Our Champion Is Home
According to reports, Mom and little Miss Frankel are now settling in happily with the other mares and foals in the sprawling paddocks at the magnificent Helderberg farm
12th November 2014
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According to reports, Mom and little Miss Frankel are now settling in happily with the other mares and foals in the sprawling paddocks at the magnificent Helderberg farm
“Greg rode a clever race and slowed it down. I wasn’t worried though as in the back of my mind I knew I could outsprint them. What a lovely filly she is – riding her is like sitting in a Porsche – I was very confident”
Avontuur stallion Oratorio further enhanced his dazzling reputation as a proven versatile producer of international stakes winners when two of his progeny won on Sunday in the Northern and Southern hemisphere in sprints and staying contests
First snaps of a royal baby! Avontuur Estate is happy to announce the delivery on Tuesday morning of a healthy, strong filly by one of the world’s top-ranked race horses and super star sire Frankel, out of Avontuur owned mare and SA champion sprint filly, Val de Ra
A highlight around his first SA crop include the quality of the foals out of maiden mares like Gr 1 winner Bambina Stripes and Varsity Queen, who is a full sister to Schiffer. “We often find that first foals out of maiden mares are smaller and more delicate than later crops, but in Oratorio’s case these new moms have thrown exceptional foals,”
Everybody has been talking about the Oratorio foals – now Highlands proudly announces his daughter, a half-sister to champion Soft Falling Rain. Does it get better…?
Oratorio’s success as a top sire of 2yos comes as no surprise as he was an exceptional juvenile himself
The association with the well-known and respected Cape Town based charity will be mutually beneficial as not only will substantial funds be raised towards a worthy cause, but the marketing teams of Avontuur Estate, PSFA and Kenilworth Racing will join forces…
Messrs Finch, Kieswetter and Ramsden all smiles after very impressive win at second start for Cold As Ice- and some sweet timing for Pippa Mickleburgh as her dam foals down to Var just 48 hours earlier
No wonder he is fully booked for 2015 already. There is something special in the character of a Var-and the sensational producer tops the local sire charts on combined stake earnings
Extraordinarily, the Listed Umngeni was to be her first and last stakes victory but her connections will take the bonus with both hands. Particularly after part-owner Lindy White had to resort to ‘bullying’ to get the affable Dennis Drier to run her one last time
