Fab Feature Double For Canford Cliffs
Ridgemont’s super hot five-time Gr1 winning foundation sire Canford Cliffs has enjoyed a dream season and celebrated a remarkable afternoon at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on last Saturday’s Golden Horse Festival Of Speed raceday. Achieving a rare speedway double, the European champion miler marked a breath-taking victory in the Gr1 Allan Robertson Championship by his unbeaten-in-four starts […]
Gqeberha Gold Shines In KZN Capital City
Unbeaten Gqeberha-based flyer Direct Hit became the third East Cape raider to win the R1 million Gr1 Allan Robertson Championship this century when she maintained her impeccable four-from-four record to win the prestigious 1200m contest at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Saturday. Saturday’s thrilled, and very relieved, conditioner Alan Greeff was also the man who saddled Silver […]
Direct Hit Brings Gr 1 Glory To The East Cape
The East Cape had their first Gr 1 winner at Hollywoodbets Scottsville’s Festival Of Speed meeting for 17 years on Saturday when the Alan Greeff-trained Ridgemont homebred filly Direct Hit won Saturday’s Allan Robertson Championship under Richard Fourie. The last to do it was the Nic Claassen-trained Geepee S, who dead-heated for first place in […]
Canford Cliffs: A Stellar Weekend for Ridgemont’s Sire
Ridgemont’s stallion, Canford Cliffs (IRE), has firmly established his presence in South Africa with a remarkable weekend, producing his first Grade 1 winner and securing a feature double on the sprint day at Hollywoodbets Scottsville. On Saturday, his two-year-old unbeaten filly, Direct Hit, delivered a commanding performance in the Gr1 Allan Robertson Championship. Trained by […]
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, […]