 winners:

EDEN ROC (c by Var), 6 wins, R1,420,050, won Gold Medallion G1, Golden Horseshoe G2 , Post Merchants G2; 2nd Golden Horse Sprint G1, Merchants H G3, 4th Graham Beck S G3, Senor Santa S G2, Post Merchants S G2 Sire

SANDRINGHAM SUMMIT (c by Gimmethegreenlight)

Female Line Townsend

Equus Champion 2yo Colt 2023. 5 wins at 2 and 3, R2,224,750, Premiers Champion S G1, Gauteng Guineas G2, Hawaii S G2, Golden Horseshoe G2; 2nd SA Classic G1, Graham Beck S G3, 3rd Dingaans H G2 - to date.

2nd Dam

Palace Gossip, by Dominion Royale, 8 wins to 1400m, R508,225; 2nd TR Lewis Memorial S G3, Acacia H L; 3rd Magnolia H G3; 4th Magnolia H G3, Senor Santa H G3, Camellia H L. Dam of 3 foals, 2 runners, 2 winners: REGAL RANSOM (Caesour), 8 wins from 1400m to 2000m, R1,738,900, Champions Challenge G1; 3rd Drum Star H L; 4th Victory Moon S G2, Wolf Power H L

TOWNSEND (Captain Al) 5 wins at 1400m, 1600m, R446,400, Fillies Championship S G2, Diana S G3, Stormsvlei Mile L; 2nd Sweet Chestnut S L.

3rd Dam

ISLAND ALOAH, by Tilden, winner at 1600m in South Africa. Half-sister to Island Again. Dam of 4 foals, 4 runners, 2 winners:

Palace Gossip (Dominion Royale), 8 wins to 1400m, R508,225; 2nd TR Lewis Memorial S G3, Acacia H L; 3rd Magnolia H G3; 4th Magnolia H G3, Senor Santa H G3, Camellia H L. Dame of Damascus (Damascus Gate), winner at 1200m in South Africa. Dam of: Moggytwoshoes (Mogok), 5 wins from 1400m to 1600m, R424,525, Pinnacle S; 3rd Syringa H L. Dam of:

ZAPATILLAS (Master of My Fate), 3 wins at 1200m, 1600m, R637,825, KZN Guineas G2, Sophomore Sprint L; 2nd Cape Classic G3; 3rd Gold Challenge S G1, Politician S G3, Jet Master S L; 4th Cape Guineas G1. Shoemaker (Gimmethegreenlight), 3 wins at 1400m, 1600m, R486,000; 2nd Dingaans H G2, Graham Beck S G3

4th Dam

ISLAND FAREWELL, by Jamaico, Champion in Zimbabwe, 9 wins from 1000m to 2400m in Zimbabwe, Benson & Hedges S G3, Shell Conservation Guineas G3, BP Conservation Guineas L, Bookmakers Fillies Classic L, Spey Bridge S L, Fillies Classic S L, Zimbabwe Oaks L; 2nd Flame Lily Sprint H L. Half-sister to Let’s do It. Dam of 11 foals, 7 runners, 4 winners: Island Again (Sun Tonic), winner at 2 in Zimbabwe; 3rd TBA Sale S L

Eden Roc

Sandringham Summit

The Champion Freshman Sire in the USA and Europe. A leading sire and broodmare sire in the USA and Europe. The only horse to defeat the great Brigadier Gerard, Roberto proved an even more valuable stallion than racehorse, perpetuating his own branch of the male line of Hail to Reason. Irish Champion 2yo colt (1971) English Champion 3yo colt (1972)

Champion SA Sire in 2002, Al Mufti sired Champions of both sexes. Today, he’s a successful sire-of-sires, and influential sire of broodmares. His sire son Captain Al proved himself a Champion, while other sons at stud included Victory Moon and Cataloochee, who both died very early in their stud careers.

Champion SA Sire 2015. Champion SA Sire of 2yo’s 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016. Sire of 105 S/W, 25 G1 winners, 30 G1 placed and R228,581,039 Champion Broodmare Sire 2023. Sire of sires MALMOOS, ONE WORLD, WILLIAM LONGSWORD, CAPTAIN OF ALL and ERIK THE RED.

MORE THAN READY

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Equus Champion 2yo Colt 2023

The Current Highest Rated 3yo in SA

Won Premiers Champion S G1

Won Golden Horseshoe G2

Won Gauteng Guineas G2

Won Hawaii S G2

ROBERTO (USA)

AL MUFTI (USA)

CAPTAIN AL

SANDRINGHAM SUMMIT

Champion Broodmare Sire Great Britain & Ireland. Maternal grandsire of SADLER’S WELLS.

