Dynasty 1-2 In SplashOut Victress Stakes
She needed the run – but a smart effort! Having her second run after a rest, the Sabine Plattner owned Saartjie got the better of a late duel with the tough as nails Happy Chance to win the SplashOut Gr3 Victress Stakes at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday. In the process she booked her berth in […]
Rafeef – Star Quality And Stats Tell The Story
Ridgemont Highlands’ Gr1 winning Redoute’s Choice stallion Rafeef has maintained his magic momentum in his second season and is well on his way to establishing himself in the exclusion upper echelons of South Africa’s most sought after sires. The rising star has 19 lots on the BSA National Yearling Sale this week. And with over […]
Il Etait Temps Stamps Cheltenham Claims
The Barnane Stud owned, in partnership with Ross Doyle, PW Jones and Hollywood Syndicate, Il Etait Temps stamped a potential ticket to Cheltenham when he romped home to a clear-cut win in the G1 Tattersalls Ireland Novice Handicap at Leopardstown on Sunday. Racing in the silks of the Hollywood Syndicate, most recently seem when the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Malmoos’ Relative Romps To Facile Victory
Ridgemont Highlands’ regally bred young stallion Malmoos hails from one of the very best families in the South African stud book, and he gained yet another boost to his pedigree when his relative Kimball O’Hara strolled to a facile win at Kenilworth on Tuesday afternoon. Sixth on his only previous appearance, two-year-old Kimball O’Hara made […]
Tabby Kat Justifies Favouritism
Ridgemont Highlands’ hot resident sire Canford Cliffs came up with his 14th first South African crop winner when his two-year-old daughter Tabby Kat won in open company on Saturday. Sent off a hot favourite for Saturday’s TAB 4Racing App Maiden Plate (1600m), the Michael and Adam Azzie trained Tabby Kat never looked in serious danger […]