Avontuur’s Super Seven
Top farm could have the edge with an eclectic mix of Var, Oratorio and more!
20th March 2018
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Top farm could have the edge with an eclectic mix of Var, Oratorio and more!
Mike Azzie ended Saturday’s Turffontein feature programme with a blow-out for punters when the unfancied Mrs O stormed home at any price
Avontuur’s international stakes winner producing sire Oratorio was given the green light this week to commence full coverings
Avontuur’s international stakes winner producing sire Oratorio has shown an encouraging recovery
Coverings cancelled as top team concentrates on getting Oratorio back to full health
Dutch Philip was not punished but found the 1000m on the sharp side
Silver Wolf, an Australian bred daughter of Avontuur sire Oratorio, landed the feature spoils in Seoul on Sunday
Avontuur stallion Oratorio produced an early feature winner from his first SA crop when the fast improving Arianos Bagofgold finished well to win the Sentinel Stakes
Neil Bruss bags a Saudi Gr1 with God’s Speed and a little help from Avontuur based sire, Oratorio
Danehill’s world-class son Oratorio has proven himself repeatedly as an international racehorse and Gr1 sire
The Glen Kotzen trained Mount Keith’s runaway win at Kenilworth on Saturday marked an opening South African success for the well-bred recently imported Oratorio stallion, Fencing Master
Alan Greeff’s recent Eastern Cape ‘Triple Crown’ star My Best Shot and the Lucky Houdalakis galloper Musical Score, a 3yo son of Oratorio, and a winner of his last two starts, are the two newbies
It is no mean feat to win at feature level from 1400m to 2400m, but My Best Shot proved equal to the task and set himself up for East Cape Horse Of The Year honours – and maybe a Hollywoodbets Durban July supplementary entry?
