Klawervlei Stud’s well performed young sire Royal Mo celebrated his first winner when his promising two-year-old son Royal Aussie broke his maiden impressively at Kenilworth on Wednesday afternoon.
Runner up on each of his two previous starts, the Justin Snaith trained colt caught the eye when making much of the running to score by two and a quarter lengths over 1400m.
Royal Aussie is a runaway winner under Grant van Niekerk (Pic – Chase Liebenberg)
Royal Aussie clearly relished the step up in trip, and he looks sure to progress from this smart victory. He gave Grant van Niekerk the third leg of a sensational midweek hat-trick.
The Klawervlei Stud bred colt was a R300 000 buy from the 2021 CTS Ready To Run Sale.
Royal Aussie hails from the first crop of his talented sire Royal Mo, the only son of outstanding sire Uncle Mo at stud in South Africa.
One of the best horses of his generation, Royal Mo captured the Gr3 Robert B. Lewis Stakes before finishing a good third in the Gr1 Santa Anita Derby.
He shares his sire Uncle Mo with a host of top-class horses including Kentucky Derby winning champion, and successful sire Nyquist and this season’s top-class US three-year-olds Mo Donegal and Adare Manor.
Royal Mo, whose son Mo Jive was beaten less than a length when third on debut, has seven lots on the upcoming CTS Farm Yearling Sale, including a colt (Lot 22) whose dam is a half-sister to two German classic winners, and a filly (Lot 85) from the immediate family of Gr1 Breeders’ Cup Mile winner, and champion sire, Last Tycoon as well as classic winning filly Valentine Waltz.
