International Racehorse Magazine November 2018

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CONTENTS REGULARS 4 4 6 70 72 74

Advertisers List Letter from the Editor The Secret Life of Foals Liesl King Breeding Stats Sarah Whitelaw Subscription Form Black Type Pages Sarah Whitelaw

THE TEAM

Johan Blom Chief Executive Officer

Pieter Hugo Managing Director

Marie Chin Advertising Executive

Marguerite le Roux Senior Designer

Liesl King Journalist/Photographer

Bunny Hinzman Journalist

Nicole De Villiers Features & Advertising

Lindsay Hunter USA Sales & Editorial

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Rosie Riall Wins Wildest Horse Race in the World Equus Awards 2018 Candiese Marnewick Best Solution, flying the flag for Godolphin Liesl King Veuve Cliquot Masters Polo Rainbow Bridge to a pot of gold?

Liesl King South African breeding looking ahead and abroad The Beginning of Summer Chase Liebenberg A Maple Leaf In Green Tom Ferry BBAG salestopper for Gestüt Etzean Liesl King Time to Change Dr Hannah Botha The Stirring of Spring Tracy Robertson

Tom Ferry Photographer

Michele MacDonald Journalist/Photographer

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ABOUT THE COVER

An outstanding Oratorio colt out of Pan Amm bred at Avontuur Stud Photo Credit Liesl King Published by: SilverMane Media www.silvermane.co.za

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With foaling season in full swing Liesl King takes a look at the secret life of foals, at Avontuur Stud on page 6. These balls of fluff are in stark contrast to the polished yearlings we look forward to seeing in mere months, one can hardly believe how much they would have grown by then.

Another summer pastime in Cape Town is thoroughbreds on the beach.

Chase Liebenberg shares with us one of the season’s first, as part of Glen Kotzen’s Woodhill Racing Estate. Have a look on page 44.

The recently held Equus Awards, during a glamorous evening at Emperors Palace Convention Centre, again recognized South African breeding and racing excellence. Candiese Marnewick takes a look at the highlights of this glitzy evening on page 20.

A little off our normal track, Barry Armitage share with us the recently held, second time ever, Race the Wild Coast. Conquering spectacular scenery along South Africa’s Wild Coast to overcome 12, 80km stages, these 14 International Riders battled it out to the finishing post, read all about it on page 12.

Last special mention, before I let you go, famous local equine photographer,Tracy Robertson welcomed in spring with a spectacular feature, feast you eyes on page 66.

I hope you enjoy reading what we have prepared for you, as much as we did putting it together.

See you at the races.

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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

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elcome to our 25th Edition of International Racehorse Magazine. What an exciting time of year it is in Cape Town, with the Western Cape Summer Season kicking off it means regular trips to Durbanville and Kenilworth, I can’t wait. With 2018 rushing towards it’s inevitable end, the pace keeps accelerating, what’s not to love?

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“Shoo fly, I am trying to sleep”

Text & Photos by Liesl King

THE SECRET LIFE OF FOALS O N AV O N T U U R S T U D

It is that wonderful time of the year again – foaling season! Long hours, little sleep and grumpy mares are all part and parcel of the magic that produces the thoroughbred foal. So just what do these fluffy bundles of cuteness get up to in the paddocks on stud farms all around the South Africa? We give you a glimpse into the secret life of foals on a stud farm aptly named Adventure, narrated by the mares and foals themselves!

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“Oooh that tasted good”

“Look ma, no feet!”

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“Are you my brother from another mother?”

“Hello! What’s this?”

“Look mom, I’m blowing bubbles”

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“Hi gorgeous! Where have you been?”

“Stop fooling around mom!

I want milk now!”

“You didn’t say no eating in bed”

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“I am waiting; where’s my food?”

“Bend knees.

Please bend”

“Thank goodness they are all sleeping! Peace and quiet at last.”

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ROSIE RIALL WINS

WILDEST HORSE RACE IN THE WORLD Photos by Daniella Zondagh

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n 19 October 2018, the young UK-based rider Rosie Riall triumphed as the winner of the second-ever Race the Wild Coast endurance horse race, crossing the finish line at the Kei Mouth ahead of 13 other international competitors to take home the

tracks, rocky paths, beach runs, and often adverse weather conditions - earning it the moniker of “the wildest horse race in the world”. From a technical perspective, it is certainly one of the most challenging endurance races in existence.

Race the Wild Coast, which is sponsored by international apparel brand KTC and supported by Striped Horse craft beer, is a new breed of long-distance horse racing set along the aptly named Wild Coast of the Eastern Cape, South Africa. This year’s race was staged from 16-19 October 2018.

Says race organizer and co-founder Barry Armitage of Rockethorse Racing: “This year’s race was certainly tough and it’s an achievement just to finish. We congratulate all our riders who traversed the rugged paradise that is South Africa’s Wild Coast. And we take our racing cap off to the winner. It was a tight finish, but Rosie pipped her mate Anna Boden to the line due to strategy, determination, sheer grit and excellent horsemanship!”

The race is organised by South African company Rockethorse Racing, which launched its first event in 2016. This complex, multi-stage race covers 350km of untamed wilderness and includes river and estuary crossings, narrow cliff-top

For the first time in the race’s history, other intrepid adventure sports enthusiasts from different disciplines were welcomed onto the field. Legendary endurance trail runner Steve Black and adventure canoeist Clyde Barendse pitted their skills

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against those of the riders and raced the horses to the finish line, with Black running the trail and Barendse paddling across rivers and breakers. Future editions of the event will see other forms of endurance sport such as Mountain Biking also included in Race the Wild Coast.

Taking part in the 2018 edition were 14 riders in total: Anna Boden (UK), Daisy Soames (UK), Jamey Altman (USA), Katy Willings (UK), Iain Paterson (UK), Francisco Schnaas (MX), Courtney Kizer (USA), Catriona Paterson (CAN), Melissa Montgomery (USA), Chetta Crowley (AUS), Rosie Riall (UK), Hanna Bartnick (USA), Julie Eldridge (USA), and Mohammed Nasser (UAE).

No South Africans took part in this edition, but the 2016 race was won by South Africa’s own Monde Khanyana who beat an international field that comprised a high number of Mongol Derby veterans, including the 2014 Mongol Derby

winner, Australian Sam Jones, who came second in the 2016 South African race.

During Race the Wild Coast 2018, the constantly changing conditions due to rain and wind on the first two days resulted in frequent alterations to the leader positions. Horse and rider had to work together to overcome obstacles.

At times riders grouped together as teams, with the trailing pack working together to catch up to the leaders. Melissa Montgomery (USA) impressed fans on Day 2 by catching up with the leading pack after a tough river crossing despite a fractured left wrist. Other riders were not so fortunate, with Hanna Bartnick withdrawing on Day 3 after an injured ankle affected her ability to ride. Mohammed Nasser withdrew on Day 4 due to an injured knee. Julie Eldridge was unfortunate to have her third horse (the riders change mounts at various stages) vetted out at the Bulungula vet check but continued

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the race as a non-competitor after mounting a spare horse.

Covering 80km per day, the race took place over 12 stages.

At the end of each stage, horses were thoroughly checked by Rockethorse Racing’s own head vet as well as SPCA vets to ensure that the animals remained in top condition.The horses’s health is paramount and time penalties are incurred for overworking the horses, which can seriously impact the leaderboard.

The horses were sourced from local endurance stud Moolmanshoek run by Wiesman Nel. The mounts included three types: pure bred Arabian horses for speed, Arabians crossbred with local Boerperde for their hardiness and temperament, and pure Boerperde suited to the tough conditions of the Wild Coast.

The terrain of the race varies. It spans hard sand on beaches

with outgoing tides; coastal hills cut by ravines that often require leading the horses; tight forested tracks; and soft sand where haste could result in tendon injuries. Not to mention several river swims…

While thrilling, this arduous enterprise forces riders to keep a steady pace while reading the immediate landscape for the fastest or most efficient route – never knowing what might come next. It is not known as the “wild” coast for nothing…

Endurance horse racing is a growing genre of adventure racing internationally, and South Africans are no strangers to the sport. Armitage himself won the Mongol Derby in 2017.

Race the Wild Coast blends the spirit of the frontiersman and the modern horseback adventurer – a test of endurance, horsemanship, survival and navigational skills across an iconic wilderness – and is making its mark as a global sporting classic.

To find out more or enter the next race visit http://rockethorseracing.co.za/.

Follow Rockethorse Racing via Facebook (@rockethorseracing) or Instagram.

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By Candiese Marnewick

EQUUS AWARDS 2018

The 2018 Equus Awards recognised South African breeding and racing excellence once again this year, in a glittering affair at the Emperors Palace Convention Centre. Clyde Basel oversaw the evenings proceedings. Gaynor Rupert’s Drakenstein Stud dominated the special awards most deservingly – taking home Owner Of The Year and Horse Of The Year with the outstanding Oh Susanna (AUS), bred by Gaynor in Australia.

Oh Susanna was also rewarded with Champion 3YO Filly and Champion Middle Distance Horse.

Gaynor Rupert gave a deeply captivating speech and thanked Mick Goss for introducing her to the world of breeding and racing champions.

Lyle Hewitson

Justin Snaith

Justin Snaith had an outstanding season, awarded as Champion Trainer, he produced the first three horses across the line in the Vodacom Durban July.

Leading breeder went to Klawervlei Stud who are standing some of South Africa’s most exciting young sires – amongst them Twice Over and Pomodoro (Return Flight won Champion 2YO Filly) - who produced Gr1 winners from their first crops to race. John Koster gave a moving acceptance speech, and called for unity of the horseracing industry. Robin Bruss of Northfields Stud will remember the 2017 / 2018 racing season as the year that he bred two Gr1 winners from only 10 runners produced – that of Do It Again (Champion 3YO Colt), and Equus Champion Sprinter Will Pays. From the 10 runners, he had 11 wins and a winners to runners percentage of 60% for the season – with an impressive 5 Black Type Wins.

Drakenstein team collect for Oh Susanna

South Africa’s star miler Legal Eagle once again picked up more Equus Awards for Champion Miler and Older Male for owner Justin Snaith is awarded as National Champion Trainer

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Jane Thomas and Emma Rourke collect the Equus Award for It’s My Turn

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Matthew and Diane De Kock receive a Special Achievement Award for Mike De Kock

Team Mauritzfontein collect the award for Nother Russia

Team Will Pays collect the award for Champion Sprinter

Equus Award Winners 2018

Performer at Equus Awards

Braam Van Huyssteen and Pippa Mickleburgh receive another award for Legal Eagle

Klawervlei collect the award for Champion Breeder

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Braam Van Huyssteen and breeder Pippa Mickleburgh of Avontuur Stud.

Wilgerbosdrift star Nother Russia, gave Jessica Jell of Mauritzfontein Champion Older Mare after two Gr1 wins for the season trained by Mike De Kock, whilst It’s My Turn rewarded owner Fred Crabbia with Champion Stayer after sweeping wins in the Gold Cup, Gold Vase and Derby for trainer Dean Kannemeyer.

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Anton Marcus receives a Special Award

Special Awards were handed to Lyle Hewitson – who became the second apprentice to win Champion Jockey for the season and Champion Apprentice.

Anton Marcus rode a brilliant season, winning aboard the likes of Do It Again, It’s My Turn and Legal Eagle – and was rewarded for his superb achievement of 100 Gr1 wins achieved. South African stalwart trainer Mike De Kock was given a special achievement award for his Terence Millard equalling 117 Gr1 wins and there is no doubt it will not stop there. Matthew De Kock and Randall Simons accepted the award for Champion 2YO Colt Soqrat. Silvano was named Champion Sire of the season and Strawberry Lane of Lammerskraal Stud, Broodmare Of The Year.

Congratulations to the winners!

Gaynor Rupert and Justin Snaith collect the Horse Of The Year Award for Oh Susanna (AUS)

Robert Moore hands over the Jockey Championship Award to Lyle Hewitson, who also won Champion Apprentice

John Koster of Klawervlei Stud

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Soqrat is voted Champion 2YO Colt, Matthew De Kock and Randall Simons

Ladies from the Racing Association

Sally Bruss collects the Award on behalf of Lammerskraal Stud for broodmare Strawberry Lane

Return Flight collects Champion 2YO Filly

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Best Solution wins Grosser Preis von Baden.

BEST SOLUTION,

FLYING THE FLAG FOR GODOLPHIN

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Masar winning the Epsom Derby.

Pat Cosgrave and Saeed bin Suroor with Best Solution.

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oolmore and Godolphin are commonly known as racing’s superpowers, yet while the former clock up Group 1 victories with the regularity of a metronome, the latter has been struggling. No one has poured more money into racing and bloodstock or been more passionate than Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, but the results just weren’t there. Runners carrying the familiar blue colours were competing in the biggest races around the world, but they just weren’t cracking it. Then in 2017 came a sea change. After refusing to buy any yearlings by Coolmore stallions for over a decade, Sheikh Mohammed finally called a halt to the boycott when buying some yearlings by Galileo at the major sales during 2017.

While these yearlings will only be lining up for the Classic races in 2019, it seems as if the Sheikh’s change of heart also brought a change of fortune to the beleaguered Godolphin for on the 2nd of June this year, forty years after his first victory in the Epsom Derby and 33 defeats later, a Godolphin homebred, Masar (IRE), ridden by William Buick, carried Sheikh Mohammed’s royal blue colours to victory in the race that is considered the ultimate test of a three-year-old thoroughbred colt.

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Godolphin’s resurgence however, did not stop there. Success upon success followed as Buick, Godolphin’s retained rider, steered Blue Point (IRE) to victory in the Group 1 King’s Stand stakes at Royal Ascot, a mere two weeks later. Buick was also in the irons when another homebred, Wild Illusion (GB) won the Group 1 Qatar Nassau Stakes at Goodwood in August, before backing up on Arc day to claim the Group 1 Prix de l’Opera Longines, defeating Coolmore’s Magic Wand (IRE) in the process. And the exciting two-year-old Quorto (IRE), also bred by Godolphin, remained unbeaten when winning the Group 1 Goffs Vincent O’Brien National Stakes at the Curragh in September.

