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November 2022

Nov 10
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Wednesday treble for Querari

By Cape Breeders, Querari

10th Nov ’22 Cape Breeders report:

Maine Chance Farms’ prominent stallion Querari had a day to remember on Wednesday when the champion son of Oasis Dream was responsible for supplying three winners on the Hollywoodbets Greyville eight race card!

Querari got off to the perfect start when his three-year-old daughter Valerias Dream, a full-sister to G2 Joburg Spring Challenge winner Wonderwall, ran out a convincing winner of the first race at Greyville.

From the inform Peter Muscutt yard, Valerias Dream stormed home, under Tristan Godden, to capture Wednesday’s Catch KZN Racing Via Live Streaming On www.galloptv.co.za Maiden Plate (F&M) (1600m) by nearly a length and a half.

Bred by Normandy Stud (also breeders of Querari’s champion son Rio Querari), Valerias Dream was making just her third start on Wednesday, with the lightly raced filly having finished third last time out.

Querari struck again at Greyville when his smart daughter Electric Surge romped home to win the fourth race on the card in facile fashion. The Maine Chance Farms bred mare, who had 60kgs on her back, outclassed her rivals to win the Support Coastal Horse Care Unit FM 76 Handicap (2000m) by nearly three lengths.

Trained by Robbie Hill, Electric Surge, who had contested both the G3 DSTV Gold Vase and G2 Gold Bracelet last season, had been runner up in the 2021 G2 Track And Ball Oaks. Out of the Dancing Duel mare Elusive, Electric Surge has now earned more than R380 000 in stakes.

Querari’s third success on Wednesday came when his Garth Puller trained son Queue Wing was victorious in the sixth race on the local card. Under Serino Moodley, the Birch Bros bred gelding flew up late to score a courageous win by a neck.

Out of the Silvano mare Africa’s Delight, the inform Queue Wing, a winner of four of 14 starts, has either won or been placed in each of his last four starts.

South Africa’s Leading Sire of 2YOs in both 2018-2019 and 2021-2022, Querari is enjoying another fine season in 2022-2023 and, at the time of writing, is currently fifth on the South African General Sires List.

The sire of unbeaten three-year-old fillies Galla Vanting, Godsmacked and Mythical Dream, Querari has five lots on offer at the upcoming November Two Year Old Sale.

 

Wednesday treble for Querari

 

Nov 07
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Model Man Mile triumph for Twice Over

By Cape Breeders, Twice Over

7th Nov ’22 Cape Breeders report:

Klawervlei Stud’s red hot resident sire, and four time G1 winner, Twice Over looks to have another very exciting sort on his hands in the form of promising three-year-old See It Again
The latter, a three-parts brother to the Twice Over sired champion Do It Again, showed his class when defying a tardy start to win Sunday’s Listed Model Man Mile at Hollywoodbets Greyville in impressive fashion.
A brilliant maiden last time out, the Michael Roberts trained colt took the step up in class in his stride on Sunday.

Under Rachel Venniker, See It Again hit the front 100m from home and powered away to best Equus Champion, and last season’s G1 Thekwini Stakes queen, Canadian Summer by a length and a half.

Bred by Drakenstein Stud, See It Again has now won twice from just four starts and looks a very exciting prospect for the season ahead.

He is one of several promising three-year-olds representing Twice Over this season, with others including the useful Grinkov as well as Champion Warrior an impressive winner of his only two starts to date.
See It Again was one of two winners for Twice Over at Greyville on Sunday, with Twice Over filly Alphabetty running out an easy winner of Sunday’s third race.

Model Man Mile triumph for Twice Over

Nov 06
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Trippi star lands Cape Mile

By Cape Breeders, Trippi

Cape Breeders report 6th Nov 2022

Drakenstein Stud’s evergreen champion sire Trippi has enjoyed a wonderful month or so, and the champion struck again at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth when his outstanding son Jet Dark ran out an emphatic winner of the G3 Cape Mile (1600m) on Saturday.

Despite not having raced since winning the G1 HKJC World Pool Champions Cup at the end of the July and having to carry 62 kgs in Saturday’s race, Jet Dark was all the rage for the 2022 Cape Mile and the handsome bay more than lived up to expectations.

Under red hot rider Richard Fourie, five-year-old Jet Dark raced well off the pace early in Saturday’s R250 000 feature before exploding into action with 200m left to run. From there, it was just a matter of who would run second, with Jet Dark powering away to score by a length and three-quarters.

One of five winners on the day for Justin Snaith, the Drakenstein Stud bred Jet Dark has now won eight of 17 starts for earnings of R4 320 350.
Equus Champion Miler, Middle Distance Horse and Older Colt last season, the brilliant Jet Dark has now won six graded races, with this tally including back to back wins in both the G1 Champions Cup and G1 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate.

Out of the Jet Master mare Night Jet, Jet Dark was a R200 000 buy from the 2019 National Yearling Sale.

