A former course record holder over the Kenilworth 1200m, the Var colt Generalissimo can fly when in the mood and he gave his rivals a galloping lesson to win the R120 000 eThekwini Sprint at Greyville
The R200 000 Gr3 Cape Of Good Hope Nursery to be run at Kenilworth today has attracted a decent field of males this year after being abandoned and reopened for entries last year
Trainer Charles Laird is something of an icon in the land of the Scottsville Gr1 speed legends. Today he bids for his fourth straight win in the R1 million Gr1 Tsogo Sun Sprint. He returns with last year’s champion Normanz, who also puts super-sire Var in line for a hat-trick in this prestigious speed contest
The sale will also see exciting young stallions Flower Alley, Soft Falling Rain, Time Thief, Variety Club and Vercingetorix on offer for the first time
Alan Greeff’s impressive 2yo colt Juan Two Three rounded off a weekend feature double for Avontuur’s super sire Var when he ran out a facile winner of the R150 000 Listed Dahlia Plate
Avontuur super stallion Var continues to churn out the top-class racers with lightning regularity and his much talked about son Dollar Dazzler scored an impressive Gr2 victory at Turffontein on Saturday
Gavin Van Zyl’s smart looking grey Var colt Isca set the trend for first-time winners of the Turffontein 1000m juvenile double feature on Saturday
Sabadell is living proof that horses can improve well into their racing careers and the top trainer said that he felt ‘almost bad’ that he had run him as a 2yo
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)
It was a champagne moment for Barbara and Ian Sanne and their highest price achieved in 40 years of breeding high-quality thoroughbreds in South Africa
Of the 13 yearlings consigned by Avontuur, six are by resident stallion Var, who to this day is the most expensive horse in training ever to be purchased for stud in South Africa
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