It therefore came as no surprise when Best Solution (IRE), trained by Saeed bin Suroor, won the Group 1 Longines Grosser Preis von Berlin at Hoppegarten in Berlin. Another day, another Group 1 victory for the “Boys in Blue”. Best Solution was on a roll having previously won the Group 2 Princess of Wales’s Stakes at Newmarket a month earlier.The colt’s next assignment was to be Germany’s most prestigious race, the Group 1 Longines Grosser Preis von Baden. With Godolphin’s rather sketchy history when it comes to winning abroad and with the race traditionally being a lead up race for the Group 1 Prix de ‘Arc de Triomphe, little notice was taken of Best Solution’s participation. After all, the last

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Pat Cosgrave salutes on Best Solution.

time Bin Suroor trained the winner of the Grosser Preis von Baden was in 2003 when Mamool carried the Sheikh’s colours to victory.

That however would prove to be a costly mistake on the part of the doubters. For despite some stiff competition from the Roger Varian trained Defoe (IRE) and Germany’s Horse of the Year Iquitos (GER), Best Solution surged to victory in Baden- Baden to win by a neck under Pat Cosgrave. A delighted Bin Suroor, who was on track to lead in his star, described Best Solution as one of his three stars, the other two being 2018 Dubai World Cup winner Thunder Snow (IRE) and 2018 Dubai Turf winner Benbatl (GB).

When quizzed as to what lies ahead for Best Solution, Bin Suroor was quick to point out that the colt was going straight into quarantine for an Australian Spring campaign. “The plan is now to go to Australia for the Caulfield Cup and then the Melbourne Cup. He’ll go into quarantine now in preparation for that.” Australia however has been another nemesis of the Boys in Blue. Winning the iconic Melbourne Cup has been a dream of Sheikh Mohammed since he started his racing operation. Yet despite several attempts since the race was opened to international runners in 2002, success has firmly eluded the Godolphin runners.

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Could Best Solution be the answer they have been looking for? The colt has never run over further than 2400m, putting a big question mark over whether he would see out the gruelling 3200m of the Flemington track. Only time will tell.

In the meantime, the Godolphin runners have been blazing a trail during the Melbourne Spring Carnival. Benbatl (GB) and stable companion Blair House (IRE) finishing 1-2 in the Group 1 Ladbrokes Stakes, while Best Solution continued his winning ways with victory in the Group 1 Caulfield Cup. According to Charlie Appelby, his assignment on joining Godolphin in 2013, was simple - win two races. There was a catch however, as the two races that Sheikh Mohammed so desperately wanted to win, were the Epsom Derby and the Melbourne Cup. The first Appelby has ticked off and between Appelby and Bin Suroor they think they have the right horses to achieve the second. So should a horse in blue flash across the line come the first Tuesday in November, it will be the fairy tale ending Sheikh Mohammed has spent a lifetime dreaming of. Whatever happens in the 2018 Melbourne Cup, two things are for sure. Godolphin is once again a true superpower of racing, with their resurgence unlikely to fade anytime soon and that Melbourne Cup victory, unlike the Epsom Derby, won’t take another four decades to achieve.

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MASTERS POLO CAPE TOWN 2019 The game, the champagne and the colour match!

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he prestigious Veuve Clicquot Masters Polo Cape Town will return to Val de Vie Estate on 2 March 2019. Set against the spectacular backdrop of the Paarl-Franschhoek mountains, this stylish sporting and social event marks the peak of the South African polo season.

The ninth annual event, a highlight on the Western Cape calendar, will focus on the sport that has shown a sharp rise in popularity and skill in Africa over the past few years. It is expected that more than 3000 prestigious guests, many from neighbouring countries and provinces, will pay homage to the high-speed, highskill game of polo while sipping Veuve Clicquot and celebrating summer. What’s new at the 2019 event is the extension of the VIP area where guests will have the opportunity to track the live polo match on oversized screens and remain engaged with the game.

Colour has always been at the heart of Veuve Clicquot and is a source of the champagne’s creativity and inspiration. It was in 1816 that Madame Clicquot developed the first riddling table designed to guarantee a crystal-clear wine and thus enhance the purity of colour of her champagne. She also created the first blended rosè in order to create a more intense colour and taste.

This is the inspiration behind 2019’s “Colourama” theme that promises several artistic interpretations of the Veuve Clicquot heritage and a live fashion experience against the background of the game.

In line with Veuve Clicquot polo matches in New York and Los Angeles, the spotlight is on understated but elegant daywear in chic colour blocking ranging from sunburst yellow to blushpink. Guests are encouraged to wear comfortable shoes for the much-anticipated divot-stomping during half time of the polo match.This year ‘Best Dressed’ falls away, conforming with the international celebration of polo with focus on the game, social and business networking and the Veuve Clicquot lifestyle experience. The day will also begin earlier to allow guests to make their way to after-party venues in surrounding towns.

Renowned as one of the best polo events in the world, the 2019 Veuve Clicquot Masters Polo will be attended by influencers, thought-leaders and VIPs from across the African Continent.

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EVENT DETAILS Date: Saturday 2 March 2019 Time: 2pm to 7pm Venue: Val de Vie Estate (Paarl-Franschhoek Valley) Theme: Colourama Hashtag: #vcmasterspolo NB: This event is not open to persons under the age of 18 years Tickets: https://online.computicket.com or for lounge bookings email hospitality@vcmasterspolo.co.za

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Ticket includes Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label as your signature drink for the day, a VIP hospitality lounge experience with luxurious seating, VIP canapĂŠ service and gourmet grazing tables, premium Veuve Clicquot Bars with a Private Butler Service, VIP Entry and parking, and a premium view of the polo pitch with full security.

Clicquot Garden: R1300 per person*

Ticket includes access to the Clicquot Garden lounge area on the lawn including seating facilities, one glass of Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label per person, a lunch menu and panoramic views of the polo field and fashion show. A cash bar will be available including the sale of Veuve Clicquot by the glass or bottle at a special event price.

Clicquot Picnic: R380 per person*

Ticket includes access to the picnic area. A cash bar is available including the sale of Veuve Clicquot by the glass or bottle at a special event price. Gourmet Food Trucks will also be available.

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By Liesl King

RAINBOW BRIDGE TO A POT OF GOLD?

Every season brings new stars to the Cape racing scene as talented three-year-olds step out to strut their stuff. Some go on to achieve greatness with a string of Graded victories behind their names, while others burn bright, only to fade quickly.

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herefore, I tend to greet each young new ‘star’ with a healthy mix of excitement and scepticism. But when top jockey Richard Fourie hopped off a bright bay gelding in the winner’s box back in April and boldly stated “this horse doesn’t belong in this country”, I sat up and took notice. For as a seasoned veteran of the cauldron that is Hong Kong racing, Fourie understands perfectly what it takes for a horse to be good enough to compete on the international stage.

And Fourie had just hopped off the aptly named Rainbow Bridge.The bay gelding by Mauritzfontein’s exciting stallion Ideal World (USA), out of the Jet Master mare Halfway to Heaven was bred by the Wilgerboschdrift Stud & Mauritzfontein, and offered as Lot 122 at the 2016 BSA National Yearling Sale in Johannesburg where Cape trainer Eric Sands snapped him up for R300,000 on behalf of owner Chris Gerber. Halfway To Heaven was a talented lady in her own right, with seven victories including the Grade 3 Prix du Cap and the Listed Off To Stud Handicap behind her name.

he likes to see the individual in the flesh and Rainbow Bridge ticked all the boxes. Rainbow Bridge unfortunately missed the early three-year-old races due to an injury and hence his first start only came in a Maiden Plate over 1200m at Kenilworth on the 7th of April. With Fourie in the saddle, the gelding cantered home comfortably by 2.25 lengths.

Sands clearly knew he had a potential star in his stable as the gelding’s next start saw him step up in distance and straight into Graded Stakes company, as he lined up in the Grade 3 Highlands Stud Winter Guineas over 1600m at Kenilworth on the 28th of April.

“It is not what I would normally do, but I gave Chris the option of taking a softer route. I don’t often get one this good and the Guineas only comes once in a horse’s career. He was injured early on and has been given plenty of time. He’s smart”, Sands explained. Smart indeed, as despite having to overcome a wide draw, Rainbow Bridge came home lonely, demolishing his opposition with an electrifying turn of foot to win by 1.25 lengths from the Grade 2 Selangor Cup winner Rocket Countdown. And it was in the winner’s box afterwards that Fourie made his prophetic comment.

Having trained Halfway To Heaven, Sands went to view her offspring on the studfarm and was very impressed with what he saw. Sands explains that while a yearling’s pedigree is important, The Winter Guineas is the first leg of the Highlands Stud

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Winter Triple Crown Series for three-year-olds and Rainbow Bridge’s next mission would be the second leg, the Grade 3 Highlands Stud Winter Classic over 1800m. Fourie again had the ride, but it was to be a very different ride from the previous one. From the start everything went wrong, as Rainbow Bridge became his own worst enemy. Fourie moved the gelding forward to sit closer to the leaders, but Rainbow Bridge refused to settle and fought Fourie all the way home and into the home straight. Any normal horse would have long run out of fuel by now, but this clearly is no ordinary horse and still fighting for his head, Rainbow Bridge powered into the lead to win by a length with luckless Rocket Countdown again relegated to second.

Fourie himself was astounded. “There is no way he should have won that, running and fighting me like that and yet he did”, he commented.

Speculation aplenty followed. Would the gelding line up for the final leg of the series or would Sands elect to go straight to the Grade 1 Vodacom Durban July with his charge? Marinaresco, the 2016 winner of the Winter Series Triple Crown, had gone on to win the July a year later. Could Rainbow Bridge achieve the impossible and win both in the same year? Sands however, is not known as a horseman extraordinaire for no reason and the seasoned trainer wisely decided that his young charge had had enough. “He has been getting rather hot on race days, and after discussions with owner Chris Gerber we felt he isn’t ready mentally to travel and go for the July at this early stage”, Sands explained. Not only would Rainbow Bridge not line up in either

race, but he would be spelled till the start of the 2018/2019 season.

Four months later the now four-year-old Rainbow Bridge stepped out with new rider Bernard Fayd’herbe in the irons to contest the Grade 3 Matchem Stakes over 1400m at the tighter country track of Durbanville Racecourse. Midway up the short home straight the race looked all but over, and it seemed as if the Ideal World gelding’s unbeaten streak was about to come to an abrupt end.Then Fayd’herbe pressed the button. Rainbow Bridge switched on the afterburners and within a matter of strides, the gelding’s by now familiar electrifying turn of foot propelled him past the leaders and across to the line, to win by 1.25 lengths, with New Caledonia in second.

What comes next one wonders? Sands comments that he will be following a tried and tested path, a route favoured by horses such as duel Horse of the Year Legal Eagle and Grade 1 winner Captain America. “His next start will be in the Grade 2 Green Point Stakes (1600m), then the Grade 1 L’Ormarins’ Queen’s Plate Stakes (1600m) and if all goes well the Grade 1 Sun Met over 2000m.” Rainbow Bridge is unbeaten over 1200m-1800m and one cannot imagine that the extra 200m of the Sun Met will be a problem. For now though, Sands is taking things one race at a time. After all, having trained past champions such as Flobayou, Jungle Warrior and Perfect Promise, Sands knows what it takes to reach that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow and he might just have the perfect Rainbow Bridge to get there.

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VEUVE CLICQUOT MAGNETIC PENCIL Just in time for Spring, Veuve Clicquot launches its iconic sunburst yellow limited edition – the Veuve Clicquot Magnetic Pencil – the newest addition to the sought-after magnetic accessories, which forms part of its Colorama Collection. Tradition holds that Veuve Clicquot winemakers use a pencil to jot down their notes about each wine before they proceed to the all-important act of blending. The Veuve Clicquot Magnetic Pencil in each box is a chic accessory for your fridge, just waiting to be personalised with a happy message or bright reminder.

Put your own spin on a long-standing winemaking tradition by simply writing your message on the Magnetic Pencil, then displaying it on your fridge while you chill your 750ml bottle of Yellow Label. Colour is such a radiant and expressive part of the Veuve Clicquot winemaking process and has long been essential to its heritage. Veuve Clicquot winemakers blend each Champagne, using unique reserve wines, with the same great savoir-faire and skill as artists who blend colours.

Madame Clicquot’s most audacious innovations were inspired in part by bright hues and in 1816 Madame Clicquot invented the riddling table. This brilliant idea was born from her desire for Champagne pure in colour, that eliminated the lees deposit in the bottle. And 200 years ago, in 1818, she made the first known blended rosé Champagne, a creation distinct in taste, aroma, and luminous colour.

Madame Clicquot knew that colour is essential to appreciating wine. Before the wine even touches our lips, we perceive a wine’s colours, depths, and luminosities. As Madame Clicquot once wrote, “our wines must be flattering both on the palate and on the eye.” The Veuve Clicquot Colorama Collection proves once again, with bright trendy accessories and chic Champagne, that life tastes better in colour!

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Winter on Birch Bros Vogel Vlei Stud.

SOUTH AFRICAN BREEDING

LOOKING AHEAD AND ABROAD Birch Bro’s are standing champion sprinter Red Ray at their famed Vogel Vlei Stud for the second half of the breeding season.

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ased at Klawervlei since retiring to stud in 2017, the son of Western Winter is the first stallion to grace the legendary paddocks in almost two decades, and both Syd and Colin Birch are understandably thrilled to stand a champion sprinter who ticks all the

“He’s a speed machine who oozes class,” remarked Syd Birch.

“We’ve got 22 of our own mares booked for him and from what we’ve gathered from other Karoo breeders, he’ll be getting a further 10 mares from the region in support.

Added his son Colin: “He has settled in very nicely and is covering well. We supported him last year and from all reports, he is siring really good looking foals with plenty of quality. He’s a lovely horse to work with, with a great temperament and character. If his foals look like him and can run like him, he will have a great chance at stud.”

