Stalwart stud farm General Manager Pippa Mickelburgh achieved her dream of breeding the winner of the L’Ormarin’s Queen’s Plate for Avontuur Thoroughbred Farm over the weekend, courtesy of the brilliant Sean Tarry-trained Legal Eagle
“The major excitement as we approach next month’s CPYS Book 1 is that Cold As Ice has a close relative on offer in the Avontuur draft.”
Oratorio has consistently been in the leading sires lists in Europe and with 7 international Group 1 winners to his name he is sure to be well received in SA as a proven sire of tough, sound, classic horses
With Oratorio’s former Hong Kong Horse Of The Year Military Attack winning his 13th race in a Gr2 on Saturday, and his first SA yearlings to be offered at the Cape Premier Yearling Sale in January, it has been an exciting few weeks for the Avontuur team
Oratorio’s runners have also built up an impressive strike rate in Europe. The champion son of Danehill has been represented by no fewer than 68 winners in 2015 in Europe –from 139 runners
With his first SA yearlings being offered at the CPYS Book 1 sale in January 2016, Avontuur’s powerhouse Oratorio celebrated another international Gr1 winner on Saturday when his son Mourinho lined up a Cox Plate bid with a sensational victory
Two of the Western Cape’s most popular and well performed young sires could be represented by runners in one of the world’s greatest races come November
Exciting Avontuur stallion Oratorio sired his 45th stakes winner when Mourinho won a Gr2 on Saturday
Avontuur’s world class stallion Oratorio, who impressed all who saw him at his recent stallion day, was represented by his 44th stakes winner in Ireland on Tuesday
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
Charl Pretorius pokes a bit of fun as we brace ourselves for a rollercoaster ride through the absurd, the outrageous, and the downright unbelievable in South African horse racing
