Ridgemont’s late, great Dynasty has already more than made his presence felt in the Gold Cup, and the former Horse Of The Year could extend his legacy still further in Sunday’s World Pool Gr3 Gold Cup.
Dynasty is the sire of Gold Cup hopeful One Way Traffic, while his sons Futura and Jackson are both represented in Sunday’s R1 000 000 feature.
Dynasty’s Blossom (Nooresh Juglall ) wins the 2019 eLan Gr3 Gold Cup (Pic – Supplied)
Futura, Horse Of The Year in 2014-2015, is the sire of 2023 World Pool Gr3 Gold Cup winner and 2024 Gold Cup contender Future Pearl, and is also represented in Sunday’s race by his son Future Swing.
The latter defeated subsequent Hollywoodbets Gr1 Durban July winner Oriental Charm (Vercingetorix) two starts back when victorious in the World Sports Betting Gr2 1900, and tries the 3200m trip for the first time on Sunday.
Another son of Dynasty with a Gold Cup runner this year is Jackson. His Listed Woolavington Stakes winning son Baratheon is set to start on Sunday.
Dynasty, whose sire Fort Wood sired 2007 Gold Cup winner Thundering Star as well as the dam of 2009 Gold Cup winner Mokaro, has had considerable success in the 3200m spectacle in years gone by.
Dynasty’s daughter Dynasty’s Blossom beat Dynasty gelding Made To Conquer when victorious in the 2019 Gr3 eLan Gold Cup, while Dynasty sons It’s My Turn and Ancestral Fore won the Gold Cup in 2018 and 2010 respectively.
Ancestral Fore, who was from his sire’s first crop, was out of Forefront, a daughter of smart sprinter Pole Position and a winner over 1000 metres!
Dynasty is also sire of 2012 Gold Cup third place finisher Blake, while another son, Let It Rain, finished third in the Gold Cup of 2017.
However, Dynasty could make his presence felt in more than just the Gold Cup on Sunday.
He has two daughters, last out Ridgemont Gr1 Garden Province Stakes runner-up Happy Chance and 2024 Tabgold Gr2 Oaks second place finisher Saartjie, running in Sunday’s Riding High Together Gr2 Gold Bracelet, a race where Dynasty also features as the broodmare sire of fellow contender None Other (out of the Dynasty mare One Of A Kind).
Anton Marcus unsaddles 2018 Gold Cup winner It’s My Turn (Pic – Supplied)
Futura is also sire of a Gold Bracelet runner in the form of 2023 Listed World Sports Betting Stormsvlei Stakes winner Future Girl.
Dynasty is broodmare sire of Gr1 Mercury Sprint hopeful Gladatorian (Vercingetorix) and @worldpool Gr2 Twitter Stakes entrant Impact Investor (Gimmethegreenlight), while his son Imilenzeyokududuma contests the Listed World Pool With Tabgold Darley.
The late champion has had another good posthumous season in 2023-2024. Dynasty is sire of this season’s high-class performers Happy Chance and Saartjie, and is also fifth on South Africa’s Leading Broodmare Sires premiership for 2023-2024.
Among others, Dynasty is broodmare sire of 2024 Gr1 L’Ormarins King’s Plate winner Charles Dickens (Trippi), and Beach Bomb (Lancaster Bomber), victorious in both the 2023 Gr1 World Sports Betting Cape Fillies Guineas and Gr1 Cartier Paddock Stakes.
At the time of writing, Dynasty mares had produced 65 winners of 101 races, and their progeny had amassed earnings of more than R13, 439 million for the 2023-2024 season.