Trained by Joey Ramsden, the R700,000 yearling mixed it up with the best in a career spanning four seasons. Gr.1placed at two when second in the SA Nursery and third in the Cape Guineas, the bay proved himself a tip top sprinter.

Runner-up in the Cape Flying Championship and Golden Horse Sprint, he finally broke through at the elite level when successful in the Gr.1 Mercury Sprint, defeating such luminaries as Gr.1 winners Real Princess, Gulf Storm, Fly By Night and subsequent champion Talktothestars.

Boasting a pedigree out of the very top drawer, Red Ray is out of blue hen mare Nacarat. To Western Winter, she also produced Gr.1 winner Nania, Gr.2 winners Brutal Force and Bishops Bounty, and the Listed Stakes winner Valor Red. Significantly, Red Ray’s third dam is the successful Birch mare Port Wine. A daughter of erstwhile Vogel Vlei champion stallion Plum Bold, she produced Horse of the Year Royal Chalice and also features as the grandam of Gr.1 winners Set Afire (also by Western Winter) and Rudra.

Summer on Birch Brothers Farm.

Red Ray.

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CANFORD CLIFFS OFF TO A SOLID START Former European champion miler Canford Cliffs is going great guns at Ridgemont Highlands and is already halfway through covering his first book of South African mares.

Well-received by local breeders, the son of Tagula has 110 mares booked for the 2018 season. A versatile stallion who suits a variety of mares, Ridgemont Highlands are supporting him strongly with some quality mares, amongst which Gr.1placed Careful Hiker (a Spectrum half-sister to champion Cloth Of Cloud and Gr.1 winner Silver Mountain), the dams of Gr.1 winners Jackson, Divine Jury and Pine Princess, as well as Exotic, a Galileo daughter of Irish Oaks runner-up Ice Queen, from the family of Galileo’s outstanding daughter Hydrangea.

ROCK OPERA DOES ASCOT PROUD The achievements of Godolphin mare Rock Opera (Lecture)

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have not gone unnoticed by well-known East Cape breeders Rose and Dr Ashley Parker.

Bred at their Ascot Stud, the granddaughter of Seeking The Gold was voted South Africa’s Champion juvenile filly in 2005 following an undefeated juvenile season capped by victory in the prestigious Gr.1 Allan Robertson Fillies Championship.

Exported to Dubai, Rock Opera failed to add to that tally, although she did finish third in the UAE 1000 Guineas.

She has since become a Stakes producer for Godolphin and features as the dam of hard-knocking gelding Heavy Metal (Exceed And Excel), who counts five Group races amongst his dozen wins. Her latest runner, the juvenile Royal Meeting (Invincible Spirit), made a winning debut in the Godolphin silks at Yarmouth last month. Rock Opera has a yearling colt

by Shamardal.

Significantly, her Gr.1-placed own sister Rock Concert is the dam of last season’s Gr.1 Gold Medallion victor Van Halen

Cue the Music. Courtesy of www.goldcircle.co.za

(Oratorio), who stormed to an impressive seasonal debut win at Turffontein on the 18th of October and is being aimed at a Cape Summer feature season campaign.

As fortune would have it, Ascot retained Rock Opera’s year-younger half-sister Royal Drummer (Kilconnel). A three-time winner, she too has excelled as a broodmare and is the dam of Gr.1 winning sprinter Gulf Storm and the Gr.1-placed Gr.3 winning filly Seattle Singer, both by ill-fated Sail From Seattle.

Royal Drummer’s yearling colt is from the first crop of resident stallion Global View and she returned to the Gr.2 winning son of Galileo this spring.

MORE SA-BREDS TO WATCH IN HONG KONG David Ferraris, who together with fellow ex pat Tony Millard, has carved out a successful career in Hong Kong

since his arrival in 2003, is looking forward to training his South African-bred runners set to arrive in December.

David has invested heavily in South African runners and notable new additions to his string this season are Gr.1 SA Classic winner Lobo’s Legend (Trippi), Gr.1-placed Varallo (Var), as well as Gr.3 Godolphin Barb Stakes winner and Gr.1 Gold Medallion second Cue The Music (Oratorio), a half-brother to Champion sprint mare Val De Ra (Var).

As per the current export/import protocol, they have had to endure an arduous four-month journey via Mauritius and the UK, which prompted David to lament: “I wish we’d get to the bottom of this now. I know the South Africans have been trying very hard via the SA Equine Health & Protocols (SAEHP) and we’re all hoping their efforts will be rewarded soon. That will be a game changer. I haven’t flown in a horse direct from South Africa since 2003, we want to do it again, or have the minimum stay in the UK only.”

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By Chase Liebenberg

THE BEGINNING OF SUMMER

When warm weather comes to the Western Cape beaches, thoroughbreds seem to follow. This week was the first of many summer excursions to Melkbosstrand beach with Glen Kotzen and his team from Woodhill Racing. The beach is always an exciting morning for the team and the accomplished riders that join, such as Woodhill’s assistant trainer Desmond Mclachlan, retired assistant trainer Wendy Michel, ex jockey Vicky Minott, Glen’s son Kuyan Kotzen and of course the great team of Woodhill work riders. This week’s string included the likes of Gr.1 Investec Derby winner Eyes Wide Open, Lanza, Seattle Force, Herodotus and even Glen’s spritely 24 year old Ghostly Galleon who was Glen’s first group winner back in the day. Many more photo’s of beach trips and racing alike as we prepare for a stellar Cape Summer Season.

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Crown Guardian

How I Wonder

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Eyes Wide Open

Seattle Force

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The Phillips family at Kingfield Farm, from left to right, Todd, Colton, Catherine, Blake. Photo by Tom Ferry.

By Tom Ferry

A MAPLE LEAF IN GREEN

C AT H E R I N E D AY P H I L L I P S A N D T H R E E G E N E R AT I O N S O F P R I D E Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you.

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he house has been in the family nearly 75 years. Walk through the living and dining rooms and you will see them. Trophies and mementoes of equine lives welllived. Steeplechase, Thoroughbred and Standardbred racing, and team dressage memories — proof of pinnacles achieved — and a family who turned their dreams into reality.

This estate on 150 beautiful acres located north of Toronto in Maple, Ontario, Canada is home to Thoroughbred trainer Catherine Day Phillips, her husband Todd and teenage sons Blake and Colton. She is a third-generation horsewoman who was, metaphorically speaking, born into the business. Both of her parents were trainers and her maternal grandparents were successful owners and breeders. Some of Canada’s greatest racehorses have come in and out of her barn during her 24 years as a trainer. Day Phillips’ horses have career earnings of more than $17 million and last year, a remarkable 53% of her 96 starters were in the money. And when it counts most, in graded stakes competition, 56% of her 43 career starters have been in the money with a 23% winning percentage.

She has been influenced and touched by so many over the

years and the influence of her bloodlines is immeasurable.Yet, if there has been one constant across generations of family, it was introduced exactly 60 years ago at Toronto’s Woodbine Racetrack. A jockey took a horse out to the track one afternoon and his silks revealed — a small, rustic green maple leaf on a white body.

Charles and Janet When he was 26, Charles Fowler Williams Burns was an entrepreneur. After borrowing $500 from his father in 1932, he established a bond company named Burns and Co.Two years later, he bought a seat on the Toronto Stock Exchange. In 1945, Burns and his wife Janet purchased Kingfield Farms and a new chapter in Canadian equine competition had begun.

“My grandfather had a vision and dream to be involved with world class horses and he was able to do so in his lifetime,” says Catherine Day Phillips.“And he was Canadian through and through.”

The Burns loved horses and competition.They were passionate supporters of the Canadian dressage team as well as Canadian Thoroughbred and Standardbred racing. When the green maple leaf silks of Kingfield first appeared that day in 1958 at Woodbine, it truly signaled a beginning of devotion to racing

The green maple leaf of Kingfield Racing Stable. Photo by Tom Ferry

A quiet moment with 2018 Woodbine Oaks champion Dixie Moon. Photo by Tom Ferry.

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Jambalaya wins the 2007 Arlington Million. Photo by Four Footed Fotos.

in their native land. As time went by, Charles Burns yearned for more.

“My grandfather always wanted to have top racehorses,” says Day Phillips. “But he never really had the success he wanted to have on the world stage.”

There was an exception, however, and it came in 1969. Burns had a desire to enter and win England’s Grand National Steeplechase. And he and co-owner Tom McCoy did just that when Highland Wedding captured the prize. In 1981, he bred a Standardbred horse named Legal Notice. Charles Burns died in 1982 never knowing two years later, the horse would win the inaugural running of one of the great events in the world of harness racing, the North America Cup. A Family Affair After her husband’s death, Janet Burns carried on the breeding and racing operation and sustained the legacy of success established by she and her late husband. In 1988, Burns sponsored Canadian Olympic dressage rider Cindy Ishoy and her beloved horse Dynasty.This support came to fruition in the Seoul Summer Olympic games when the duo contributed to Canada’s Dressage team winning a Team Bronze Medal.

The baton had been passed to a new generation. Charles and

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Janet had three children including daughter Janet “Dinny” Burns who married Canadian Olympic equestrian show jumping champion Jim Day. 1968 was a big year for the couple. In January, Dinny gave birth to daughter Catherine and later that October, Jim was a member of Canada’s gold-medal equestrian team in the Mexico City Summer Olympic games. Day moved on to take a position with Sam-Son Farms which he held for 23 years. During this time, he was named Canada’s top trainer four times, winning five Canadian Horse of the Year honors, two Queen’s Plate awards, two American Eclipse awards, the Breeders’ Cup Distaff and the Canadian Triple Crown.

Dinny Day not only raised Catherine and her brother Richard, but was a successful Thoroughbred trainer in her own right. In 1983, she trained 3-year-old Kingfield horse Pax Nobiscum to five consecutive wins including stakes triumphs in the Marine Stakes and the Toronto Cup. Then in June, Dinny made racing history by becoming the first female trainer to win the Ohio Derby. The jubilation turned to sorrow three months later on September 18 when Dinny Day died of cancer at age 43.

After her mother’s death, Jim Day asked 18-year-old Catherine if she might want to help out around his barn. “Initially, I only came in a couple of hours each morning,” recalls Day Phillips.“I couldn’t believe after the first week I actually got paid to ride horses.”

She grew up around show horses and dressage and at age 12 she spent three weeks in Europe helping Cindy Ishoy from Canada’s Olympic Dressage Team. But now it was Thoroughbreds that were available to her. Time went by and Day Phillips attended St Lawrence University in Canton, New York. “I thought about training when I was in school and really chose against it and decided to go a different path for a little while,” recalls Day Phillips. “I guess I was looking to be my own boss.Training seemed to be something I knew and I could start my own business with something I had a legitimate background in. It was a process of elimination, but I just sort of fell into it.”

A Golden Champion In 1994, Catherine Day took out her trainer’s license and began with four Kingfield homebreds and the support of her grandmother. In early summer, she won her first race with Gentleman Artist and Hall of Fame jockey Sandy Hawley and won her first stakes race three years after that. In 1998, she would meet someone who would change her life forever.

While training, Catherine developed an interest in polo. Her instructor was Todd Phillips whose family had deep roots in equestrian sport, namely show jumping. Todd asked her out and asked again and again until she finally agreed. One year later, they married.

In addition to their marriage, Catherine and Todd also formed

a strong partnership across the entire racing operation.Todd runs the farm which provides a retreat for those horses requiring rest or rehabilitation before they are returned to Catherine to resume their training. They discuss all issues pertaining to Kingfield Racing Stable and this includes a thorough inspection and recommendation strategy at annual yearling sales. Not long after their marriage, the Phillips helped form a syndicate named Ten Goal Racing Stable with 18 partners. The purchased shares enabled the syndicate to secure three yearlings. “As a young trainer, as a woman, there weren’t people knocking on the door saying ‘train horses for me,’ ” recalls Day Phillips. “A syndicate was a way to get new horses into the barn.”

Members of the original group wanted more. So a second syndicate was formed with fewer partners and a higher investment and it was called The Two Bit Racing Stable. In 2002, the partners spent $100,000 to purchase two high price yearlings. One horse was purchased for $40,000, ran in three career races, never won and earned a total of $1,200. The remaining $60,000 was spent on a son of grade one winner Gold Fever out of Annasan by Corporate Report. The young colt’s name was A Bit O’Gold. He showed promise of great things to come during his two-year-old season of 2003 when he won his first three times out including a triumph in the Coronation Futurity at Woodbine in November.

Arlington Chairman Richard Duchossois (far right) presents the Million trophy to the connections of Jambalaya. Photo by Four Footed Fotos.

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He journeyed down Canada’s Triple Crown trail the following year and after a second-place finish in the Queen’s Plate, he captured the two remaining jewels, the Prince of Wales and the Breeders’ Stakes. After 114 annual renewals of the Breeders’ Stakes, it was the first win by a female trainer. A Bit O’Gold’s sterling season was rewarded with the 2004 Sovereign Award for Champion 3-Year-Old Colt.

the 2003 September Yearling Sales at Keeneland, they were able to purchase him for the rock bottom amount of $2,500 as some confusion with the horse’s x-rays appeared to scare others away. His first three races on dirt were lackluster and it appeared his owners got what they paid for. But in summer of his three-year-old season, he was switched to turf resulting in one of the best decisions in Canadian racing history.

In 2005, A Bit O’Gold became one of the leading older male horses in North America. He took the Phillips and the Two Bit Racing Stable to three graded stakes wins and an appearance in the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Belmont Park. And on a cold night in December, he led them back to a packed house at Toronto’s Sutton Hall Ballroom to collect three more Sovereign Awards including the trophy for 2005’s Canadian Horse of the Year. At year’s end, the four-time champion was retired with career earnings of $1,788,256. “Goldie” had helped everyone in Canadian racing know the name Catherine Day Phillips. Eight months later, everyone in American racing would know her as well.

