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Fort Wood - Blakes Affair (Commdore Blake)
Bay, 1999 - Height 16 hh
horse of the year 2003
champion classic 3yo
2nd leading freshman sire 2009
Leading 2nd Crop Sire 2010
Gr1 producing Sire from his 1st Crop!
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Class personified - demolished 19 rivals in the Vodacom Durban July Gr1, from impossible draw 20 with ease!
The highest rated 3yo to ever win the Durban July!
"This is the best horse in South Africa"
- Robbie Fradd after his first start at 2 years.
CHAMPION RACEHORSE
from 12 career starts, 9 wins (4x Gr1, 3x Gr2) and 3 places (2X Gr1, 1x Gr2) 
for earnings in excess of R2.1 million (Rated 114)
His sire - FORT WOOD (USA)
"Sire of Champions" and "SA Champion Sire"
Only sire in history to produce three 3yo Horses of the Year (Dynasty, Horse Chestnut & Celtic Grove)
His dam - BLAKE'S AFFAIR A daughter of Sir Michael Stoute's COMMODORE BLAKE (TFR 123)
is by English Derby winner BLAKENEY out of Ribamba,
half sister to English Classic winner BRUNI, who signifies close relationship to the pedigree of FORT WOOD's other great Champion HORSE CHESTNUT.