Won Hollywood Derby G1

Won Travers Stakes G1

Won Lexington Handicap G2

Champion Sire Japan 1995 - 2008.

Horse of the Year in 1989 when he won the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Breeders’ Cup Classic - defeating rival Easy Goer each timeSunday Silence finished first or second in all 14 of his career starts.

Eclipse Award Horse of the Year - 1989

Eclipse Award Champion 3-Year-Old Male - 1989

Champion Broodmare Sire USA 2016.

Champion Sire Japan from 2012 - 2022

Champion Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Japanese Triple Crown in 2005 and the Japan Cup in 2006, as well as three other Japan G1 races.

Deep Impact became to Japan as Galileo was to Europe and is the sire of 59 G1 winners.

A Leading Sire in Australia.

Sebring won five of six starts including the G1 ATC Golden Slipper and G1 Sires’ Produce Stakes to be crowned Champion 2yo of 2008.

Sebring died at the age of 13.

“Sebring was the horse of a lifetime, as a racehorse and a stallion, he changed lives,” said Antony Thompson of Widden Stud.

After winning his first G1 in South Africa, Surcharge was relocated to Australia in 2019 when purchased by Yulong - owned by Mr Yuesheng Zhang.

Renamed Yulong Prince, he won the G1 Kennedy Cantala Stakes, becoming the first Australian G1 winner for Yulong.

At stud in Australia - first yearlings 2023/24.

SUNDAY SILENCE (USA)

DEEP IMPACT (JPN)

SEBRING (AUS)

BOLD REASON (USA)

SURCHARGE / YULONG PRINCE

Sandringham Summit Pedigree Notes

CHAMPION SIRE - GIMMETHEGREENLIGHT

Gimmethegreenlight is the current Champion Sire in South Africa, a feat which he also achieved in 2021. He was Champion Sire 2023, Champion Sire of 3yo’s 2023, and Champion Sire of 2yo’s 2023, and is set to continue this trend through 2024. He was also Champion First Season Sire 2016, Champion Sire of 2yo’s 2020, Champion Sire of 3yo’s 2021 and 3rd leading sire 2022.

CHAMPION SIRE - MORE THAN READY

Gimmethegreenlight’s sire MORE THAN READY was a brilliant miler, and is renowned

the World over as the best sire of winners the World has ever seen. He has sired more than 2051 winners. The only other stallion in history to tally over 1600 winners is Danehill, who sits on 1623 winners.

More Than Ready became the perfect outcross for DANEHILL line mares in Australasia as evidenced by PRIZED ICON, MORE JOYOUS, SEBRING, PERFECTLY READY, MORE THAN SACRED, BENICIO etc. In South Africa, Gimmethegreenlight has produced GOT THE GREENLIGHT from a Danehill line mare through COMMANDS.

More Than Ready was also the most shuttled

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stallion in the World and became a Champion Sire in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres and a World-renowned stallion who has made an indelible mark on the breed.

“More Than Ready was an amazing horse who touched everyone he came in contact with,” says Elliott Walden, president, CEO, and racing manager of WinStar Farm. “He may not have been the biggest horse in the barn, but he more than made up for it in class, balance, and character. His expressions said it all. We will greatly miss him at the farm.”

More Than Ready is a breed-shaping stallion and one of the youngest stallions in history to attain 100 stakes winners and 1,000 winners. He was Champion 2yo Sire USA in 2010 and Champion Sire of 2yo’s in Australia in 2008 and 2009.

He has sired graded stakes winners in 12 countries, G1 winners in 7, and has more black type winners than any North American sire in history with 216. More Than Ready has sired 100 graded stakes winners, 30 G1 winners, and 13 champions.

More Than Ready is the only sire to have an Eclipse Award Champion each year from 2017 to 2020. His RUSHING FALL was named Champion Female Turf horse in 2020; UNI (GB) was honoured as the 2019 Champion Turf Female; and ROY H earned back-to-back

Champion Male Sprinter titles in 2017 and 2018.

Further testament of his ability to sire versatile runners at the industry’s highest levels, More Than Ready is the number-one sire of Breeders’ Cup winners in history with seven wins in the marquee event, accomplished with six different winners of four different races at both sprint and route distances. UNI (GB) won the 2019 Mile; ROY H captured the 2018 and 2017 Sprint; RUSHING FALL won the 2017 Juvenile Fillies Turf; REGALLY READY annexed the 2011 Turf Sprint; MORE THAN REAL won the 2011 Juvenile Fillies Turf, and PLUCK (out of the Varsfontein bred mare Secret Heartby Fort Wood) was triumphant in that year’s Juvenile Turf.