Jambalaya won his first four races on the grass including a grade 3 triumph at Saratoga and a second consecutive Breeders’ Stakes win for Catherine. He won just one race the following year but it set the stage for his 5-year-old season of 2007. He returned to the United States and Gulfstream Park to begin his spring campaign where he demonstrated an affinity for travel and turf tracks with tight turns by capturing the (GI) Gulfstream Park Turf Stakes and the (GIII) Pan American Handicap.

A Million Memories At first glance, he wasn’t much to look at. He was somewhat gangly with very large feet.The son of Langfuhr out of Muskrat Suzie by Vice Regent, Jambalaya drew the interest of Catherine and Todd who won a grade 3 with a relative of the horse. At

After placing in two graded stakes back in Canada, he traveled to Chicago in early August to compete in the 25th running of the (GI) Arlington Million at Arlington International Racecourse. He faced formidable competition including 9-yearold defending champion The Tin Man and French superstar Doctor Dino. Jambalaya went off as fifth choice at 7-1 and broke well and to the inside. Jockey Robby Albarado followed Catherine’s pre-race instructions to shadow The Tin Man and stayed close in fourth position.

An infant Catherine in 1968 with her mother and father.

Photo by Doug Griffin/Toronto Star via Getty Images.

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Catherine with A Bit O’Gold, Canada’s 2005 Horse of the Year. Photo by Tom Ferry.

At the top of the stretch Jambalaya made his move on frontrunner The Tin Man. “Watching him run down the lane, I thought, ‘Oh my gosh, we’re going to be third in the Arlington Million,’ “ recalls Day Phillips. “Then halfway down the stretch I saw him dig in and pin his ears. I thought: He’s going to win this!!!“

“Catherine is very good with developing young horses,” says Dixon. “She’s great at bringing them along from the beginning and developing foundation. And with that foundation, they can carry on for years. Jambalaya was hurt and was able to come back probably because of that foundation she helped develop in him as a young horse.”

And he did.The crowd of 32,055 saw a green maple leaf fly by some of the world’s leading turf stars and cross the finish. Not only had Jambalaya become the first Canadian-bred to win the Million, but like her mother before her, Catherine Day Phillips made history as the first female trainer to capture a notable American race.

When Jambalaya crossed the finish line with a two-length victory, the comeback was complete. And the race was run on the 26th anniversary of Catherine’s mother’s death. “The Arlington Million was great but I think my proudest moment in racing was Jambo’s comeback race with the accomplishment of getting him back to the races, getting him back to top form and getting back to his old self,” says Day Phillips. “It was very emotional when he crossed the finish and there wasn’t a dry eye around. I know I didn’t have a dry eye. I am sure that my mother was there with us.”

The Comeback Jambalaya came out of the Million with a bone bruise in his right front fetlock.When that healed, he pulled a gluteal muscle.

And when he was ready to begin again in early 2008, he went lame on his left front. He was sent to the Phillips’ training center in Ocala, Florida with the intention of retiring the horse but Jambalaya gave every indication he wasn’t ready to call it a career. On September 18, 2009, nearly 25 months after his last race, the 7-year-old gelding made his comeback in an allowance race at Woodbine.

Candice Dixon was a longtime assistant trainer for the Phillips.

Death ends a life but it doesn’t end a relationship.

Horizon On a warm Wednesday evening in early August, Catherine Day Phillips had a total of six horses entered in races 4-7 at Woodbine. “It was crazy busy in the paddock but my boys were there and they helped with the equipment and saddling — it was special.”

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The legacy that Charles and Janet Burns began continues to grow. Today, Catherine, Todd and Kingfield Racing Stable has 40 stalls at Woodbine and 75% of their horses are clientowned. Catherine and her family live in the main house that previously belonged to her grandparents. The land is divided between the Kingfield operation on one half and Catherine’s brother Richard Day runs a breeding operation called Kingview Farms on the other. Catherine trained 2008 Sovereign Award champion Van Lear Rose for her brother. 2018 has been successful to date, highlighted by wins from Dixie Moon in the Woodbine Oaks and Mr. Havercamp in the (GII) Play the King Stakes. And the future is bright with exciting fillies Mexican Hat, Katie Baby and Artilena. It is a dream of every Canadian trainer to win the Queen’s Plate and Catherine is no exception with heartbreaking second-place finishes in 2004 (A Bit O’Gold) and 2009 (Mr. Foricos Two U). Beyond winning the Plate, she would like to compete more in the United States and participate in a U.S.Triple Crown race one day.

To understand how Catherine Day Phillips has grown into one of the finest trainers in North America, you need only listen to those who know her best. When Catherine trained Neshama to a 2016 Woodbine Oaks title, it gave co-owner Mitchell Kursner the thrill of a lifetime. “I don’t think there is a finer trainer anywhere. She is right up there with them all,” says Kursner. “When she brings a horse over to the front side, it looks like a million bucks. And nobody can argue with the way she does things because she gets results.”

Candice Dixon worked with Catherine for more than 11 years. “She’s very hands-on and very involved in the barn. Her attention to detail and thorough knowledge about each horse is very beneficial to that horse.”

Legacy When Catherine formed her own stable, she adopted the green maple leaf and after the death of her grandparents, she added two black hoops to each sleeve in their memory.

“The maple leaf is definitely my grandfather, my grandmother, my mother, our farm,” says Day Phillips. “Everything I grew up with. Representing Canada is very special to me and it was important to them. I feel privileged to carry it on a bit.”

Will there be a fourth generation to carry it further still? Sons Blake and Colton Phillips have demonstrated a growing interest in horses over time, so who knows?“If they have the same passion for it and they love doing it, I would be very proud to have them carry on,” says Day Phillips. “I just want them to be satisfied and enjoy what they do.You spend so much time at work and as you get older, it’s really important to love what you do.”

Often, when she gets home late in the afternoon, Catherine will walk outside and over to the paddock at the front of the farm. She will lean over the fence and feed apples to A Bit O’Gold and Jambalaya. She loves seeing them at the end of a long day and it enables her to look around and remember a time, a place and family.

2007 Arlington Million champion Jambalaya at Kingfield Farm.

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Text & Photos by Liesl King

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n October 2011 Monami won the G3 Preis der Winterkönigin Rennen at the BadenBaden Racecourse. Seven years later her Sea The Stars daughter became the joint salestopper at the 2018 BBAG Yearling Sale, which backs onto the very racecourse where her mother was victorious so long ago. Sea The Stars offspring are in high demand and hence Tom Goff of Blanford Bloodstock had to go

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to €280,000 for Lot 76, an unnamed filly out of Monami, consigned by Gestüt Etzean.

Goff finally got the upper hand in a bidding war that included amongst others, Andreas Jacobs and Nicolas Clement.

Buying on behalf of undisclosed buyers, Goff explained that while the filly will be travelling to Newmarket, no decision has been made as to her trainer. “She is lovely filly and I am very pleased we got her.”

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Established by Heinz Weil in 1969 with a total of three mares, Arica, Balata and Mariage, Gestüt Etzean is an interesting and unusual stud, with a fascinating history. Weil famously had to sell a house in Frankfurt in order to fund the purchase of the stud’s first stallion Dashing Blade, who was one of the best two-year olds of his generation, with victories in the National Stakes and the Dewhurst. With so few mares, the stud initially bred solely to race as most German Studs do, but as the mare band grew and grew, selling for racing became a necessity.

While the burgeoning stud mostly bought mares at sales or at the end of their racing careers, Monbijou, Monami’s granddam was unusually purchased by Weil as a yearling.

Fellow breeders were perplexed as Monbijou was by Etzean’s resident stallion Dashing Blade. In Germany buying a yearling by your stallion that was bred by someone else was simply not the done thing, after all your own home-breds were surely. But Weil was an astute studier of pedigrees and had long wanted to buy into this East German family that was renowned for its toughness.

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Ten years ago Weil’s daughter, Christiane Weil-Dassbach took over the running of the stud and nowadays Etzean stands 3 stallions and run a broodmare band of around 80 mares, 40 of their own and 40 for clients. Situated in the Odenwald region outside Frankfur t, at 130 hectares the stud is large by German standards. Heinz Weil’s motto right from the star t was to “respect and maintain nature’s laws and cycles”. Stud Manager Ralf Kredel explains that their aim is therefore to keep things as natural as possible and to “mess” as little as possible with the youngsters. Despite being situated in the mountains, their weanlings are raised outside even in winter, with only open shelters available, should they choose to get out of the weather. Etzean is also famous for keeping a mare all year round with each of their stallions. While this is closer to how a herd functions in the wild, it is something that few breeders would dare to do or be allowed to do by their insurers.

Kredel explains that they choose a barren mare each year to stand with the stallion that she is to be covered

Lord Of England and his companion mare. Photo credit is William Morgan

by. The mare then lives with the stallion, gets covered by him and stays with him until foaling time, when her place is taken by another barren lady. Currently Etzean stands three stallions, namely Areion (GER), Amaron (GB) and Lord of England (GER), a son of Dashing Blade bred by a client. The stud’s policy is to mostly use their own stallions and indeed Monami is a daughter of Sholokhov, a past sire at Etzean. Only the stud’s top mares venture for th to visit outside sires and hence Monami’s visit to Sea The Stars, that resulted in the salestopping, chestnut filly. Currently Monami has an Amaron colt at foot and is back in foal to Kingman (GB). Kredel confirms that he thought she would go for around €200,000, as she had been looked at by several buyers during the week, but even he did not quite expect her to wear the crown of salestopper.

Following in the footsteps of Etzean bred horses such as world champion Manduro (GER) and German Horse of the Year 2009, Night Magic (GER), Lot 76 will definitely be one to watch in the future.

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TIME TO CHANGE CHANGING YOUR HORSE’S D I E T S U C C E S S F U L LY

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By Hannah Botha RCL (Technical advisor Equus and Epol)

t some stage all horse owners will find it necessary to change a horse’s diet for reasons which might include changes in temperature, season, stage of growth or pregnancy and change in performance level. When changing a horse’s diet, however, great care should be taken both to avoid any digestive upsets and to give the new feed a chance to work. Whether it is the concentrated feed, the hay or the pasture that is to be changed, colic or Laminitis could occur if the diet change is not planned properly and spread over a period of time. Fermentation occurs in the hindgut of the horse and it is not only complex but also a very delicate process. Fermentation is key for optimal digestion of feedstuffs and ultimately the production of energy.This process can be disrupted by multiple factors, change being one of them.

There are billions of protozoa, fungi and bacteria living within the horse’s gut, and it is these Microbes that are responsible for the fermentation of carbohydrates into volatile fatty acids for energy. If a badly planned change of diet occurs it can “shock” or change the population of these microbes, the rate of fermentation and thus the by-products of fermentation. In addition, disrupting normal fermentation can lead to rapid changes in the pH (acidity) of the intestine, which can further negatively impact on the normal microbial population and the whole digestive process.To maintain the delicate balance in the gut, the following guidelines may help when altering a diet: SIMPLY ALTERING THE AMOUNT FED Any increases/decreases in the amount of concentrate given to a horse should be added/removed at approximately 200 grams per day (not more than ¼ kg) until the desired amount of concentrate is reached.

WHEN INTRODUCING A NEW TYPE OF HAY OR NEW BRAND OF CONCENTRATE The new hay or concentrate should replace the old feed at a rate of 25 percent every other day, taking a total of 7-14 days for the

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new feed to be fully implemented. Feed intake, or eagerness to consume the diet, may decrease during this changeover period. If this occurs, more time may be needed for the horse to adjust to the new feed.

CHANGE IN PASTURE When a horse is turned out on new pasture all day, especially where the pasture is lush and green, the time on pasture should be gradually increased to avoid overeating. The time on pasture should be increased by one hour each day for four to five days.

Some horses take more time to adjust to dietary changes than others. It is important thus to monitor the horse’s eating habits and health status carefully during this time.

CHANGING OVER FROM HIGH MOLASSES CONTAINING DIETS Unfortunately, a large percentage of available products on the market today are composed mainly of bran and molasses.

Although molasses is an important and very palatable source of energy, it should always be used sparingly. It is important to keep in mind that diets focused on gut health or on particular diet related conditions (such as Laminitis, Insulin Resistance, Tying up), will normally contain less molasses than other concentrates available, and therefore it might take a little longer than normal to adapt horses to a new diet with less “sweetness”. In the long run though, it is worth the effort to adapt horses gradually to the new diet until they are used to it.

CHANGING TO A HIGH FAT DIET As with all new feed additions, horses should be slowly introduced to the added oil/fat. Start with a small amount 20-60ml increasing by 20-40ml each week until the desired level is found. This may sound slow but it allows the horse’s digestive system to adapt to the fat, which will reduce the likelihood of soft manure, a typical, though usually transient, effect of using oil. It is important to note that complete metabolic adaptation to a high fat diet has been shown to be achieved in 11 weeks, but not in 6 weeks (Custalow et al., 1993).Therefore, keep in mind that it will take a while before all the positive benefits of a high fat diet are noticeable.

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FEED BY WEIGHT NOT VOLUME When changing to a new concentrated feed it is also important to ensure that the correct weight of the new feed and the feed scoop used are aligned. It is very important to ensure that horses are fed the correct portion of food by weight, and not by volume!

All feeds have different densities and thus do not weigh the same.

Feeding instructions are also always given as a percentage of body mass so it is very important to establish the exact weight in kg of the horse, as well as how many kg the scoop holds of the specific product being fed. Failing to establish the correct weight of the portion being fed can lead to considerable over- or underfeeding of the horse especially when changing to a new concentrate.

Overfeeding can lead to the horse becoming obese which will take time to rectify but, more seriously, it can also cause severe colic. Underfeeding, especially performance horses, may lead to a lack of energy or even severe weight loss. While this can be rectified fairly quickly in healthy horses by feeding the correct quantities, often time is lost because the reason for weight loss or low energy levels is often sought elsewhere first. For example, the owner feels the product is not working when in actual fact it is the incorrect kg amount. Always begin by checking that the horse is fed the right amount by weight. The table below illustrates just how easily the incorrect amount can be fed especially in a stable yard where more than one product is used: A CONTAINER HOLDING 5 LITRES OF WATER WILL 64

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HOLD APPROXIMATELY: 1.5 kg of high fibre meal product.

