Julia Pilbeam’s Soetendal Estate has been an industry leader in the Ready To Run sales domain for over seventeen years and will be represented for the first time at the Cape Premier Yearling Sale next week when a classy son of Fire Away steps into the arena at the CTICC.
Military Command – Lot 68 is a son of Fire Away out of Lady Val (Pic – Supplied)
Offered by Soetendal as agent, Lot 68 is out of a High Chaparral mare, from the family of Intelligence Cross and Sweet Orange.
His two-year old half-sister, Famous Lady recently won her first start in Johannesburg in impressive style, and this colt looks equally racy.
Have a look at his pedigree page.
“He has grown into a superb type, and it’s hard to fault him,” says Jula Pilbeam, who adds that he has a strong resemblance to his sire, and is a fluent mover.
“With the likes of stakes winners My Golly Molly and Egyptian Mau leading the way, Fire Away is already at 9% stakes winners to runners, and doesn’t look like stopping here.”
For pedigree enthusiasts, this mating is not only a 20/20 match on G1 Goldmine, but also a Perfect Match (only one in twenty-five 20/20 matches is a perfect match).
On the newer Pedigrees360 platform, the colt also scores exceptionally well.
Entrance to Soetendal Estate – where stakes-winning graduates are found (Pic – Supplied)
Apart from sales preparation, Soetendal Estate has become well-known as a spelling and pre-training facility, with recent stakes-winning graduates including the likes of October Morn (Gr2 Cartier Sceptre Stakes), Royal Aussie (3rd Gr1 L’Ormarins King’s Plate), Future Variety (Listed Sophomore Sprint), and Questioning (Gr3 Cape Classic).
The beautiful Soetendal Estate is a horsey paradise and lies some 15km northwest of Wellington, off the R44, facing the mountains of the Limietberg and offering stunning scenic views on all sides. The magnificent farm, a National Heritage Site, was founded in 1852.
Read this piece ( https://www.sportingpost.co.za/ready-steady-go-soetendal/ )from a few years ago to get a closer look into why Soetendal Estate remains an industry leader.
Julia started the operation on a small scale on 50 hectares of magnificent Boland countryside in 2005.
Soetendal Mare Barn (Pic – Supplied)
The property was extended to offer a range of superior services, including backing and pre-training, yearling and Ready-to-Run sales preparation spelling, rehabilitation and post-operative care, permanent boarding of broodmare, foaling down and weaning, and transportation of mares to all sires in the Western Cape.
- Visit the Soetendal Estate website for more details: www.soetendal.co.za
