“We would also like to say well done to Boland Stud where we bought him, Avontuur Stud who stands the stallion Var and the stud manager Pippa Mickleburgh. They have been very kind to us and we would like to share this win with them.”
The stallion parade was followed by a select viewing of some of Oratorio’s first crop of South African sired weanlings. They included siblings to such high class performers as Contador, Schiffer and Varuna, and caught favourable comments from many a knowing judge.
Avontuur’s exciting young sire Oratorio looks to have a really smart performer to his credit in the form of the Aga Khan bred and owned filly Eshera
The Sean Tarry trained Legal Eagle took another giant step towards emulating his sire Greys Inn’s historic 2004 Vodacom Durban July victory when he swept aside his older rivals under topweight for a dazzling victory
Avontuur’s exciting young stallion Oratorio is seldom out of the headlines for long, and Danehill’s champion son was back in the news this weekend when he was represented by his 43rd individual stakes winner
The Avontuur bred Greys Inn gelding Legal Eagle showed his promise and ability when emulating his sire by scoring a resounding victory in the R2 million Gr1 SA Derby.
A tap on the shoulder at the 2014 National Yearling Sales as he eyed a handsome son of a talented mare that he trained to six victories, could yet prove to be a very fortuitous moment of fate for the high-riding Tarry
Avontuur Estate, the thoroughbred stud farm and winery on the R44 between Stellenbosch and Somerset West have confirmed the re-signing of highly rated jockey Greg Cheyne
Two sons of Avontuur’s exciting sire Oratorio will line up in Group 1 company – in two different countries this weekend.
Var, who currently heads the leading 2yo sires log, has two lots on offer at next weekend’s Val de Vie Yearling Sale – a half brother to the brilliant filly Control Freak (Lot 26) and a half- sister to two fillies placed in Oaks (Lot 97)
Trainer Dennis Drier and jockey Sean Cormack got the J&B Met day show under way in flying style on Saturday