3.0 kg of a typical pelleted horse Cube.

2.9 kg of crushed maize.

1.6 kg of wheaten bran.

0.6 kg of milled Lucerne.

6.5 kg of molasses syrup.

This clearly demonstrates how easily one can either over- or underfeed by considerable margins. This does not mean one cannot use the 5 litre bucket method to feed your horses. Simply weigh out the appropriate amount of concentrate and mark the bucket with a permanent marker to know up to where to fill it each time. This technique allows one to standardize the amount of concentrate being fed. Weighing the feed each time, however, is by far a more accurate way. This further explains why the person responsible for feeding at a yard might be surprised should the horse change from a pelleted product to a muesli style product. Visually, it may appear that the new feed is being fed at nearly twice the rate of the previous one, but evaluating by weight shows clearly that this is not the case.

SOME HORSES MAY SELF-REGULATE AFTER CHANGING FEED Some horses, especially those in more intensively managed yards, those changing from a low fibre diet, and those in poor condition may initially rush their food in anticipation and may actually eat

more than what they need . After a few weeks, however, the horse will generally start to slow their eating in order to regulate their body condition, and some may even leave a proportion of food once full. Often this is mistaken for not “enjoying the food” anymore. Reducing the amount of food at this point will usually result in the horse once again eating all the food given.Alternatively, allowing the horse the entire evening to eat his feed will often also result in all food being consumed. Horses are designed to eat little and often, so a slow eater is never a bad thing.

ALLOW HORSES TIME TO CHEW In the natural environment, horses will spend around 16 to 18 hours a day eating. If a horse is experiencing fewer turnouts due to weather, injury, or lack of pasture, it is important to keep them chewing for as long as possible to support their behavioural and digestive health.

BEHAVIOUR AND CHEWING As mentioned above, wild horses are accustomed to eating for long periods of time and have a psychological need to chew. Once domesticated, however, humans imposed a more routine “meal” schedule rather than allowing the horse to trickle feed as nature intended. It is thought that this has influenced the development of stereotypical behavioural issues such as wood chewing or cribbiting. Studies have shown that the type of food presented can influence the amount of time the horse spends INTERNATIONAL RACEHORSE

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chewing. For example 1 kg hay is chewed around 3,400 times in about 40 minutes but 1 kg oats is only chewed around 850 times in 10 minutes.Thus, more fibre requires longer chewing time thus keeping the horse occupied for longer.

DIGESTIVE HEALTH AND CHEWING When it comes to overall digestive health, a good set of teeth is essential for the horse to get the most from his feed. This is because chewing helps break up food into smaller particles, allowing the essential nutrients inside to be more readily available.

Research has revealed that feeding fibre results in larger, slower jaw movements and more even dental wear, whereas feeding high levels of concentrates can increase the likelihood of irregularities such as the overgrowth of enamel or sharp edges. Another essential part of chewing is that it produces saliva. Saliva not only helps to lubricate the passage of food into the oesophagus but also contains natural bicarbonates that buffer acidity in the stomach. A horse’s stomach produces acid continually; saliva, however, is only produced when eating.Thus, in order for a horse to “buffer” his stomach acid, it needs to have the opportunity to chew. This protection is particularly important for the squamous or non-glandular lining of the stomach, where gastric ulceration is most common because saliva is one of the few protection mechanisms this area has. To maximise saliva production it is important to provide ad lib fibre, as fibre provides more chewing time and thus more saliva.

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TOP TIPS • Make the most of good quality forage and feed a high fibre ration.

• Feed little and often to mimic trickle feeding.

• Double-net hay for greedy eaters to slow the rate of intake.

• Add chopped fibre feeds if feeding mixes and cubes because adding fibre slows the rate of intake, increasing eating time.

• Do not be concerned if a horse takes a long time to eat. If this interrupts routines such as turnout or exercise, feed the bigger meal in the evening when there is time for the horse to eat slowly

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THE STIRRING OF SPRING

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he first time I met this beautiful boy something inside me stirred.

Perhaps the little girl who fell in love with horses so many years ago, but I knew I wanted to do something special with him. Not for a client this time, but for myself. When the blossoms came into bloom this year I knew it was the perfect opportunity.

Zorro is a 12 year old Friesian gelding, owned by Kim Cooper who has entrusted him to my friend Jessica Manig. Having had a rough past, he came to her with many issues, lacking in trust and very defensive in nature. He has been with Jess for a year now and has slowly but surely come out of his shell and blossomed into this extraordinary horse that we now fondly call Robert (De Niro).

I hope you enjoy these images as much as I enjoyed creating them and I wonder if you too can see the gentle soul that lies beneath.

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“YO U’RE NOT A V I C T I M F O R S HA RI N G YO UR S TO RY. YOU A RE A S URV I VO R S E T T I NG T HE WOR L D O N F I RE WI T H YO UR T RUT H. A N D YO U N E VE R K NOW WHO NE E DS YO UR L I GHT, YO UR WA RM T H, A N D RAGI N G C O URAGE .”

-- ALEX ELLE

Tracy Robert son Photo g r ap h y Websi te: www.t racy robert so n.co.za Facebook : ht t p s:/ / www.facebook.com/ T racy Robertson P hoto g r ap h y E- ma i l: i n fo@tracy robertso n.co.za Cell: 08 2 8 8 9 75 94

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NORTHERN AMERICAN LEADING SIRES BREEDING STATISTICS UPDATED: OCTOBER 22, 2018 LEADING SIRES 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Stallion Kitten’s Joy, El Prado, 2001 Candy Ride (ARG), Ride the Rails, 1999 Scat Daddy , Johannesburg, 2004 Into Mischief, Harlan’s Holiday, 2005 Curlin, Smart Strike, 2004 Tapit, Pulpit, 2001 Quality Road, Elusive Quality, 2006 Flatter, A.P. Indy, 1999 More Than Ready, Southern Halo, 1997 Malibu Moon, A.P. Indy, 1997

‘16 Stud Fee/ Farm $60,000, Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms, KY $80,000, Lane’s End, KY Died 2015, KY $100,000, Spendthrift Farm, KY $150,000, Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms, KY $300,000, Gainesway, KY $70,000, Lane’s End, KY $40,000, Claiborne Farm, KY $75,000, Winstar Farm LLC, KY $75,000, Spendthrift Farm, KY

Rnrs 347 219 299 306 214 266 200 188 258 264

Wnrs 155 110 143 155 100 126 122 95 123 114

Wnrs/rnrs 44,67% 50,23% 47,83% 50,65% 46,73% 47,37% 61,00% 50,53% 47,67% 43,18%

Rpt. Wnrs 66 45 56 67 15 39 52 45 41 47

Chief Earner (Earnings) Hawkbill, ($3,929,935) Gun Runner, ($7,000,000) Justify, ($3,798,000) Audible, ($1,003,520) Good Magic, ($1,728,400) Unique Bella, ($680,000) City of Light,($862,000) West Coast, ($3,660,000) Catholic Boy, ($1,528,000) Magnum Moon, ($1,177,800)

17 Earnings $16,546,231 $14,866,415 $14,259,023 $11,772,310 $10,800,897 $10,403,909 $10,092,383 $8,931,466 $8,698,521 $8,266,341

LEADING BROODMARE SIRES 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Stallion Giant’s Causeway , Storm Cat, 1997 Sunday Silence , Halo, 1986 Unbridled’s Song , Unbridled, 1993 A.P. Indy , Seattle Slew, 1989 Storm Cat , Storm Bird, 1983 Pivotal (GB) , Polar Falcon, 1993 Distorted Humor , Forty Niner, 1993 Sadler’s Wells , Northern Dancer, 1981 French Deputy , Deputy Minister, 1992 Galileo (IRE) , Sadler’s Wells, 1998 Smart Strike , Mr. Prospector, 1992 Elusive Quality , Gone West, 1993 Street Cry (IRE) , Machiavellian, 1998 Rahy , Blushing Groom (FR), 1985 Mr. Greeley , Gone West, 1992

Dams 382 497 388 335 316 307 272 413 258 360 267 279 217 207 291

Rnrs 600 1,038 641 578 528 476 458 619 525 528 425 442 332 364 459

Wnrs 261 414 305 278 234 199 233 235 219 181 200 213 157 165 195

SWrs 16 9 21 24 13 24 12 9 6 27 17 13 11 10 10

Chief Earner, Earnings Gun Runner, $7,000,000 Almond Eye, $1,761,091 Magnum Moon, $1,177,800 Bolt d’Oro, $440,000 Study of Man, $1,183,929 Cracksman, $1,908,242 Elate, $530,000 Enable, $3,343,334 Rainbow Line, $971,218 Saxon Warrior, $1,224,107 Still There, $237,900 Axelrod, $692,080 Diversify, $1,190,000 Alpha Centauri, $1,555,025 Lone Sailor, $749,600

‘17 Earnings $23,053,655 $19,388,163 $17,888,970 $15,716,094 $14,020,334 $13,067,288 $12,198,733 $11,437,419 $11,405,251 $11,231,041 $9,914,467 $9,875,776 $9,794,599 $9,702,113 $9,316,361

Cum. SWrs 68 178 131 183 259 86 66 347 76 87 86 61 31 153 58

AEI 1,54 1,6 1,45 1,64 1,69 1,45 1,72 1,53 1,58 1,52 1,61 1,25 1,46 1,52 1,14

Comp Index 1,35 1,39 1,37 1,43 1,4 1,36 1,39 1,33 1,28 1,33 1,37 1,33 1,38 1,35 1,35

Cum. Foals 2,583 5,105 2,834 3,306 4,558 1,727 1,629 7,464 1,708 2,349 1,646 2,050 1,107 2,975 2,051

INTERNATIONAL SIRES 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Stallion Deep Impact (JPN) King Kamehameha (JPN) Heart’s Cry (JPN) Stay Gold (JPN) Snitzel (AUS) Daiwa Major (JPN) Dubawi (IRE) Fastnet Rock (AUS) Harbinger (GB) Kitten’s Joy Scat Daddy Candy Ride (ARG) Gold Allure (JPN) Galileo (IRE) Lord Kanaloa (JPN) Rulership (JPN) Street Cry (IRE) More Than Ready Kurofune I Am Invincible (AUS)

Country Japan Japan Japan Japan Australia Japan England Ireland Japan United States United States United States Japan Ireland Japan Japan United States United States Japan Australia

North America Earnings $$$717,600 $9,700 $$$872,065 $248,862 $$8,186,631 $11,053,249 $14,618,485 $$507,158 $$$2,205,262 $7,608,198 $$1,105

Europe/Dubai Earnings $4,125,462 $302,825 $63,532 $$$$14,832,017 $3,022,974 $729,654 $7,914,350 $2,834,120 $233,921 $$11,183,971 $1,706 $139,419 $1,419,508 $596,575 $$30,000

Japan/Hong Kong Earnings $48,047,194 $24,387,108 $23,655,832 $23,230,488 $1,210,034 $18,497,202 $311,058 $2,875,392 $16,438,800 $634,794 $732,645 $229 $14,326,314 $610,917 $13,402,805 $12,868,512 $780,294 $2,117,887 $12,393,882 $802,473

International ‘17 Earnings $52,702,840 $24,725,841 $24,474,300 $23,242,870 $21,664,164 $18,497,202 $18,374,516 $17,335,616 $17,275,467 $16,970,705 $15,124,931 $14,870,149 $14,374,825 $14,035,292 $13,404,511 $13,032,888 $13,001,314 $12,556,547 $12,393,882 $12,351,312

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Owner Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC and Three Chimneys Farm Calumet Farm China Horse Club, Head of Plains Partners LLC, Starlight Racing, WinStar Farm Gary Barber Ramsey, Kenneth L. and Sarah K. Loooch Racing Stables, Inc. Hronis Racing LLC End Zone Athletics, Inc. West, Gary and Mary Reddam Racing LLC Stronach Stables Godolphin, LLC Charles E. Fipke Three Diamonds Farm Klaravich Stables, Inc.

