Clifton Celebrates As Vercingetorix Filly Flies
‘To think we’ve had to wait this long for a second Gr1 winner, that’s how hard this game is. Days like this is what keeps us going’- Peter Blyth
6th June 2023
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Breeding news from South Africa. Stallions, Mares Stud Farms and other essential information and news relating to thoroughbred horse breeding in South Africa.
‘To think we’ve had to wait this long for a second Gr1 winner, that’s how hard this game is. Days like this is what keeps us going’- Peter Blyth
That Australian breeders value the golden Hollywoodbets Scottsville meeting can be gauged from the number of female winners who have made their way Down Under.
At the time of writing 3 winners seperate Danon Platina and Lancaster Bomber
Just hours before Itsrainingwilliam put his best foot forward in the WSB Gr3 Listed Legal Eagle Stakes at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday, Gaynor Rupert’s silks were carried by an Australian Gr3 winner
‘If we can surpass our 18 stakes winners, we will be cracking open the champagne for sure’-Gaynor Rupert
Like his sensational barn-mate Rafeef, the blue-blooded Real Gone Kid hails from the Redoute’s Choice male line, the four-time Australian Champion Sire and international sire of sires
Nothing quite piques the interest of breeding pundits as a new addition to the stallion ranks
Lauded as the ‘real deal’ and an athlete with the x-factor by trainer Mike de Kock, has the Ridgemont team abuzz with his first foals expected in a matter of months.
The Western Cape stallion ranks have been boosted with the news that the exciting young stallion New Predator is set to relocate to a champion base in South Africa’s leading thoroughbred breeding region
The new Ridgemont Highlands was born in 2017 and six years on, the international brand proudly takes the next giant stride forward as Ridgemont
Finding the words ‘excitement’ and ‘insurance’ in the same sentence is as rare as breeding a Triple Crown winner!
As the clock ticks toward this year’s renewal of South Africa’s most iconic of races, the Hollywoodbets Durban July, it is only fitting that we return to the start of the new millennium and recall all the drama and splendour
