Visionaire Colt Stars
The Tarry factor came into play at Greyville on Sunday when the very smart Visionaire colt Africa Rising finished too strongly for his eleven opponents
10th April 2017
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The Tarry factor came into play at Greyville on Sunday when the very smart Visionaire colt Africa Rising finished too strongly for his eleven opponents
The blue blooded Visionaire, who is from the same male line as current sire sensations Iffraaj, Wootton Bassett, Speightstown and Quality Road, will stand his first season at Lammerskraal this year for a stud fee of R40 000
“The opportunity to acquire a substantial stake in VISIONAIRE (USA) South Africa’s Champion Freshman Sire 2015, was something we could not overlook” – Lammerskraal Stud’s owner Pieter Graaff
‘There is a view that he may get a better spread of mares in the Western Cape, and while that may be true, we shouldn’t forget that those he served here have delivered nine consecutive breeders’ championships’
The Summerhill Stud bred Visionaire filly Heaps Of Fun exacted sweet revenge on her Fillies Mile conqueror Negroamaro when she led all the way and got the better of a dogged tussle over the final 300m
62 lots were sold at an average of R41 919-35, with the top seller being #22, a Visionaire filly (out of Glitz), named Fortysecond Street
With a proliferation of new stallions in the SA sire ranks, Sarah Whitelaw notes that the KZN arsenal is looking particularly promising.
Summerhill stallion Visionaire’s flagbrearer Royal Pleasure established another milestone for her exciting sire when she became his first SA-bred stakes winner when pulverising her field to win the R150 000 Gr3 Strelitzia Stakes
Sarah Whitelaw examines the first season sires who are making a splash
‘She looks to be a particularly speedy type and we plan to exploit her precocity and speed while she has an edge over her contemporaries’ – Barry Irwin
Summerhill Stud’s exciting stallion Visionaire produced his first South African winner courtesy of the impressive Scottsville Sunday first race runaway victress Royal Pleasure
‘I called the owner and before I could even make the offer he excitedly told me that a certain South African bookmaker had just called 10 minutes earlier to make an offer of R5m’
