Vercingetorix Continues His March Up The Charts
Vercingetorix went close to having a Gr1 double at Hollywoodbets Scottsville this past weekend
5th June 2025
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Vercingetorix went close to having a Gr1 double at Hollywoodbets Scottsville this past weekend
In contrast to heavyweights of the modern era in Galileo, Sea The Stars and Dubawi, who have stamped their authority in classic spheres with excellent support from leading breeders, bona fide breed shaper Acclamation rose from far humbler beginnings
Ridgemont’s super hot five-time Gr1 winning foundation sire Canford Cliffs has enjoyed a dream season and celebrated a remarkable afternoon at Hollywoodbets Scottsville last Saturday
It was another super Saturday for Ridgemont’s boom sire Rafeef with an impressive 2yo debut winner at Turffontein and two award winning progeny at the Highveld Feature Season Awards later the same day
After falling just short at the Kentucky Derby two weeks earlier, 3-year-old colt Journalism won the 150th Preakness Stakes in a photo finish at the old Pimlico Race Course
It’s the end of an era in South African breeding with the news that Avontuur Estate has officially closed the stud operations
Vercingetorix will follow in the footsteps of his own revered sire who garnered the coveted national title no less than five times. That feat has only been achieved once in modern times, when Captain Al landed the 2014 title, thereby emulating his sire Al Mufti, who was SA champion sire in 1999
Park Appeal’s Al Quoz Sprint winning son Great Britain, a full-brother to Cape Cross, has gotten into the act this season, albeit as a broodmare sire
Superlative Stakes winner and Classic-placed Gustav Klimt will stand at Heversham Park Farm in South Africa, having stood at Haras d’Annebault most recently
Ridgemont’s blue-blooded speed machine Real Gone Kid will mark his first yearling through the time-honoured sales ring at the TBA Sales Complex in Gosforth Park on Friday
The premature loss of Lancaster Bomber (War Front) was a sad setback to the South African thoroughbred industry
Frank Robinson and his staunch patron Sid Moodley look to have booked themselves a Hollywoodbets Durban July berth with Madison Valley
Reigning SA Horse Of The Year Dave The King became the third back-to-back winner this century of South Africa’s highest-rated Gr1 contest, the Hollywoodbets Gr1 Gold Challenge
Currently offered at 25-1 in the ante-post market, Dean Kannemeyer’s lightly raced 4yo The Real Prince is happy and healthy and on track for a run in the big one
In contrast to heavyweights of the modern era in Galileo, Sea The Stars and Dubawi, who have stamped their authority in classic spheres with excellent support from leading breeders, bona fide breed shaper Acclamation rose from far humbler beginnings