More Than Ready is by SOUTHERN HALO out of the winning WOODMAN mare WOODMAN’S GIRL, a half-sister to Grade 1 winner BAIL OUT BECKY and from the family of Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf winner STEPHANIE’S KITTEN.

Gimmethegreenlight descends in male line from HALO - a mean, not particularly attractive near-black horse, who matured into a good turf performer. He was much better as a sire, becoming American Champion Sire twice and founding his own branch of the HAIL TO REASON sire line. HALO’S progeny include SUNDAY SILENCE who dominated the sire standings in Japan for 13 straight years from 1995 to 2007 - his last championship arriving five years after his death. He was a true game changer for the Japanese industry, not only as a brilliant source of elite talent but as a key to the development of Japan as a respected racing nation.

“Thoroughbreds can be bought or sold,” says Teruya Yoshida of Shadai Farm, which

bought Sunday Silence out of America in late 1990 and cultivated him into a global force. “As Nasrullah sired Bold Ruler, who changed the world’s breeding capital from Europe to the U.S., one stallion can change the World. Sunday Silence is exactly such a stallion for the Japanese Thoroughbred Industry.”

Japan’s DEEP IMPACT, the most prolific son of SUNDAY SILENCE, has held the title consecutively since 2012, the year in which his eldest runners were 4-year-olds. He had hit the ground running as the Champion First-Season Sire in 2010.

DEEP IMPACT is the sire of SA sire DANON PLATINA, Champion 2yo Colt in Japan. DEEP IMPACT is also the sire of SAXON WARRIOR, an unbeaten G1 winner at 2 years in the UK, and a brilliant Guineas winner at 3. He now stands at Coolmore Stud in Ireland. He is out of a mare by GALILEO (SADLER’S WELLS) and his grandam is by DANEHILL. Recent sensation AUGUSTE RODIN is another son of DEEP IMPACT from a GALILEO mare who has won 7 of his 10 starts including 5 G1 races culminating in the Breeders’ Cup Turf G1 at Santa Anita.

Gimmethegreenlight’s dam-sire CANNY LAD, is the maternal grandsire of REDOUTE’S CHOICE (DANEHILL) - a multiple Champion Sire and a prolific sire of sires in Australia. REDOUBT’S CHOICE is the sire of SA sire RAFEEF, who is inbred to DANZIG.

CANNY LAD is also the dam-sire of Champion

Sire I AM INVINCIBLE, a son of INVINCIBLE SPIRIT (GREEN DESERT by DANZIG) - bred on the same male line cross as REDOUBT’S CHOICE.

Gimmethegreenlight has 3 lines of the STAR KINGDOM line, and 3 lines of ROYAL CHARGER (one of them through the great SIR TRISTRAM). SIR TRISTRAM x STAR KINGDOM became a

very successful cross in Australia. ROYAL CHARGER is a 3 parts-brother to NASRULLAH and stallions in SA that descend from him are AL MUFTI, CAPTAIN AL (and sons), DANON PLATINA, HAT PUNTANO and CANFORD CLIFFS. Many other SA stallions carry lines of HAIL TO REASON such as JET MASTER and descendants of SADLER’S WELLS.

Gimmethegreenlight’s most successful male line crosses are with lines of NORTHERN DANCER, MR PROSPECTOR, ROYAL CHARGER and NASRULLAH. Comparing opportunity with result, Gimmethegreenlight has done very well with mares by SILVANO and TRIPPI - although most of the progeny also include SADLER’S WELLS in their pedigrees.

CHAMPION SIRE - CAPTAIN AL

Captain Al holds a position of great significance in SA’s breeding landscape and is often mentioned in the same breath as Jet Master as one of the most influential locally bred stallions to have stood at stud. The battle between Captain Al and Jet Master for the title of Champion First Season Sire in 2005 was truly remarkable. With both stallions producing an impressive tally of 21 2yo winners from their respective first crops, the competition was fierce and closely contested. In the end, Jet Master emerged victorious, claiming not only First Season honours but outright Champion 2yo Sire. Nevertheless, the epic duel between these two stallions serves as a testament to their exceptional progeny and enduring impact on the SA Racing and Breeding Industry.

