Canford Cliffs – Another Dazzling Double
The Ridgemont team enjoyed a double at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on a Cape winter’s Wednesday with two daughters of their international stakes-producing five-time Gr1-winning stallion Canford Cliffs producing the goods for the Brett & James Crawford yard. With Brett Crawford having left on Tuesday for his new challenge in Hong Kong, it was encouraging to see […]
Canford Cliffs Son Wins Castle Tankard
Ridgemont’s red-hot five time Grade 1 winning sire Canford Cliffs enjoyed a prestige success North of the Limpopo on Saturday when his Daytona-bred son Action Zone stormed to victory under Mathew Thackeray to win the 65th renewal of the US$ 50 000 Gr1 Castle Tankard at Borrowdale Park. Action Zone beat the former Gavin Smith-trained […]
Ridgemont’s Canford Cliffs Scores Another Direct Hit
Ridgemont’s five-time Gr1 winning stallion Canford Cliffs maintained his top-class form when his daughter Direct Hit, one of this term’s most exciting 2yo prospects, kept her impeccable record intact with a facile victory in the R175 000 Listed East Cape Nursery at Fairview on Good Friday. Running fresh off her victory in the R1 million SplashOut […]
Greeff-Fourie Can Take A Direct Hit Today
Racing on Good Friday was often frowned upon in days past, but it seems that it is no longer a point of debate and after the postponement of the Hollywoodbets Greyville racemeeting that was carded for this evening, Fairview is a standalone on the first day of the Easter long weekend. The first is due […]
FIRST WINNER FOR BREEDERS’ CUP WINNER
The champagne corks were popping down in the beautiful Robertson valley on Friday with the Ridgemont team celebrating another sparkling performance by their stallions in two provinces, with their red-hot five-time Grade 1 winner Canford Cliffs the star of the show. The local SA double-header commenced with a Fairview turf meeting, and after Canford Cliff’s […]
Win Win Win For Canford Cliffs
The Ridgemont team celebrated a Canford Cliffs homebred double trained by the Brett and James Crawford partnership and ridden by their retained jockey Richard Fourie, as racing returned to a sundrenched Hollywoodbets Durbanville on Wednesday. The five-time Gr1 winner Canford Cliffs, victorious in two of three starts as a juvenile, including the Gr2 Coventry Stakes, […]
Ridgemont-Bred Canford Cliffs Filly Makes Eyecatching Debut
The national juvenile programme is now in full stride countrywide after the Canford Cliffs filly Instaworthy showed too much pace for her rivals to win the R75 000 Welcome To Nelson Mandela Bay Maiden Juvenile Plate at Fairview on Friday. The Friday opener was the first baby race in the Eastern Cape this term and produced […]
Thursday double for Canford Cliffs
Ridgemont’s five-time G1 winning stallion Canford Cliffs has been churning out the winners in recent weeks, and the son of Tagula was at it again on Thursday. Not only did Canford Cliffs filly Bosum Buddy win the second race at the Vaal on Thursday, but another daughter, Miss Hannigan, of the Ridgemont resident was victorious […]
Unbeaten Canford Cliffs filly lands Ruffian Stakes
Ridgemont’s five-time G1 winning stallion Canford Cliffs looks to have come up with a very smart two-year-old in the form of Almond Sea. The latter made it three wins from three starts when romping home to a facile win in the Listed Wilgerbosdrift Ruffian Stakes (1000m) at Turffontein on Saturday. Trained by Tony Peter, Almond […]
Drama At Start – Canford Cliffs Filly Stays Unbeaten
Hollywoodbets refund backers of Grey Fantacy The Tony Peter yard remained the toast of favourite punters when they made it two from two on Saturday’s Classic Day feature programme courtesy of the Peter de Beyer bred Canford Cliffs flyer Almond Sea, who won the R200 000 Wilgerbosdrift Listed Ruffian Stakes in emphatic fashion. Like stablemate […]