Super Weekend For Sadler!
Descendants of the legendary Sadler’s Wells dominated proceedings in major races around the world this past weekend
26th October 2020
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Descendants of the legendary Sadler’s Wells dominated proceedings in major races around the world this past weekend
When Kameko won Saturday’s Qipco 2000 Guineas, he became the ninth male line descendant of Sadler’s Wells to win that British classic since 1997
With his name in the pedigree of all but one runner in Saturday’s Gr1 Investec Derby, it always looked likely that the world’s premier sire, Galileo, would exert a strong influence in the finish of The Blue Riband
A number of sons of legendary sire Sadler’s Wells have left their mark on the South Africa racing industry and the male line made its presence felt again at Turffontein on Classic Day
While the 2018 Gr1 Summer Cup was a feather in the cap of deceased Triple Crown winner Horse Chestnut, the R2 000 000 Turffontein feature race also highlighted the ongoing influence of former champion sire Fort Wood
Deceased sire legend Sadler’s Wells proved the dominating force in international racing this past weekend
The Sadler’s Wells male line continues to dominate major features in Europe through the likes of Galileo and his legion of sons
Capri’s win in Saturday’s Gr1 William Hill St Leger at Doncaster completed a clean-sweep of the 2017 English and Irish classics for male line descendants of Sadler’s Wells
The Investec Derby and Oaks will be run this weekend and these two great classics have their roots way back in 1780 and 1779 respectively
The more things change, the more they stay the same could be the heading describing the leading sires list in the Northern Hemisphere this year
It attracts very little attention in the local press due to it’s being run on the same day as the Vodacom Durban July
Beyond the pending investigations, things ended well enough for the Bass-Robinson yard when the improving Rainbow Lorikeet stamped her Paddock Stakes prospects with a gutsy victory under a top-notch ride by Aldo Domeyer