His sire Trippi has had a phenomenal start to the 2022-2023 racing season, with the former Vosburgh’s other flagbearers this season already including the likes of star three-year-old Charles Dickens, and fellow graded stakes winners Trip Of Fortune and Santa Maria. The latter went close to providing Trippi with yet more feature race success when she flew up late to claim third spot in Saturday’s Listed Laisserfaire Stakes at Kenilworth.

 

Trippi star lands Cape Mile

 

Nov 06
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Laisserfaire Stakes success for Gimmethegreenlight

By Cape Breeders, Gimmethegreenlight

6th Nov’22 Cape Breeders Report:

Varsfontein Stud’s champion sire Gimmethegreenlight had a day to remember at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday.
Not only is the son of More Than Ready sire of Saturday’s Listed Laisserfaire Stakes winner Kwinta’s Light, another daughter, Pacific Green, caught the eye when victorious in the fourth race at Kenilworth.

Trained, like her sire, by Justin Snaith, consistent four-year-old Kwinta’s Light had finished fourth in the G3 Hollywoodbets Diana Stakes last time out and went one better when she won Saturday’s Laissefaire Stakes (1100m).

Under an inform Richard Fourie, Kwinta’s Light came with a strong late run which saw the filly power past her rivals and score, going away by three-parts of a length.

Bred by Syrilla Stud, Kwinta’s Light is out of the Kahal mare Kwinta.

Now a three time winner from 15 starts (she had finished runner up in the Listed TAB Perfect Promise Sprint at two), Kwinta’s Light is the 45th stakes winner for Gimmethegreenlight, South Africa’s Champion Sire of 2020-2021.

The son of More Than Ready had a fantastic day on Saturday, with Gimmethegreenlight not only responsible for two winners at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth but also sire of two winners at Borrowdale Park.

Gimmethegreenlight had also gone close to recording a graded race double at Turffontein last weekend where his son Shoemaker finishing second in the G3 Allied Steelrode Graham Beck Stakes and daughter Gimme A Shot running third in the same day’s G3 HSH Princess Charlene Starling Stakes.

Laisserfaire Stakes success for Gimmethegreenlight

Nov 06
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What A Winter son maintains his unbeaten record

By Cape Breeders, What A Winter

6th Nov’22 Cape Breeders Report:

Drakenstein Stud’s top-class resident sire What A Winter looks to have a really smart son in his hands in the form of Love In Winter.
The latter made it three wins from three starts when scoring a thrilling victory at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday afternoon.

A facile winner on debut, before following that win up with a triumph over 1000m at Durbanville, four-year-old Love In Winter was sent off tote favourite for Saturday’s www.hollywoodbets.net Middle Stakes (1100m) while making his Kenilworth debut.

Under Corne Orffer, the What A Winter colt came with a late rattle down the inside of the track before staying on gamely to hold off a fast finishing Tchaikovsky and score by a short head.
Bred by Klawervlei Stud, the Vaughan Marshall trained Love In Winter is out of the Dark Angel mare Lost In Love.

His four time G1 winning sire What A Winter is currently responsible for more than 20 stakes winners as well as impressive recent The Ready To Run Stakes winner Seeking The One.

South Africa’s Leading Sire of 2YOs in 2020-2021, What A Winter has four lots on offer at the upcoming November Two Year Old Sale including a filly (Lot 17) from the family of champion fillies Typhoon Tracy and Tracy’s Element, and a colt (Lot 182) out of a G3 winning daughter of High Chaparral.

What A Winter son maintains his unbeaten record

Nov 01
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Querari filly makes it three out of three

By Cape Breeders, Querari

28th Oct ’22 Cape Breeders report:

Just days after one Querari three-year-old filly maintained her unbeaten record in the form of Gobsmacked, another three-year-old daughter of Querari made it three wins from three starts when Mythical Dream ran out a ready winner at the Vaal on Thursday afternoon.
Winner of her first two starts, the Johan Janse Van Vuuren trained Mythical Dream justified tote favouritism when she won the ninth and final race on the Vaal’s Classic track on Thursday.

Under a well timed ride from Gavin Lerena, three-year-old Mythical Dream powered home to land Thursday’s Next Vaal Racemeeting Tuesday 1 November FM 76 Handicap (1000m) by three-parts of a length and she looks destined for bigger and better things.

Bred by Narrow Creek Stud, Mythical Dream is out of the Jet Master mare Lightning Bird.

The unbeaten filly was a R130 000 buy from the 2021 National Yearling Sale.

Mythical Dream and Gobsmacked are just two of a number of classy fillies sired by Querari, with others including G1 Thekwini Stakes queen Querari Falcon and such graded stakes winners as Caya Coco, Cockney Pride, Cosmic Light, Homely Girl, and Mill Queen.

Querari is also enjoying increasing success as a broodmare sire, and his G2 The Debutante winning daughter Cosmic Light is dam of the useful Chyavana, who won a good race when victorious at the Vaal on Thursday.

 

Querari filly makes it three out of three