East Coast Breeders Stakes To Franca
Classy filly Franca provided her red hot sire Rafeef with yet another feature race success when she captured the Listed East Cape Breeders Stakes (1200m) at Fairview on Friday. Trained by Alan Greeff, three-year-old Franca received a fine ride from Sandile Khathi in Friday’s race –the first leg of the 2022 Eastern Cape (F&M) Challenge. […]
Impressive Maiden Break For Meridius
Ridgemont Highlands’ exciting resident sire Canford Cliffs came up with a 12th winner from his first South African conceived crop of two-year-olds when his promising son Meridius broke his maiden impressively at the Vaal on Tuesday. Under Ryan Munger, Meridius proved far too strong for his six rivals in Tuesday’s www.highveldracing.co.za Maiden Plate (1600m), with […]
Monday Double For Rafeef
Ridgemont Highlands’ outstanding young stallion Rafeef has had a wonderful season in 2021-2022 and the G1 winning son of legendary sire Redoute’s Choice was at it again on Monday when Rafeef supplied two more winners at Hollywoodbets Greyville. Rafeef kicked on Monday’s card in perfect fashion when his three-year-old daughter Beaded Gown won the first […]
Daisy Blooms At Turffontein
Ridgemont Highlands’ five time G1 winning sire Canford Cliffs pulled further clear on South Africa’s Leading First Season Sires List for 2021-2022 this weekend. Not only did Canford Cliffs’ daughter Totally Rocks win at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Saturday, a pair of Canford Cliffs fillies finished first and second in open company at Turffontein the following […]
Canford Cliffs Filly Rocks Scottsville
Ridgemont Highlands’ five time G1 winning sire Canford Cliffs came up with a tenth winner from his first South African conceived crop of runners when his two-year-old daughter Totally Rocks ran out an impressive winner at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Saturday. Trained by Dennis Drier, Totally Rocks had finished a close up fourth last time out […]
Royal Ascot Joy For Barnane Stud
Barnane Stud made headlines at Royal Ascot on Friday when the Barnane bred and owned gelding Candleford swept to a brilliant, six length win in the Duke Of Edinburgh Stakes. Trained by William Haggas, the four-year-old had not been seen in competitive action since winning at Kempton in November, but was nevertheless prominent in the […]
Oaks Success For Rafeef
Ridgemont Highlands’ sensational sire Rafeef came up with yet another stakes winner when his three-year-old daughter Empress Of Jade, a member of her sire’s superb first crop, captured the Listed Zimbabwe Oaks at Borrowdale Park on Wednesday. Bred by Golden Touch Thoroughbred Services, Empress Of Jade stayed on gamely under Diego De Gouveia to land […]
Canford Cliffs – A True Royal Ascot Star
Royal Ascot is arguably the most prestigious race meeting in the world, with only the best thoroughbreds capable of winning at the elite level at the showpiece festival. Few, if any, thoroughbreds in the modern era have a more impressive strike rate at Royal Ascot than Ridgemont Highlands’ star miler Canford Cliffs. The brilliant son […]
Durban Dash One – Two For Rafeef
Ridgemont Highlands’ outstanding young sire Rafeef’s great run of success in feature races continued at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday when Rafeef’s graded stakes winning son William Robertson and Master Archie finished first and second respectively in the Rising Sun Durban Dash (1100m). Trained by Corne Spies, the talented William Robertson tracked the front running Faustino […]
Australian Success For Canford Cliffs
Ridgemont Highlands’ five time G1 winning sire Canford Cliffs had a notable winner in Australia on Saturday when his classy daughter Cliff’s Art scored at Randwick. A Listed winner in Germany, six-year-old Cliff’s Art bounced back to winning ways when she captured Saturday’s Furphy Handicap over 1600m for Matthew Smith and jockey Reece Jones. The […]