The high-riding Ridgemont Highlands team’s memorable Cape summer season continued at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday.
The Robertson nursery of champions celebrated their return to the big-race sponsorship arena with a memorable exacta for a legend close to their hearts in the R400 000 Ridgemont Highlands Gr2 Peninsula Handicap.
Winners! Trainer Justin Snaith, Nexus’ owner Nancy Hossack and Ridgemont Highlands’ Craig Kieswetter enjoy the celebration (Pic – Chase Liebenberg)
Just weeks after marking a feature double that included their iconic stallion Dynasty’s third Gr1 Cape Fillies Guineas winner in seven renewals of the time-honoured classic, the timeless late son of Fort Wood was carving out his indelible impact again with a 1-2 finish for two of his smart sons in the Ridgemont Highlands-sponsored feature.
The Rathmor Stud-bred 7yo Nexus came back after a 19 week break under Piere Strydom to beat the progressive Ridgemont Highlands-bred Imilenzeyokududuma.
A delighted Craig Kieswetter said that it was an honour to sponsor a Gr2 contest of this level, and having the finish fought out by sons of their late hero Dynasty was both emotional and very satisfying.
“Dynasty’s legacy lives on at every racetrack in this country every day. He is also broodmare sire of Charles Dickens – surely the most exciting horse seen in South Africa in two decades and more? The way he won the Hollywoodbets Cape Guineas on Saturday was simply sensational!”
Kieswetter went on to acknowledge the contribution of the Cape Racing and Hollywoodbets teams to the new found spirit in the sport of kings in the region.
“Not in our experience or involvement in the industry in the past ten years have we seen the level of public participation or sense of excitement on a racecourse as we witnessed at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday. I believe there were close on 15000 people on track. That underscores our decision to play a role as a feature sponsor and we are privileged to be a part of what we believe that history will show as a new dawn!’ he concluded.
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