Fort Wood continues to produce GrI winners every year.
He will still be getting our very best mares.
Due to the financial climate and the 25% reduction in yearling prices, we thought it necessary to assist fellow breeders during these difficult times.
Fort Wood’s book of mares for 2009 will be decreased to 65, of which Mauritzfontein will use 20.
Strike Smartly has joined the “elite group” of Sire’s, having now sired the winner of the H.F. Oppenheimer Horse Chestnut Stakes Gr. I over 1600m, “Smart Banker”. He is currently the leading sire on Average Earnings per runner. At a covering fee of R25,000-00 (live foal), he must surely be “the bargain buy of the year”.

French Gr3 2nd for Fort Wood
PRIX MESSIDOR (Fr-G3) MAISONS-LAFFITTE, France, July 18, $112,792, 3&up, 1,600mT (7.95fT), soft, 1:38.70.
1st—ALNADANA (IRE), 124, Gr. f. 4, Danehill Dancer (Ire)—Alnamara (Fr), by Linamix (Fr). O:—H. H. Aga Khan; B: S. A. Aga Khan (Ire); T: Alain de Royer-Dupre. $56,396.
2nd—MR. BROCK (SAF), 127, B. g. 6, Fort Wood—Cape Badger (SAf), by Badger Land. $22,558.
3rd—PUTNEY BRIDGE, 127, B. c. 4, Mizzen Mast SD—Valentine Band, by Dixieland Band. $16,919.
Margins: 3, head, 1/2.
Also ran: Chopastair (Fr) 127

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