Captain Al’s success as a sire is commendable. He achieved the prestigious title of Champion Sire of 2yo’s for an impressive 8 consecutive seasons, from 2009 to 2016. In addition, Captain Al was crowned Champion

SA Sire in 2015. His contributions were further recognised through receipt of the Equus Award for Outstanding Sire in 2009 and 2011.

Captain Al’s statistics highlight his influence with 77% winners to runners and a 10.8% stakes winners to runners. Captain Al is the 2023 Champion Broodmare Sire in SA.

Captain Al’s influence has reached beyond SA, with his runners making their mark in various international racing jurisdictions. His progeny have competed in Mauritius, Hong Kong, USA, United Arab Emirates, France, Great Britain, Singapore, Australia, and Zimbabwe. This global reach speaks to the versatility and adaptability of Captain Al’s offspring, as they showcased their talent and achieved success around the World.

Captain Al’s sons at stud include Triple Crown winner MALMOOS, G1 Cape Guineas winner WILLIAM LONGSWORD, Equus Champion Sprinter CAPTAIN OF ALL, G1 Met winner ONE WORLD (Equus Champion Older Male 2020), and ERIK THE RED (Cape Champion 2yo).

Captain Al is free of Northern Dancer blood and his most prolific nick was with NORTHERN DANCER line mares - producing 20 G1 performers of which 9 were G1 winners. FORT WOOD mares produced 3 G1 winners, followed by ELLIODOR (1, by Lyphard), JOSHUA DANCER (1, by Danzig), CAESOUR (1, by Nureyev), POLAR FALCON (1, by Nureyev), PEINTRE CELEBRE (1, by Nureyev) and GIANT’S CAUSEWAY (1, by Storm Cat).

NATIVE DANCER line mares produced 8

Captain Al

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G1 winners from his descendants WESTERN WINTER (2, by Gone West), GOLDKEEPER (2, by Mr Prospector), CENTENARY (1, by Alydar), HUSSONET (1, by Mr Prospector), TRIPPI (1, by End Sweep) and FUSAICHI PEGASUS (1, by Mr Prospector).

The RIBOT male line produced 3 G1 winners through BADGER LAND (2, by Codex) and SPORTSWORLD (1, by Alleged). Other G1 winners are from mares by HARD UP (1, by Hard Fighter), RED RANSOM (1, by Roberto), LONDON NEWS (1, by Bush Telegraph), MARK OF ESTEEM (1, by Darshaan) and FARD (1, by Reprimand).

CHAMPION FILLY - ISLAND FAREWELL

Nine-time winner ISLAND FAREWELL (by JAMAICO), trained by Robin Smith and ridden by Kleintjie Badenhorst, epitomises all that is required of a Triple Crown winner . Jockey ‘Kleintjie’ Badenhorst takes up the tale:

“Not only was she the first to wear Zimbabwe’s Triple Crown in 1983, I knew her personally, she looked the part, gave me one of the most anxious moments ever endured on a racecourse, but lived up to expectations.

“Once she had collected the first two legs of the Triple Crown the speculation began - could she or couldn’t she see out the Derby distance?

“In the year Island Farewell won, she also won two fillies Classics that fell between the three races of the Triple Crown.

“There had been a few threats before the race about being taken out in the running. It was decided to drop in at the back of the field, to stay out of trouble, and when entering the straight to go wide and have a clear passage.

“But when we came to the straight I went right into the pack, the shortest way home.

“There was a wall of horses. I was very lucky that she was such a good horse, we saw a gap and took it. It was very tight, but she burst

Island Farewell

Captain’s Ransom - inbred to Hail To Reason (4x4) through Roberto (3x3). © Jeremy Nelson

Tony Taberer

through and the rest is history.”

Tony Taberer purchased ISLAND ALOAH (out of ISLAND FAREWELL) and bred PALACE GOSSIP (8 wins; dam of G2 winner TOWNSEND and G1 winner REGAL RANSOM from 3 foals) and DAME OF DAMASCUS (dam of 5 time winner MOGGYTWOSHOES - the dam of ZAPATILLAS and SHOEMAKER). This is a family on an upward trend.

CHAMPION 2YO - SANDRINGHAM SUMMIT

Sandringham Summit was a magnificent yearling, and at the 2022 National Yearling Sale, he commanded a price of R1,7 million.

Sandringham Summit is named after the British Royal Family Summit In early January

2020. Queen Elizabeth II ordered a family summit at her home to deliberate details surrounding Meghan and Prince Harry’s royal exit. The meeting took place at her country home of Sandringham, in Norfolk.

