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
Military Attack, on Sunday, contests the HK$20 million Gr1 Audemars Piguet QEII Cup (2,000m) for the third straight year
Two sons of Avontuur’s exciting sire Oratorio will line up in Group 1 company – in two different countries this weekend.
Avontuur Thoroughbred Farm’s world class young sire Oratorio made the perfect start to 2015 with a Gr2 winner in Australia
A daughter of the Western Cape based stallion Oratorio topped the first session of the 2014 Tattersalls December Mare Sale
It is a good time to look at the leading stallions of the major racing countries for the year 2014.
Avontuur stallion Oratorio notched up yet international stakes win when former Hong Kong Horse Of The Year Military Attack grabbed the honours at Sha Tin on Sunday in a Gr2 race billed ‘The Clash Of Champions.’
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
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,”
“It’s been the best ride of my life and the biggest heartbreak of my life,” part-owner Frank Pinta said. “You can’t believe the last three years, we never thought he would race again and to come out and do that … that’s better than winning the Golden Rose.”
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…?
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
