Brilliant! Jay Peg seen winning the $2.2 million Singapore Airlines International Cup on Sunday May 18, 2008 in Singapore
Klawervlei stallion Jay Peg has made an early impact with his second runner winning on debut at Flamingo Park on Monday. Olympic Owen is a speedy gelding who won by half the racecourse, and the Jay Peg syndicate will be smiling.
As Jay Peg’s thrilled part owner Ettiene Braun labelled the win ‘the beginning of phase 2’ in a humorous reference to the obvious labour of love and investment that is the lot of the new stallion owner, there will be many that will be saying, ‘we told you so.’
Jay Peg was a brilliant racehorse .
South Africa’s all time record stake earner amassed over R40 million in his impressive career that produced three Gr1 victories in three different countries.
He won ten races from 1400m to 2000m and his Gr1 honour roll is impressive. The Equus Champion 3yo Male Classic Horse of 2007, peaked with a Timeform rating of 126.
He won the Cape Guineas, the Cape Derby, broke the track record in winning the Dubai Duty Free and won the Singapore Airlines International Cup in sensational fashion. And those were just his Gr1 wins.
Ironically we expected to be penning this congratulatory note last Wednesday after Jay Peg’s smart looking daughter Pegwell Bay was expected to follow up on her excellent debut when going off a 9 to 10 favourite down the Kenilworth 1200m.
After showing good toe, she fell away to finish 7, 60 lengths behind. Her rider Piere Strydom reported that the Justin Snaith trained filly did not stride out freely in running.
It was a run best ignored, as Strydom was also charged with a contravention of Rule 62.2.8, in that he failed to ensure that he kept to a straight course parallel to the running rail and relative to his drawn position.
But Olympic Owen set the record straight on Monday to give Jay Peg his first winner. Starting a 14 to 10 favourite, he ran out a facile winner of the Maiden Juvenile Plate over 1000m by 10.75 lengths in a time of 59.65 secs.
The winner cost R100 000 as lot 155 on the Cape Premier Yearling Sale Book 1 of 2012. He was sold by Highlands Stud as agent and signed for by his part owner Fito Englezakis.
Jay Peg has all the characteristics required to make the grade as a stallion.
An imposing grandson of A P Indy out of an Al Mufti mare, he gives breeders a host of different mating possibilities.
He proved that he could handle tough conditions at home and was able to beat the best overseas.
His toughness and courage were never in doubt. His handsome good looks, racing class, pedigree and courage endorses Jay Peg as the complete package.
Alan Porter wrote in the authoritative ‘Bloodhorse’ magazine:
“ The weekend saw an impressive victory for a classic winner whose pedigree has Danzig close up, and has been upgraded by some clever inbreeding. We’re talking about Big Brown, right? Wrong! Although Big Brown fits the bill, the horse we have in mind is Jay Peg, the South African-bred star who landed the Gr1 Singapore Airlines Cup and distinguished himself for having captured international Gr1 events in three different countries.”
The item goes on to say that Jay Peg is rated A++ by TrueNicks on the basis of the AP Indy/Roberto cross that has also produced Gradepoint and Parade Queen.
It further notes that Jay Peg’s pedigree is also upgraded by some clever inbreeding because his broodmare sire, Al Mufti, is a half-brother to the dam of AP Indy which gives Jay Peg a 4×3 cross of their dam, Lassie Dear.
He stands at Klawervlei for a fee of R10 000.