Sandringham Summit stands 16 hands and is a very athletic and imposing son of Gimmethegreenlight. He is half-brother to young sire EDEN ROC (by Var) who won 6 races, R1,420,050, including the Gold Medallion G1, Golden Horseshoe G2, Post Merchants G2; 2nd Golden Horse Sprint G1, Merchants H G3, etc.

Sandringham Summit is line-bred to HAIL TO REASON through HALO and ROBERTO and has only 1 line each of NORTHERN DANCER and MR PROSPECTOR in his 5th generation.

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He is the perfect outcross for further lines of NORTHERN DANCER and MR PROSPECTOR. Both Gimmethegreenlight and Captain Al have combined well with daughters descending from lines of NORTHERN DANCER, RAISE A NATIVE, HAIL TO REASON and NASRULLAH. These would include mares descending from FORT WOOD, DYNASTY, CASEY TIBBS, GALILEO, FRANKEL, REDOUBTS CHOICE, RAFEEF, DANEHILL DANCER, SEVENTH ROCK, NATIONAL EMBLEM, JOSHUA DANCER, SILVANO, ELLIODOR, MODEL MAN, CAESOUR, TIGER RIDGE, GIANTS CAUSEWAY, VAR, MOGOK, TAIL OF THE CAT, BLACK MINNALOUSHE, RAKEEN, JET MASTER, OUR CASEY’S BOY, KABOOL, TRIPPI, KAHAL, WESTERN WINTER, GOLDKEEPER, CENTENARY, BADGER LAND, RED RANSOM, PHILANTHROPIST, FOVEROS, etc.

JET MASTER would bring 2 more lines of HAIL TO REASON and an own-sister to ROBERTO to a proposed alliance.

Sandringham Summit’s first 3 dams could all run, never winning beyond 1600m, but his 4th dam ISLAND FAREWELL (by Jamaico) was a shining star in Zimbabwe, winning 5 consecutive victories (9 in total) at the age of 3, encompassing the Zimbabwe Oaks (2000m), the Zimbabwe Derby (2400m), Bookmakers Classic Fillies (1600m), Shell Conservation

Guineas (1600m) and the Spey Bridge Stakes (2000m). Despite a minor setback in the Natbrew Tankard, she bounced back to win the BP Conservation Guineas (1600m).

Island Farewell is by the French import JAMAICO (FR) - “Jamaico is a handsome, well balanced grey horse, and a fast-finisher - he always showed a good burst of speed to come from behind and beat his rivals. Furthermore, he acts on any going” - COURSES ET ELEVAGE

Jamaico is by Prince Taj (Prince Bio ex Malindi - an own-sister to Nasrullah) and was allotted 132,5lb in the French 4yo Free Handicap. Townsend is inbred to Jamaico (4x4), bringing much versatility to the pedigree. Sandringham Summit has consistently demonstrated impressive finishing speed, which raises expectations that he has inherited the genes necessary to excel across all classic distances.

His BUCKPASSER / BUSANDA / LA TROIENNE lines through PLAYMATE, LASSIE DEAR and SPLENDID SPREE are worth noting, as they are a powerful influence. Direct descendants of this remarkable broodmare continue to play a major role in races around the world, with the La Troienne impact showing few signs of slowing.

Notably, Gimmethegreenlight and Captain Al have shown their versatility when combined with

Jamaico (FR)

Jet Master

‘classic’ (1600-2400m) producing families, producing racers such as GOTTHEGREENLIGHT, SURCHARGE / YULONG PRINCE, BLESS MY STARS, BARAHIN, SECOND BASE, GIMME ONE NIGHT, JOHNNY HERO, CAPTAIN’S RANSOM, CAPTAIN AMERICA, MALMOOS, ONE WORLD, HILL FIFTY FOUR, PINE PRINCESS, EMERALD COVE, etc.

Sandringham Summit is the Equus Champion

2yo Colt of last season, and currently has a rating of 123 at 3. On 3rd February 2024 he won the first leg of the Triple Crown with consummate ease - the G2 Gauteng Guineas.

On 2nd March 2024, Sandringham Summit jumped from a number 10 draw in the G1 SA Classic, and was dropped out towards the back of the field (against his trainer’s instructions) and came into the straight some 10 lengths back, making up the deficit to finish 2nd - this was a run full of merit considering he was cut into during the race which unsettled him, while sustaining an injury to his hind leg.

Sandringham Summit won his next start in open company - the G2 Hawaii Stakes over 1400m - by 1,25 lengths from the Varsfontein bred 3yo Lucky Lad. His next start will be in the G2 World Sport Betting Guineas at Greyville.

La Troienne (FR)

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