Ridgemont Highlands marked a big opening weekend to the new season. On Saturday the champion Cape nursery bred Bag Of Tricks, winner of the Gr1 Mauritius Derby Cup at Champ De Mars, and also produced the top three finishers in the Bloodstock SA Sales Cup (C&G) at Turffontein.
The Ridgemont Highlands -bred trio of William Robertson (a son of the farm’s resident champion sire , Rafeef) beat Bard Of Avon and Team Gold in the R400 000 sales race.
The big day also comes with the news that the Ridgemont Highlands’ broodmare band looks set to grow considerably in 2021, and the farm recently purchased two exciting new additions to their already formidable broodmare band.
La Bella Mia (Gimmethegreenlight) and Onesie (Ideal World) (Pic – Sanet Jordaan)
Top-class sprinter La Bella Mia and the durable Onesie, both sporting excellent pedigrees, were secured by Ridgemont, and both look exciting future broodmare prospects.
“From the very beginning, we at Ridgemont Highlands, have been actively looking to upgrade our broodmare band – whether it be racing fillies or purchasing them,” stated Craig Carey.
“We were fortunate to purchase both La Bella Mia and Onesie at such reasonable prices on the Cape Thoroughbred Sales Select Fillies For Stud Online Sale.”
A daughter of newly crowned South African champion sire Gimmethegreenlight, La Bella Mia won eight times and placed a further 19 times, during a career that saw her bank over R800 000 in prize money.
The speedster, who won from 1000-1200 metres, scored her biggest win when downing a high-class field to land the 2019 Gr2 Post Merchants.
Among those beaten by La Bella Mia in the 2019 Post Merchants were the Gr1 winners Bold Respect, Kasimir, Sand And Sea and Rivarine.
La Bella Mia, who also ran third in the Listed Ruffian Stakes at two, is out of the useful, three-time winning Mysterious Jet, a daughter of multiple champion sire and broodmare sire Jet Master, and her third dam is multiple Gr1-winning Champion Vesta.
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