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Starts 2 466 7 312 349 790 228 886 172 281 223 216 121 251 136

Wins 1 66 6 60 68 185 37 256 37 39 51 47 22 40 33

Places 55 56 50 127 34 157 33 56 24 34 17 32 32

Shows 59 1 58 51 89 31 112 26 47 31 28 21 32 20

Earnings $7,002,280 $4,992,634 $4,560,800 $4,349,356 $3,768,579 $3,701,137 $3,689,293 $3,661,405 $3,485,563 $3,288,514 $3,175,867 $2,926,363 $2,692,509 $2,631,694 $2,497,032

Win% 50% 14% 86% 19% 19% 23% 16% 29% 22% 14% 23% 22% 18% 16% 24%

WPS% 50% 39% 100% 56% 48% 51% 45% 59% 56% 51% 48% 50% 50% 41% 63%

SOUTH AFRICAN BREEDING STATS BREEDING STATISTICSÂ CURRENT SEASON UP TO 2018-10-21 BREEDERS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Name Klawervlei Stud Summerhill Stud (Pty) Ltd Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein Highlands Farms Stud (Pty) Ltd Varsfontein Stud Drakenstein Stud (Nom: Mrs G A Rupert) Scott Bros Maine Chance Farms (Pty) Ltd Hemel `N Aarde Stud La Plaisance Stud Favour Stud Moutonshoek Lammerskraal Stud Gary Player Stud (Pty) Ltd Normandy Stud

Runners 237 204 140 88 59 71 93 81 76 54 56 78 46 57 36

Runs 491 452 269 220 117 135 194 143 165 94 139 173 77 140 84

rnrs 121 89 120 76 73 98 90 72 63 62 82 64 89 65 79

rns 244 168 219 153 143 207 197 167 145 136 171 136 163 151 156

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Var (USA) Querari (GER) * Sail From Seattle (CAN) Oratorio (IRE) * Captain Al Master Of My Fate What A Winter Trippi (USA) Judpot (USA) Pathfork (USA) Seventh Rock (AUS) Gimmethegreenlight (AUS) Twice Over (GB) Elusive Fort Philanthropist (USA)

46 28 41 34 34 41 43 20 27 24 28 34 42 38 38

AEPR 18,418 18,888 23,903 23,266 29,521 23,471 14,359 16,320 16,369 21,717 19,382 13,600 22,579 18,123 27,428

Winners 45 40 34 18 19 15 13 16 12 10 10 10 11 11 10

Wins 49 47 41 22 23 16 13 17 12 12 11 10 11 13 10

Wnrs / Rnrs% 1900,00% 1960,00% 2430,00% 2050,00% 3220,00% 2110,00% 1400,00% 1980,00% 1580,00% 1850,00% 1790,00% 1280,00% 2390,00% 1930,00% 2780,00%

Places 184 156 116 93 49 68 63 40 62 53 60 67 38 52 40

Total Stake 4,365,125 3,853,238 3,346,438 2,047,425 1,741,738 1,666,450 1,335,425 1,321,938 1,244,075 1,172,700 1,085,388 1,060,838 1,038,638 1,033,000 987,425

AEPR 24,884 29,130 20,102 30,624 29,976 22,295 22,133 26,063 29,641 28,532 21,007 25,099 17,652 23,106 16,232

wns 31 22 27 21 20 22 21 18 17 20 18 16 16 17 15

wnrs 35 24 27 24 27 26 24 21 21 24 19 18 18 18 17

Wnrs/rnrs 2560,00% 2470,00% 2250,00% 2760,00% 2740,00% 2240,00% 2330,00% 2500,00% 2700,00% 3230,00% 2200,00% 2500,00% 1800,00% 2620,00% 1900,00%

plcs 106 87 94 66 54 82 75 81 72 53 74 53 71 64 60

stks 3,011,000 2,592,538 2,412,250 2,327,425 2,188,263 2,184,888 1,992,013 1,876,500 1,867,413 1,768,975 1,722,600 1,606,313 1,571,025 1,501,888 1,282,338

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wns

wnrs

Wnrs/rnrs

plcs

stks

83 57 81 70 55 80 83 36 51 57 62 56 82 72 79

28,867 37,825 21,134 23,052 22,871 18,901 17,523 36,101 26,681 28,908 23,089 18,098 14,390 15,874 15,460

16 11 9 9 9 6 9 8 8 6 8 7 5 7 6

16 15 10 10 9 7 10 8 9 6 9 7 6 7 7

3480,00% 3930,00% 2200,00% 2650,00% 2650,00% 1460,00% 2090,00% 4000,00% 2960,00% 2500,00% 2860,00% 2060,00% 1190,00% 1840,00% 1580,00%

42 25 37 27 32 40 37 17 15 37 24 28 33 28 28

1,327,888 1,059,100 866,475 783,775 777,613 774,925 753,500 722,025 720,375 693,788 646,488 615,325 604,375 603,213 587,475

SIRES 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Name Var (USA) * Captain Al Silvano (GER) Trippi (USA) Querari (GER) Gimmethegreenlight (AUS) * Sail From Seattle (CAN) Mambo In Seattle (USA) Pathfork (USA) Judpot (USA) Oratorio (IRE) Ideal World (USA) Dynasty Seventh Rock (AUS) What A Winter

SIRES OF 3 YEAR OLD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

TRAINERS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Name Mr S J Snaith Mr S G Tarry Mr A C Greeff Mr M F de Kock Mr B J Crawford Mr G D Smith Mr W A Nel Mr P A Peter Ms Yvette Bremner Mr J A Janse van Vuuren Mr D C Howells Mr D R Drier Mr St John D Gray Mrs C L Bass-Robinson Mr G S Kotzen

Runs 247 205 241 131 139 247 108 122 183 115 133 89 120 173 161

Wins 40 28 33 15 20 24 16 17 17 14 12 17 10 14 13

Win% 16,2 13,7 13,7 11,5 14,4 9,7 14,8 13,9 9,3 12,2 9 19,1 8,3 8,1 8,1

2nd 25 20 30 20 19 15 16 16 28 17 23 9 10 15 23

3rd 30 24 24 14 14 29 19 7 19 10 20 12 22 23 9

Other 54 46 45 31 39 47 24 32 36 28 31 15 45 36 28

Places 109 90 99 65 72 91 59 55 83 55 74 36 77 74 60

Place% 44,1 43,9 41,1 49,6 51,8 36,8 54,6 45,1 45,4 47,8 55,6 40,4 64,2 42,8 37,3

Win Stake 2,286,250 1,947,813 1,498,750 1,157,813 1,137,500 1,088,750 1,017,500 1,060,000 811,875 869,688 666,250 1,063,125 813,438 737,500 758,750

Total Stake 3,189,863 2,784,675 2,256,400 1,970,200 1,727,475 1,669,000 1,554,925 1,546,488 1,455,950 1,454,863 1,440,375 1,430,975 1,406,188 1,358,475 1,345,675

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SOUTH AFRICAN RACE RESULTS 2018 The Stats Pages are a regular feature from International Racehorse Magazine looking at the black Type Winners from the quarter preceding the Edition

BARAHIN Durban Golden Horseshoe, 2yos, Greyville, 7 July 2018, 1400m 1 Barahin c Gimmethegreenlight (AUS) –Mocha Special, by Silvano (GER) 2 Soqrat c Epaulette (AUS) –Elzeeza (AUS), by Hussonet (USA) 3 Sulka c Gimmethegreenlight (AUS) – Cruise Collection, by Model Man Age:2; Starts:4; Wins: 3: Placings: 1; Earnings: R533 625 Sire GIMMETHEGREENLIGHT is the sire of 13 stakes winners. In 2018 SURCHARGE Diktat G1, GREEN PLAINS Jet Master G2, BARAHIN Silvano G2

IT’S MY TURN Man O’War Sprint G3 Broodmare sire SILVANO is the sire of the dams of 8 stakes winners – BARAHIN Gimmethegreenlight G2, WONDERWALL Querari G2, GOODTIME GAL Royal Air Force G3, JOKING Querari LR, COSMIC LIGHT Querari G2, LOUISIANA Ideal World LR, FAIR MOUNTAIN Tiger Hill LR, DAGMAR Querari LR More Than Ready Gimmethegreenlight

Yes She Can Cancan Silvano

Mocha Special Mabola Plum

Southern Halo Woodman’s Girl Canny Lad Dove Vai Lomitas Spirit Of Eagles Fort Wood Michabo

1st dam MOCHA SPECIAL,Winner in South Africa Dam of 4 winners: 2012: FRAPPACHINO (c Ideal World), 4 wins in South Africa 2013: EXPRESSO MARTINI (f Ideal World), 3 wins in South Africa 2014: AFROGATTO (f Judpot),Winner in South Africa 2015: BARAHIN (c Gimmethegreenlight), R2600000NYS, 3 wins in South Africa Golden Horseshoe G2, Gatecrasher S LR

eLan Gold Cup, G3, Greyville, 28 July 2018, 3200m

2nd dam MABOLA PLUM, Placed in South Africa, dam of 9 winners: MOCHA JAVA: 6 wins in South Africa,Tommy Hotspur Hcp G3, 2nd Computaform Sprint G1 MOCHACHINO: 7 wins in South Africa, Camellia S G2 MACCHIATO: 5 wins in South Africa and Zimbabwe, Breeders Champion Cup LR Americano: 2 wins in South Africa, 2nd

Sire DYNASTY is the sire of 60 stakes winners. In 2018 EYES WIDE OPEN Jallad G1, HASHTAGYOLO Jallad G3, SABINA’S DYNASTY Sportsworld G2, LET IT RAIN Giant’s Causeway G2, LADY IN BLACK Jet Master G3, WILD WICKET Jallad LR, OUR EMPEROR Jet Master G3, MADE TO CONQUER Casey Tibbs G3, AFRICAN NIGHT SKY Cozzene G3, IT’S MY TURN Jallad G3

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1 It’s My Turn 5 g Dynasty –Jallad’s Queen, by Jallad (USA) 2 Hermoso Mundo 5 g Ideal World (USA) –Escoleta Fitz (ARG), by Fitzcarraldo (ARG) 3 Wild Wicket 4 g Dynasty –Firstnightbliss,

by Jallad (USA) Age:5; Starts: 20; Wins: 5; Placings:9; Earnings: R2 801 275

1st dam JALLAD’S QUEEN,Winner in South Africa Dam of 1 winner: 2012: IT’S MY TURN (g Dynasty), R400 000NYS, 5 wins in South Africa, Investec Cape Derby G1, Gold Cup G3, Gold Vase G3,Track And Ball Derby G3 2nd dam LADY ELLE, 3 wins in South Africa, Olympic Duel S LR Dam of 4 winners: JALLAD’S QUEEN: See Above ALBRIGHT:Winner in South Africa, dam of 1 winner WHO’S FOR DINNER:Winner in South Africa ZEPHYR:Winner in South Africa Broodmare sire JALLAD is the sire of the dams of 44 stakes winners - IT’S MY TURN Dynasty G1, EYES WIDE OPEN Dynasty G1, SOLO TRAVELLER Jallad G1, SHEA SHEA National Emblem G1, CLASSIC ILLUSION Kahal G3, MAJESTIC SUN Kahal G3, SUN CITY Kahal LR, GIVE ME FIVE Goldkeeper G1, MARTIAL EAGLE Silvano G1, FOREST OF DEAN Silvano G3, PORT OF LONDON London News G2, HOSPITALITY Badger’s Drift G3, RED DOR Elliodor G2, MASAI WARRIOR Wolfhound G3, CHARLIES ISLAND Lizard Island G3, BIT ON THE SIDE Jet Master G3, JOSHUA’S DREAM Joshua Dancer G3, SHE’S A WINNER Joshua Dancer G3, LIZARRE Jet Master G3, RAISE THE BAR Goldkeeper LR, CODE ROCK Doowaley LR, ONEHUNDREDACREWOOD Malhub LR, YOSHIE Antonius Pius LR, SCENTED ASH Ashaawes LR, RUN FOR IT Dynasty LR, IN

LIKE FLYNN National Assembly LR, RUSSINI Kitalpha LR, LUCKY SAM Imperial Stride LR, FOURTH ESTATE Dynasty G3, SOLID SPEED Dynasty G2, TRIPTIQUE Trippi G2, SOLANA Querari LR, THE MERRY WIDOW Captain Al LR, NEBULA Silvano G3, LIEGE Dynasty G1, ICY TRAIL Go Deputy G2, PURPLE DIAMOND Var G2, QUEEN FOREVER Gimmethegreenlight LR, HASHTAGYOLO Dynasty G3, WILL PAYS Imperial Stride G1, WILD WICKET Dynasty LR, REDBERRY LANE Western Winter G1, TOO PHAT TO FLY Bezrin LR, CHARIOT OF GOLD Silvano LR, LOVE TO BOOGIE Trippi LR Fort Wood Dynasty Blakes Affair Jallad Jallad’s Queen Lady Elle

Sadler’s Wells Fall Aspen Commodore Blake Joy Petite Blushing Groom Petrava Elliodor Lady Olivia

Kuda Gold Bracelet, G2, f&m, Greyville, 28 July 2018, 2000m 1 Miyabi Gold 3 f Silvano (GER) – Mkushi Gold, by Western Winter (USA) 2 Gimme Six 4 f Gimmethegreenlight (AUS) –District Six (IRE), by Mujadil (USA) 3 Epona 4 f Silvano (GER) –Laptop Lady,

by Al Mufti (USA) Age:3; Starts: 6; Wins: 3; Placings: 1; Earnings: R420 000 Sire SILVANO is the sire of 81 stakes winners. In 2018 ELUSIVE SILVA Fort Wood G2, SIMPLY ROYAL Al Mufti G3, MIYABI GOLD Western Winter G2, JANOOBI Rakeen G2,

GIVINITSUM PARABOLA Camden Park LR, CHARIOT OF GOLD Jallad LR, SABBATICAL Rich Man’s Gold LR 1st dam Mkushi Gold, 4 wins in South Africa, 3rd Queen Palm Hcp LR Dam of 4 winners: 2011: ULTIMATE DOLLAR (g Jet Master), 4 wins in South Africa, Campanajo 2200 G3 2012: CAPTAIN LEON (c Captain Al), Winner in South Africa 2013: KONKOLA (f Silvano) 3 wins in South Africa 2014: MIYABI GOLD (f Silvano) 3 wins in South Africa, Gold Bracelet G2 2nd dam GYPSY SILK, Champion 3YO Filly in Zimbabwe, 7 wins in Zimbabwe, Lonhro Champion Juvenile G3, 2nd Natbrew Tankard G2, 3rd Borrowdale Oaks G3 Dam of 6 winners: BIG BAD JOHN: 7 wins in South Africa, Racing Association S LR, 2nd SA Derby G1 DISCO QUEEN: Equus Champion Older Female Sprinter in 2007, 7 wins in South Africa, PG Bison Merchants G2, Poinsettia S G3, Sycamore Sprint LR, 2nd SA Fillies Sprint G1 Mkushi Gold: See Above Redoubtable: 5 wins in South Africa, 2nd East Cape Paddock S LR, dam of G1W and champion FRENCH NAVY Broodmare sire WESTERN WINTER is the sire of dams of 31 stakes winners –PAST MASTER Jet Master G1, LOBO’S LEGEND Trippi G1, HOWE GREAT Hat Trick G3, CARRY ON ALICE Captain Al G1, MAGIC SMOKE Fort Wood

