With Oratorio’s former Hong Kong Horse Of The Year Military Attack winning his 13th race in a Gr2 on Saturday, and his first SA yearlings to be offered at the Cape Premier Yearling Sale in January, it has been an exciting few weeks for the Avontuur team
The big race is upon us and for the first time in many a year it will pay not to put a line through any of the runners
Military Attack, on Sunday, contests the HK$20 million Gr1 Audemars Piguet QEII Cup (2,000m) for the third straight year
Avontuur stallion Oratorio notched up yet international stakes win when former Hong Kong Horse Of The Year Military Attack grabbed the honours at Sha Tin on Sunday in a Gr2 race billed ‘The Clash Of Champions.’
The Longines Worlds Best Racehorse Rankings are for 3yos and upwards which raced between 1 January and 8 June 2014. The latest rankings were published on 12 June 2014.
“Between the two, I like Johnny Guitar a bit better. He is a proven Group 1 winner in Argentina whereas Slew Of Lode is not and faces a big leap in class in the KrisFlyer” says Pat Shaw of his feature runners
“Military Attack won this race very easily last year and he’s coming into this race with the same form” says John Moore
Draws are published for the 2014 SIA Cup and Krisflyer Sprint fields
Oratorio’s brilliant son Military Attack finds form at right time to win the Citibank Hong Kong Gold Cup in dazzling style and book his Dubai World Cup berth
Oratorio’s son Military Attack walks away with Hong Kong Horse Of Year title
Oratorio continued his hot run of form in 2013 when Military Attack won the Gr1 Singapore Airlines International Cup and Biz The Nurse landed the Gr2 Derby Italiano
The South African bred former Equus Champion Sprinter Isivunguvungu made a terrific winning debut on US soil for trainer Graham Motion and confirmed his Prevagen $1million Gr1 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint aspirations
The evergreen hero travelled to Vereeniging on Thursday for a 100% strike rate from two rides that saw him bring up his recordbreaking 5555th winner milestone
‘The Breeders Cup Distaff is definitely still on the cards and Beach Bomb will probably have one more race before then’ – Gaynor Rupert
It will be good news for South African racing fans that, despite a number of offers from abroad, Gerald and Karen Kalil’s multiple champion Quid Pro Quo will continue her 3yo season on African soil
