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 […]

Canford Cliffs Broodmare Sire Strike At Craven Breeze Up

Ridgemont Highlands’ red-hot stallion Canford Cliffs has already established himself as a progressive broodmare sire and enjoyed the distinction of a joint chart-topper at the Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Sale at Newmarket on Wednesday when Godolphin secured Oak Tree Farm’s eyecatching Blue Point Colt for 625 000 Guineas. Canford Cliffs is broodmare sire of top-class […]

Ridgemont Highlands Enjoy A Premier Sale!

Ridgemont Highlands enjoyed some fantastic results at the 2023 Cape Premier Yearling Sale Powered by Tattersalls, which took place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on Thursday. The farm ended the one day sale as third Leading Vendors by Aggregate, with Ridgemont Highlands selling eight yearlings for an aggregate of R3.8 million. Top lot […]

Paddock Stakes Joy For Ridgemont Highlands

Ridgemont Highlands have bred an outstanding filly in the form of Make It Snappy. The latter stamped herself a leading contender for the Equus Award of Champion 3YO Filly this season when she downed an outstanding field to win Saturday’s G1 Cartier Paddock Stakes, South Africa’s premier race for fillies and mares. Winner of three […]

Ridgemont Highlands To Offer Premier Draft At Cape Sale

Ridgemont Highlands, firmly entrenched as one of South Africa’s leading thoroughbred nurseries, will be offering a top-notch draft at January’s Cape Premier Yearling Sale powered by Tattersalls. Not only will the Robertson farm be offering yearlings by such proven and promising sires as Canford Cliffs, Futura, One World, Rafeef, Trippi and Vercingetorix, Ridgemont Highlands will […]

Outstanding Filly Gives Canford Cliffs First Broodmare Sire Group 1 Victory

Unknown over 1800m and at the elite level of racing, exceptional Australian 3yo Siyouni filly Amelia’s Jewel gave connections no reason for concern as she defeated a top-class line up in the G1 Northerly Stakes on Saturday at Ascot, Western Australia. Unbeaten in her first four starts, all at black type level, the Simon Miller […]

Canford Cliffs’ Son Game At Kenilworth

Ridgemont Highlands’ inform stallion Canford Cliffs came up with his 15th winner from his first South African born crop when his son Canford Lights ran out a game winner at Kenilworth on Saturday. Fourth at his previous start, the Candice Bass-Robinson trained colt showed the benefit of experience when scoring a thrilling win in Saturday’s […]

Back To Back Wins For Totally Rocks

Ridgemont Highlands’ five time G1 winning sire Canford Cliffs has been in good form over the past few days, and the star miler was again to the fore at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Wednesday. Canford Cliffs’ two-year-old daughter Totally Rocks, a member of her sire’s exciting first South African crop of runners, made it back to […]