G2, WINTER PASSION Var LR, LE VAR Var G3, AMUR AFFAIR Tiger Ridge G3, HOUSE OF WAX Count Dubois LR, SUPER STORM Rakeen G3, POLAR MOON Victory Moon G2, STING OPERATION Captain Al LR, ROBERT THE BRUCE Jallad G3, GRANDALEA Parade Leader LR, GATHERING FAME Jet Master LR, AREZZO Go Deputy LR, LAUDERDALE Elusive Fort G1, ULTIMATE DOLLAR Jet Master G3, FLYING ICE Go Deputy LR, SINGAPORE SLING Philanthropist G2, WIND CHILL Silvano G2, ZANTE Ideal World G3, STRATHDON Silvano G3, TAP O’ NOTH Captain Al G1, BOLD EAGLE Bold Silvano G3, TAMBALANG Go Deputy LR, WIDOW’S LAMP Go Deputy LR, MIYABI GOLD Silvano G2, PLANO Silvano LR, LESEDI LA RONA Trippi LR Lomitas Silvano Spirit Of Eagles Western Winter Mkushi Gold Gypsy Silk

Niniski La Colorada Beaus Eagle Big Spirit Gone West Chilly Hostess Del Sarto Satin Fields

KZN Yearling Sale Million, 2yos, Greyville, 7 July 2018, 1600m 1 Givinitsum c Lateral (GB) –Fine Hope, by Fine Edge (GB) 2 Mr Bombastic g Visionaire (USA) – Celebration, by Kahal (GB) 3 Inverroche f Ideal World (USA) – National Sensation, by National Assembly (CAN) Age:2; Starts: 2; Wins: 2; Placings: 0; Earnings: R684 375

Sire LATERAL is the sire of 3 stakes winners 1st dam Fine Hope, 2 wins in South Africa, 2nd SA Fillies Sprint G1 Dam of 5 winners: 2003:TUTENKHAMEN (c Fard), 7 wins in South Africa 2009:YOU’RE MY HOPE (c Announce), Winner in South Africa 2011: FEAR NOTHING (c Casey Tibbs), Winner in South Africa 2012: NORTHERN CORNER (c Noordhoek Flyer), 6 wins in South Africa 2015: GIVINITSUM (c Lateral), R45000 KZNS, 2 wins in South Africa, KZN Yearling Sale Million 2nd dam, CHILD OF HOPE,Unraced, Dam of 3 winners: Fine Hope: See Above LIVE IN HOPE:Winner in South Africa OLD DIOCESAN:Winner in South Africa Broodmare sire FINE EDGE is the sire of the dams of 9 stakes winners – SENOR VERSACE Parade Leader G2, SHARP DESIGN National Emblem G3, ALVILDA Jallad LR, CAMPO DE SANTANA Camden Park LR, REI REI Doowaley G2, BILL OF RIGHTS Saumarez G3, STATE CROWN Count Dubois G3, ROYAL OPINION Jallad G2, CITY EDITION London News LR Singspiel Lateral Ligona Fine Edge Fine Hope Child Of Hope

In The Wings Glorious Song Aragon Lima Sharpen Up Metair Complete Warrior Under The Lap

Mercury Sprint, G1, Greyville, 28 July 2018, 1200m

1 Will Pays 6 g Imperial Stride – Rattlebag, by Jallad (USA) 2 Attenborough 4 g Western Winter (USA) –In Camera, by Caesour (USA) 3 Trip To Heaven 6 g Trippi (USA) – Helleborus Blue (USA), by Cee’s Tizzy (USA) Age:6; Starts:35; Wins: 12; Placings: 12; Earnings: R1 905 150 Sire IMPERIAL STRIDE is the sire of 2 stakes winners. In 2018 WILL PAYS Jallad G1 1st dam RATTLEBAG, 6 wins in South Africa, Azalea F&M Hcp G3, 2nd SA Fillies Guineas G1, 3rd The Oaks G2, Natalia S G2 Dam of 4 winners: 2001: QUICKSTEP (f Rambo Dancer), 3 wins in South Africa 2002: RATTLED (f Alami),Winner in South Africa, dam of G2W HARRY LIME 2007: Chastity (f Tamburlaine), 2 wins in Zimbabwe, 3rd Champion Juvenile S G3 2011: WILL PAYS (g Imperial Stride), 12 wins in South Africa and Zimbabwe, Mercury Sprint G1, Hawaii S G2, Spring Spree S G3, 2nd Joburg Spring Challenge G2, 3rd Joburg Spring Challenge G2, Drill Hall S G2 2nd dam RATTLING HIGH, 2 wins in South Africa Dam of 4 winners: RATTLEBAG: See Above FULL HOUSE: 4 wins in South Africa Broodmare sire JALLAD is the sire of the dams of 44 stakes winners - IT’S MY TURN Dynasty G1, EYES WIDE OPEN Dynasty G1, SOLO

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TRAVELLER Jallad G1, SHEA SHEA National Emblem G1, CLASSIC ILLUSION Kahal G3, MAJESTIC SUN Kahal G3, SUN CITY Kahal LR, GIVE ME FIVE Goldkeeper G1, MARTIAL EAGLE Silvano G1, FOREST OF DEAN Silvano G3, PORT OF LONDON London News G2, HOSPITALITY Badger’s Drift G3, RED DOR Elliodor G2, MASAI WARRIOR Wolfhound G3, CHARLIES ISLAND Lizard Island G3, BIT ON THE SIDE Jet Master G3, JOSHUA’S DREAM Joshua Dancer G3, SHE’S A WINNER Joshua Dancer G3, LIZARRE Jet Master G3, RAISE THE BAR Goldkeeper LR, CODE ROCK Doowaley LR, ONEHUNDREDACREWOOD Malhub LR, YOSHIE Antonius Pius LR, SCENTED ASH Ashaawes LR, RUN FOR IT Dynasty LR, IN LIKE FLYNN National Assembly LR, RUSSINI Kitalpha LR, LUCKY SAM Imperial Stride LR, FOURTH ESTATE Dynasty G3, SOLID SPEED Dynasty G2, TRIPTIQUE Trippi G2, SOLANA Querari LR, THE MERRY WIDOW Captain Al LR, NEBULA Silvano G3, LIEGE Dynasty G1, ICY TRAIL Go Deputy G2, PURPLE DIAMOND Var G2, QUEEN FOREVER Gimmethegreenlight LR, HASHTAGYOLO Dynasty G3, WILL PAYS Imperial Stride G1, WILD WICKET Dynasty LR, REDBERRY LANE Western Winter G1, TOO PHAT TO FLY Bezrin LR, CHARIOT OF GOLD Silvano LR, LOVE TO BOOGIE Trippi LR Indian Ridge Imperial Stride Place De L’opera Jallad Rattlebag Rattling High

Ahonoora Hillbrow Sadler’s Wells Madame Dubois Blushing Groom Petrava High Top Rattle

Post Merchants, G2, Greyville, 15 June 2018, 1200m

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1 Sniper Shot 3 g Judpot (USA) – Seven Veils, by Rich Man’s Gold (USA) 2 Black Cat Back 4 g Black Minnaloushe (USA) –National Celebrity, by National Assembly (CAN) 3 Wynkelder 4 g Kahal (GB) –Al Vino, by Al Mufti (USA)

Tumblebrutus G3, NASSA Dynasty G3, CORAL FEVER Judpot G1, SNIPER SHOT Judpot G2

Age:3; Starts: 16; Wins: 4; Placings: 8; Earnings: R879 625

Rich Man’s Gold

Sire JUDPOT is the sire of 12 stakes winners. In 2018 CORAL FEVER Rich Man’s Gold G1, SNIPER SHOT Rich Man’s Gold G2 1st dam Seven Veils, 3 wins in South Africa, 3rd Lady’s Pendant LR Dam of 2 winners: 2013: ZEVENASTIC (c Rebel King), 6 wins in South Africa, 2015: SNIPER SHOT (c Judpot), R140 000 KZNYS, 4 wins in South Africa, Post Merchants G2, 2nd Daisy Guineas G2, Byerley Turk G3, 3rd Umkhomazi S G3 2nd dam SILKY DANCER, 5 wins in South Africa, Tibouchina S G3 Dam of 5 winners: Seven Veils: See Above SALOME: 3 wins in South Africa Broodmare sire RICH MAN’S GOLD is the sire of dams of 18 stakes winners – BRAVE MARY Brave Tin Soldier, WAGNER Tiger Ridge G1, ATHINA Fort Wood G1, LOUIS THE KING Black Minnaloushe G1, WHISTLE STOP Silvano G3, PIMM’S Tumblebrutus G2, GORDA DE LUJO Edgy Diplomat G2, NOBLE VINE Tumblebrutus G2, MISTER PRESIDENT Cruise King G3, MARKADO Midnight Foxtrot G3, CEDRO REAL Dushyantor LR, NEPTUNE’S RAIN Antonius Pius G3, FORRIES WALTZ Greys Inn G2, EASY LOVER Right Approach LR, SHOW ME THE MONEY

A.p. Indy Judpot Miesque

Seven Veils Silky Dancer

Seattle Slew Weekend Surprise Nureyev Pasadoble Forty Niner Honest Joy Citidancer Foster’s Girl

Rising Sun Gold Challenge, G1, Greyville, 10 June 2018, 1600m 1 Undercover Agent 3 c Captain Al –Secret Risk, by London News 2 Snowdance 3 f Captain Al –Spring Lilac,

by Joshua Dancer (USA) 3 Sail South 7 g Sail From Seattle (CAN) –Southern Price, by Northfields (USA) Age:3; Starts: 10; Wins:5; Placings: 2; Earnings: R4 020 000 Sire CAPTAIN AL is the sire of 89 stakes winners. In 2018 SNOWDANCE Joshua Dancer G1, SERGEANT HARDY Hard Up G1, CAPTAIN AMERICA Fort Wood G1, THE SECRET IS OUT Goldkeeper G2 FIORELLA Caesour G2, UNDERCOVER AGENT London News G3, CELTIC SEA Mark Of Esteem G3, AL DANZA Jet Master LR, MYFUNNYVALENTINE Goldkeeper G1, ARCTICA Indian Ridge LR, MERYSAGOS Singspiel LR 1st dam SECRET RISK 2 wins in South Africa, Winter Oaks LR Dam of 2 winners: 2013: RISK ALL (f Captain Al), Winner in South Africa 2014: UNDERCOVER AGENT (c Captain Al), R325 000CPYS, 5 wins in South Africa, Gold Challenge G1, Byerley Turk G3, CTS 1600, 2nd Cape Classic G3, Drill Hall S G2 2nd dam Lustra Belle, 4 wins in South

Africa, 2nd Juvenile Futurity LR Dam of 5 winners: SECRET RISK: See Above Rainbow’s End: 2 wins in South Africa, 3rd Racing Association S LR Broodmare sire LONDON NEWS is the sire of the dams of 4 stakes winners –CAPTAIN’S CALL Captain Al G2, BEZANOVA Bezrin G2, WRECKING BALL Great Britain G3, CONSUMER CREDIT More Than Ready G3 Al Mufti Captain Al Off To War London News Secret Risk Lustra Belle

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Samsung Golden Slipper, G2, 2yof, Greyville, 7 July 2018, 1400m 1 Celtic Sea f Captain Al –Ireland (BRZ), by Mark Of Esteem (IRE) 2 Mazari f Bold Silvano –Ivory Palm, by Imperial Stride (GB) 3 Can You Feel It f Jackson –Wonder Glow, by Windrush (USA) Age:2; Starts: 5: Wins: 2: Placings: 3; Earnings: R692 000 Sire CAPTAIN AL is the sire of 89 stakes winners. In 2018 SNOWDANCE Joshua Dancer G1, UNDERCOVER AGENT London News G1, CELTIC SEA Mark Of Esteem G2, THE SECRET IS OUT Goldkeeper G2, CALL TO ACCOUNT Giant’s Causeway LR, AL DANZA Jet Master LR, MYFUNNYVALENTINE Goldkeeper G3, ARCTICA Indian Ridge LR, SERGEANT HARDY Hard Up G1, MERYSAGOS Singspiel LR

RETURN-FLIGHT 1st dam IRELAND, 2 wins in South Africa Dam of 3 winners: 2012: LEIGH WOODS (c Fort Wood),Winner in South Africa 2014: Cashel Palace (f Fort Wood), 2 wins in South Africa, 3rd Fillies Mile G3 2015: CELTIC SEA (f Captain Al), R325 000NYS, 2 wins in South Africa, Golden Slipper G2, Pretty Polly S G3, 2nd Allan Robertson Championship G1 2nd dam DEAR CELINA, Unraced Dam of 3 winners: LA DEFENSE: 3 wins in Brazil, GP Roberto e Nelson Grimaldi Seabra G1 IRELAND: See Above Broodmare sire MARK OF ESTEEM is the sire of the dams of 43 stakes winners –TREASURE BEACH Galileo G1, MASKED MARVEL Montjeu G1, WALDPARK Dubawi G1, CELTIC SEA Captain Al, AVENIR CERTAIN Le Havre G1, EXULTANT Teofilo G3, CRYSTAL OCEAN Sea The Stars G2, HILLSTAR Danehill Dancer G1, RIVER BOYNE Dandy Man LR, QUEEN BLOSSOM Jeremy G3, FINE NEEDLE Admire Moon G1, TRIP TO RHODOS Rail Link G3, AJMAN PRINCESS Teofilo G1, PERMIAN Teofilo G2, GRIZZEL Kodiac G3, SANDIVA Footstepsinthesand G3, BROWNIE Sunday Break G3, ACROSS THE STARS Sea The Stars G2, GRENDISAR Invincible Spirit G3, ROULEAU Exceed And Excel G3, SRUTHAN Arakan G3, VALIANT GIRL Lemon Drop Kid G3, MIKHAIL GLINKA Galileo G2, CALEDONIA LADY Firebreak G3, WALDERLECHE Monsun G3, CRYSTAL CAPPELLA Cape Cross G2, KITE WOOD Galileo G2, DANON CHANTILLY Fuji Kiseki G1, BRONZE CANNON Lemon Drop Kid G2, AMADEUS WOLF Mozart G1

THE SECRET IS OUT Al Mufti Captain Al Off To War Mark Of Esteem Ireland Dear Celina

