Esteemed By Name, Esteemed By Nature!
Firing on all cylinders Ridgemont’s red-hot sires Rafeef and Canford Cliffs enjoyed a collective national treble in the Cape and on the Highveld on Saturday, with both saluting with 2yo winners. The first leg of Rafeef’s double came in the shape of a dazzling debut effort by his Ridgemont-bred two-year-old son, Esteemed, who was expected […]
Ridgemont-Bred Rafeef Gelding Records 14th Win
The R1 million Gr1 Computaform Sprint is the next target for Corne Spies’ top-class Rafeef gelding William Robertson who lumbered top weight of 62kgs when running out a convincing winner of the R300 000 TAB Gr3 JJ The Jet Plane Stakes at Turffontein on Saturday. Ridden by Bryanston Auctioneers’ Ryan Munger, who won his maiden […]
Ridgemont Sires On Fire!
Ridgemont jockey Richard Fourie got his first feel of the exciting Mike de Kock-trained Rafeef filly Easy Tiger, who stormed to her second consecutive win at Turffontein on Saturday. Raced by Ridgemont and Devin Heffer, Easy Tiger quickened and ran on strongly to beat Glastonbury. She was green in the run to the line and […]
A Ridgemont Tiger In De Kock’s Tank
The Ridgemont-bred Rafeef filly Easy Tiger produced one of the most impressive juvenile debut performances of recent months when she ran out an easy winner accounting for more experienced males in the Turffontein opener on Saturday. Clawing his way back to peak fitness after his recent injury enforced lay-off, Muzi Yeni had Easy Tiger well […]
The Thunder Rolls!
The Ridgemont Team look to have another classic prospect on their hands after the Rafeef filly Mon Petit Cherie followed in the golden hoofprints of the Robertson nursery’s past Cape Fillies Guineas winners Make It Snappy (2022) and Front And Centre (2018), with a sensational victory in last Saturday’s Gr2 Western Cape Fillies Championship at […]
Rafeef Daughters Dominate Betway Summer Cup Prep
The fairer sex dominated what in effect was a Betway Summer Cup trial race at a hot Turffontein on Saturday with Rafeef daughters Beating Wings and Frances Ethel filling the top two places in the R175 000 Pinnacle Stakes run over the 1600m inside course. Africa’s richest race, the R6 million Betway Gr1 Summer Cup […]
Super Saturday for Rafeef
Ridgemont’s top-class stallion Rafeef was the toast of Turffontein on Saturday with the 2017 G1 Computaform Sprint responsible for both Saturday’s G1 Jonsson Workwear Computaform Sprint winner Thunderstruck and G2 Wilgerbosdrift Bridget Oppenheimer SA Oaks winner Frances Ethel. Another G1-winning son of Rafeef, Aragosta, finished third in Saturday’s G1 World Pool Premier’s Champions Challenge, with […]
Rafeef Daughter Wears The Garland
Wilgerbosdrift Gr2 Bridget Oppenheimer SA Oaks Following the exports news wave of positivity washing over SA horseracing, it didn’t take the astute Barry Irwin long to find another decent one. The Team Valor International boss will have been thrilled with a courageous performance from the progressive Frances Ethel to win the R750 000 Wilgerbosdrift Bridget […]
Randwick Guineas success for Rafeef relative
Ridgemont’s red hot resident sire Rafeef gained a handsome boost to his pedigree page when his close relative Celestial Legend won the G1 The Agency Randwick Guineas (1600m) at Randwick on Saturday. A captivating battle unfolded in the 2024 Randwick Guineas, with Celestial Legend emerging victorious in a close finish. The Chris Waller-trained favourite Militarize, […]
Second consecutive Ormond Ferraris Oaks Trial winner for Rafeef
Ridgemont’s red hot resident sire Rafeef came up with his 18th stakes winner when his progressive daughter Frances Ethel won the Listed Ormond Ferraris Oaks Trial (2000m) at Turffontein on Saturday. Frances Ethel is the second Oaks Trial winner for her sire, with Rafeef daughter Ipso Facto victorious in the 2023 Ormond Ferraris Oaks Trial. […]