That the legacy of Jet Master continues to resonate across South African racing and breeding was more than evident at Kenilworth last weekend.
It may have only been a mundane meeting, yet the late champion featured as either the broodmare sire or paternal grandsire of no less than five of the eight winners.
His daughters produced three winners, all owned by Sabine Plattner, who enjoyed one of those red-letter days, her familiar green and indigo silks adorning the winner’s enclose no less than four times!
Remarkably, the fourth winner was sired by Jet Master’s accomplished stallion son Master Of My Fate, who also registered a double on the day.
Callum Dixon steers Birdie And Bogey to victory (Pic – Chase Liebenberg)
Homebred three-year-old Birdie And Bogie set the tone when he justified favouritism with a fluent victory in the 1000m opener. By Vercingetorix, his stakes winning dam Razzle Dazzle Rose captured both the Gr2 Gold Bracelet and Gr3 Victress Stakes for her owner.
Birdie And Bogie’s victory served as a perfect prelude, for in the third race, his stable companion Everglades appreciated the step up to 1800m to break her maiden in style.
Backed well into the red, she had little trouble dispatching of her rivals and powered home to win by the best part of two lengths.
Everglades (Grant van Niekerk) is led in by Alfred Mqamelo, Alex Ngqwangi, Callum Dixon and Kimberly Home (Pic – Chase Liebenberg) Credit Chase Liebenberg The High-Flying Jets!
Bred by Varsfontein Stud, she is the first foal of Jet Master’s daughter Kissimmee, a full sister to the stakes winner Top Jet and a half-sister to the dam of Gimmethegreenlight’s multiple Gr1-placed son Second Base.
Interestingly, the winner of this season’s Gr3 HSH Princess Charlene Starling Stakes One Night In Paris, is also by Gimmethegreenlight out of a Jet Master mare.
Varsfontein also featured as the breeder of Master Of My Fate’s son Policy Target, who captured the 2000m fifth race in the Plattner silks and like Everglades, was partnered by Grant van Niekerk.
Van Niekerk was also aboard Plattner homebred Lillybelle in the last race and she duly closed out the day as the third favourite to score for her owner, whilst completing Jet Master’s fine treble.
Her dam Jet Flo is a homebred half-sister to Just Like Al, a smart stayer who carried the Plattner silks to victory in both the Gr3 Cape Summer Stayers and Gr3 East Cape Derby.
Master Of My Fate’s Kenilworth brace of winners was initiated by Candice Bass-Robinson-trained Thunder Master in the fourth race.
The three-year-old is raced in partnership by Marsh Shirtliff, who of course, will forever be associated with Jet Master’s standout offspring Pocket Power and River Jetez.
Jet Master’s success as a broodmare sire on the day was not just confined to Kenilworth, he also tasted success in the second race at Turffontein Eric Verdonese-trained Wikkel Spikkel was sent off favourite and duly lost her maiden tag at fourth time of asking. Out of Jet Master’s daughter Hear The Rain, the well-related filly is a half-sister to Tony Rivalland-trained Gr3 winner Tristful.
Significantly, this is not the first time Jet Master has stamped his presence on a race meeting. On 3 January, he dominated at Hollywoodbets Greyville as the broodmare sire of four of the eight winners.
At Kenilworth’s 1 February meeting, he also registered a treble, which included a smart victory by Black Silver, who is out of Jet Master’s Gr1-winning daughter Ebony Flyer. Second in the Listed Ardmore Handicap, she followed up with a decisive 2.25 length defeat of stakes-performed rivals over 1800m.
Jet Master – what a legacy!
In addition, the first race on that day was won by Line Of Duty, a three-year-old colt by Jet Master’s son Pomodoro.
Jet Master currently finds himself well clear on the Broodmare Sires List and considering that this season’s Gr1 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate hero Jet Dark and Gr1 Cape Guineas winner Double Superlative are likely to add to their achievements, a fourth consecutive Broodmare Sires title looks a distinct possibility.
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Footnote: Jet Master is the broodmare sire of nine lots catalogued for the upcoming Cape Yearling Sale on 27 February, and on paper, the most prominent is undoubtedly the Twice Over filly out of Sofala – Winterbach’s lot 62.
Not only is she a half-sister to Gr1 Cape Derby and Daily News 2000 runner-up Rascallion, she is also bred on the same cross as Double Superlative.