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Windrush G3, NONKI POO Stagelight LR, VIRGO’S BABE Malhub G2, BOB ‘N’ WEAVE Lecture LR, EAST BEACH West Man G3 Jet Master Pomodoro

Thekwini Stakes, G1, 2yof, Greyville, 28 July 2018, 1600m 1 Return Flight f Pomodoro –Heading Home, by Special Preview 2 Railtrip f Trippi (USA) –Grail Maiden (AUS), by Galileo (IRE) 3 Can You Feel It f Jackson –Wonder Glow, by Windrush (USA) Age:2; Starts:5; Wins: 3; Placings:2; Earnings: R634 625 Sire POMODORO is the sire of 1 stakes winner. In 2018 RETURN FLIGHT Special Preview G1 1st dam Heading Home, 4 wins in South Africa, 3rd Diana S G3 Dam of 4 winners: 2007: TAKE A RIDE (f National Emblem), Winner in South Africa 2008: FOLLOW THE LIGHT (c Spectrum), Winner in South Africa 2012: SUN DYNASTY (c Dynasty), Winner in South Africa 2015: RETURN FLIGHT (f Pomodoro), R20 000MYS, 3 wins in South Africa, Thekwini S G1 2nd dam SEEKING SHELTER, 2 wins in South Africa Dam of 4 winners: Heading Home: See Above PRIVATE PROPERTY: 2 wins in South Africa, dam of G3P Abington, SP Hillbrow Broodmare sire SPECIAL PREVIEW is the sire of the dams of 7 stakes winners –RETURN FLIGHT Pomodoro G1, MEMPHIS MAFIA Lecture LR, ROMAN CARNIVAL

Golden Apple Special Preview Heading Home Seeking Shelter

Rakeen Jet Lightning Northern Guest Averogold Model Man Modern Music Hard Up Windy Ridge

Tibouchina S, G2, f&m, Greyville, 10 June 2018, 1400m 1 The Secret Is Out 4 f Captain Al – Secret Of Victoria, by Goldkeeper (USA) 2 Star Express 5 m Silvano (GER) – Majestic Star, by Doowaley (IRE) 3 Final Judgement 4 f Judpot (USA) –Final Claim, by Proclaim (USA) Age:4; Starts: 13; Wins: 6; Placings: 4; Earnings: R1 170 713 Sire CAPTAIN AL is the sire of 89 stakes winners. In 2018 SNOWDANCE Joshua Dancer G1, SERGEANT HARDY Hard Up G1, CAPTAIN AMERICA Fort Wood G1, THE SECRET IS OUT Goldkeeper G2 FIORELLA Caesour G2, UNDERCOVER AGENT London News G3, CELTIC SEA Mark Of Esteem G3, AL DANZA Jet Master LR, MYFUNNYVALENTINE Goldkeeper G1, ARCTICA Indian Ridge LR, MERYSAGOS Singspiel LR 1st dam SECRET OF VICTORIA, 6 wins in South Africa, Sceptre S G2, Southern Cross S G2, Strelitzia S G3, Olympic Duel S LR, 2nd Allan Robertson Fillies Championship G1 Dam of 5 winners: 2008: DYNASTY’S SECRET (g Dynasty), 3 wins in South Africa 2009: ALL IS SECRET (f Captain Al), Equus Champion 2YO Filly in

2012, 6 wins in South Africa, Mercury Sprint G1, Allan Robertson Fillies Championship G1, Thekwini S G1, Choice Carriers Fillies Championship G2, Poinsettia S G3, 2nd The Debutante S G2, Sceptre S G2 2010: SECRET COMMAND (c Captain Al), Winner in South Africa, winner in Hong Kong 2012: MEGA SECRET (g Jay Peg), 3 wins in South Africa 2013: THE SECRET IS OUT (f Captain Al), 6 wins in South Africa, Allan Robertson Championship G1, Tibouchina S G2, Poinsettia S G3, Strelitzia S G3, 3rd SA Fillies Sprint G1 2nd dam MYSTIC SPRING, Unplaced Dam of 10 winners: RABIYA: Equus Champion 3YO Classic Male in 2005, 5 wins in South Africa, Daily News 2000 G1, Bloodstock SA Cape Guineas G1, Cape Derby G2, 2nd Selangor Cup G2, died BELA-BELA: Equus Champion 3yo filly in 2015-2016, 7 wins in South Africa, Paddock S G1, Garden Province S G1, Woolavington 2000 G1, Daisy Fillies Guineas G2 SECRET OF VICTORIA: See Above SPRING LILAC: 2 wins in South Africa, Fillies Nursery G3, dam of G1W SNOWDANCE SW VICTORIAN SECRET SECRET CAPTAIN: 2wins in South Africa, KZN Guineas G2 RAFIYA: 2 wins in South Africa, East Cape Oaks LR, died TOUCH THE SKY: 4 wins in South Africa, Syringa Hcp LR, 3rd Woolavington 2000 G1 Broodmare sire GOLDKEEPER is the sire of the dams of 8 stakes winners –ALL IS SECRET Captain Al G1, THE SECRET IS OUT Captain Al G1, BLAZE OF NOON Dynasty G3, REFLECTIVE IMAGE Tamburlaine G2, CLEAR SAILING Argonaut LR, SILENT FORCE Horse Chestnut

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DO IT AGAIN LR, WAY CLEAR Ashaawes LR, SAY ALERT Rabah LR Al Mufti Captain Al Off To War Goldkeeper Secret Of Victoria Mystic Spring

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Vodacom Durban July, G1, Greyville, 7 July 2018, 2200m 1 Do It Again 3 g Twice Over (GB) – Sweet Virginia, by Casey Tibbs (IRE) 2 Made To Conquer 4 g Dynasty –Festive Occasion, by Casey Tibbs (IRE) 3 Elusive Silva 5 g Silvano (GER) –Esprit,

by Fort Wood (USA) Age:3; Starts:8; Wins: 4: Placings: 3; Earnings: R3 307 500 Sire TWICE OVER is the sire of 3 stakes winners. In 2018 DO IT AGAIN Casey Tibbs G1, DOUBLEMINT Tale Of The Cat G3 1st dam SWEET VIRGINIA 6 wins in South Africa, Winter Classic G3, Winter Derby G3, Final Fling S G3, Dam of 5 winners: 2010: STRONGMAN –HORSE OF FORTUNE (g Stronghold), 9 wins in South Africa and Hong Kong, Sa Sa Ladies Purse G3, Premier Plate G3, Sophomore Sprint LR 2011: MIGHTY EMPEROR (g Kahal), 2 wins in Singapore 2012: VILIKAZI –SLEEP EDUCATION (g Visionaire), 2 wins in South Africa, 3rd Winter Guineas G3 2013: SUPREME VISION (f Visionaire), 2 wins in South Africa 2014: DO IT AGAIN (g Twice Over), R1 100 000 NYS, 4 wins in South Africa, Vodacom Durban July G1, Daisy Guineas G2, 2nd Investec Cape Derby G1, 3rd Selangor Cup G2 2nd dam MILLIE BOVANA, Winner in

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South Africa Dam of 7 winners: SWEET VIRGINIA: See Above RUFOUS THATCH: 3 wins in South Africa BEAUTIFUL BOVANA: 3 wins in South Africa Broodmare sire CASEY TIBBS is the sire of dams of 4 stakes winners –DO YOU REMEMBER Silvano G1, HORSE OF FORTUNE Stronghold G3, DO IT AGAIN Twice Over G1, MADE TO CONQUER Dynasty G3 Observatory Twice Over Double Crossed Casey Tibbs Sweet Virginia Millie Bovana

Distant View Stellaria Caerleon Quandary Sadler’s Wells Fleur Royale Royal Prerogative Modern Millie

World Sports Betting Champions Cup, G1, Greyville, 28 July 2018, 1800m 1 Captain America 7 g Captain Al –Requista, by Fort Wood (USA) 2 Undercover Agent 3 c Captain Al – Secret Risk, by London News 3 Eyes Wide Open 3 c Dynasty –Live Your Dreams, by Jallad (USA) Age:7; Starts: 35; Wins: 10: Placings: 20; Earnings: R6 026 675 Sire CAPTAIN AL is the sire of 89 stakes winners. In 2018 SNOWDANCE Joshua Dancer G1, UNDERCOVER AGENT London News G1, CELTIC SEA Mark Of Esteem G2, THE SECRET IS OUT Goldkeeper G2, CAPTAIN AMERICA Fort Wood G1, CALL TO ACCOUNT Giant’s Causeway LR, AL DANZA Jet Master LR, MYFUNNYVALENTINE Goldkeeper G3, ARCTICA Indian Ridge LR, SERGEANT HARDY Hard

Up G1, MERYSAGOS Singspiel LR 1st dam, Requista,5 wins in South Africa, 2nd Spook Express Hcp LR Dam of 5 winners: 2003: GRIMA (f Goldkeeper), Winner in South Africa 2004: AQUITAINE (f Al Mufti), 3 wins in South Africa, Jacaranda Hcp G3 2007: CARCASSONNE (c Jallad) 10 wins in Mauritius and South Africa 2008: MONPAZIER (f Silvano), Winner in South Africa 2010: CAPTAIN AMERICA (g Captain America), R400 000NYS, 10 wins in South Africa, Champions Cup G1, Rising Sun Gold Challenge G1, Horse Chestnut S G1, Green Point S G2, Lanzerac Ready To Run S, 2nd Cape Derby G1, Champions Cup G1, Cape Guineas G1, Horse Chestnut S G1, L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate G1, 3rd J&B Met G1, Sun Met G1, KRA Guineas G2 2nd dam, RIDING LIGHT, 2 wins in France Dam of 6 winners: DACHA: 6 wins in South Africa, Prix Du Cap, LR, twice, dam of G2P Jaroslaw CRUISE COLLECTION: 6 wins in South Africa, Gold Bracelet G2 SHIVER MY TIMBERS: 4 wins in South Africa, dam of G3W PIRATE’S GOLD Broodmare sire FORT WOOD is the sire of the dams of 60 stakes winners –NIGHTINGALE Silvano G1, CHERRY ON THE TOP Tiger Ridge G1, CAPETOWN NOIR Western Winter G1, THUNDER DANCE Jet Master G1, PLUCK More Than Ready G2, MOKARO Manaloj G1, WILLIAM LONGSWORD Captain Al G1, ROYAL FANTASY Al Mufti G1, CONTADOR Var G1, BOUQUET-GARNI Strike Smartly G1, FOREST INDIGO Judpot G1, ROYAL APROVAL Al Mufti G2, FRAGRANT AL

Captain Al G2, PRESTIC Strike Smartly G2, ROYAL VINTAGE Rich Man’s Gold G2, ALDERRY Al Mufti G2, MOCHACHINO Silvano G2, WINTERINTHEWOODS Western Winter G2, MOCHA JAVA National Assembly G3, FANTASTIC MR FOX Right Approach G3, ACROSS THE ICE Western Winter G3, CHERRY ON THE CAKE Strike Smartly G3, SALUKI Dubai Destination G3, TWO STRIKES Strike Smartly G3, FRANCOIS BERNARDUS Goldkeeper G3, AQUITAINE Al Mufti G3, WHEREDOWEGO Captain Al G3, SHIPMASTER Slip Anchor G3, TIGER’S RETREAT Tiger Ridge G2, TIPPUANA MOON Victory Moon G3, ISPHAN Tiger Ridge G3, PUTNEY FLYER Miesque’s Approval LR, THREE HEARTS Hat Trick G3, CAPTAIN AMERICA Captain Al G1, EIGHTH WONDER Captain Al G3, PEEP SHOW Ideal World LR, SUNSET TRIPP Trippi LR, CAPTAIN SWAROVSKI Captain Al LR, NOAH FROM GOA Tiger Ridge G1, REAL PRINCESS Trippi G1, MARINARESCO Silvano G1, RED CHESNUT ROAD Pathfork G3, CAPTAIN SPLENDID Captain Al G3, CAPTAIN’S FLAME Captain Al G3, PERSIAN RUG Ideal World LR, ELUSIVE SILVA Silvano G2, HACK GREEN Gimmethegreenlight G2, GREEN PEPPER Gimmethegreenlight G3, IRISH PRIDE Ideal World LR, FORT WINTER What A Winter LR, MERYL Tiger Ridge LR, FOLK DANCE Tiger Ridge G3, CORAL BAY Ideal World LR Al Mufti Captain Al Off To War Fort Wood Requista Riding Light

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Multiple Group 1 Winning Son of DUBAWI. From the family of Champion Sires FLYING SPUR, ENCOSTA DE LAGO, HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR & LODE. Dam, MARE NOSTRUM, is a Group 1 Performer.

Dam is by Champion Sire CAERLEON. (73% Winners/Runners, 23% SW/Runners) Descending from the Great Foundation Mare - FANFRELUCHE. TIMEFORM: 121 - “sturdy horse, very smart performer, won the G1 Canadian International and the G1 Grand Prix de Paris.

Acts on firm ground as well as good to soft” Property of a Syndicate |

2018 Stud Fee R50,000

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ERUPT

(IRE) | by Dubawi - Mare Nostrum by Caerleon

By World Leading Sire DUBAWI. 2018 Stud Fee: £250,000.

Sire of 38 Group 1 Winners.

Winners 15% Stakes Winners to Runners.

10% Group Winners to Runners.

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The CTS Ready to Run Sale has a reputation for producing countless break-out stars over the years and we’re expecting great things from the 2018 book as well! With stock bred from the finest sires and mares, prepared for the sale by some of the industry’s most renowned experts and all sale graduates automatically qualifying for the R2,5 mil CTS RTR Stakes - we’re not just painting a pretty picture - you’re sure to find investment opportunities aplenty.

More details and entry forms available at www.capethoroughbredsales.com

Ready To Run Sale 2018

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INTERNATIONAL RACEHORSE

Durbanville Racecourse Cape Town 23 November 2018

ninety9cents 39307T/E

THE ctS READY TO RUN SALE. ALWAYS A RUNAWAY SUCCESS.