Lassie Dear’s grandson Tiger Ridge sire of last weekend’s winners – Cherry On The Top (G2 Fillies Guineas) (above), Amur Affair (G3 Acacia Hcp) and Kavanagh a dual winner in Dubai
While Saturday’s local features were dominated by the offspring of two stallions, Silvano and Tiger Ridge, one of the sport’s all time great broodmares also made her presence felt.
Lassie Dear, who has made a tremendous contribution to pedigrees throughout the world, has been a particular strong force in South Africa.
Two of her sons came to stud in South Africa, Al Mufti and Wolfhound, while Lassie Dear’s grandsons Tiger Ridge and Houston Connection also stand at stud locally. The promising young stallion Mambo In Seattle, whose first crop are yearlings this season, is a great grandson of Lassie Dear, whose grandson A P Indy is the sire of local sires A P Answer, A P Arrow, Just as Well and the uber promising Judpot.
A P Indy’s son Judpot is the sire of Saturday’s juvenile debut winner Forest Indigo, to take his tally to 3 winners from just a handful of runners. The former champion sire A P Indy is also grandsire of champion Jay Peg, whose first crop have already produced several useful looking performers. Jay Peg’s sire, Camden Park, produced three G1 winners before his premature death.
Lassie Dear’s finest local son Al Mufti is the sire of leading SA sire Captain Al, whose daughter Victorian Secret, landed the Listed Lady’s Pendant on Friday. Another son of Al Mufti, Victory Moon, is the sire of Saturday’s Gr2 Gauteng Guineas runner up War Horse.
However Lassie Dear’s star representative this weekend was undoubtedly Tiger Ridge. The latter, a former leading sire in Florida, was responsible for Saturday’s impressive feature race winners Amur Affair (G3 Acacia Hcp) and Cherry On The Top (G2 Fillies Guineas), as well as impressive Dubai hero Kavanagh.
All in all, it was a great weekend for descendants of Lassie Dear, whose sire Buckpasser is one of the greatest broodmare sires of all time. – Sarah Whitelaw
