SA Connections Enjoy Australian Winner
There was further success for South African owners at Geelong in Australia on Wednesday when the beautifully bred steel grey National Code followed up on her maiden victory three weeks earlier to make it two wins from three starts. Ridden again by Daniel Stackhouse, the daughter of Written Tycoon dictated matters from out front and […]
Rafeef filly impresses on debut
Ridgemont’s top-class stallion Rafeef has some very smart looking three-year-olds this season.The G1 Computaform Sprint had another eye catching winner on Tuesday when his three-year-old daughter Ovation Star made a winning debut at Hollywoodbets Greyville. Trained by Mike and Mathew De Kock, Ovation Star turned the Bet With Tote Open Maiden (F and M) (1200m) […]
Rafeef filly makes it three out of three
Ridgemont’s red hot sire Rafeef has been enjoying a stellar period with his three-year-olds.The G1 winning son of Redoute’s Choice looks to have a very exciting sort in the form of his three-year-old daughter Reet Petite.The latter made it three wins from three starts when she won impressively at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Monday. Trained by […]
Barnane Bred Cheeky Wink Blazes Home
From the family of Ridgemont’s Dynasty South African connections enjoyed success at Tipperary in Ireland on Thursday afternoon when the talented Cheeky Wink outstayed her fourteen opponents on yielding ground to win the 2500m Tipperary Racecourse Handicap under Ben Coen. Bred by the Kieswetter family’s County Tipperary-based Barnane Stud, and trained by Johnny Murtagh, Cheeky […]
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 […]
Barnane Stud-Bred Lope De Vega Filly Impresses On Debut
Fresh off a superb ride at Doncaster on Saturday to win the Betfred St Leger on Aidan O’Brien’s Jan Brueghel, jockey Sean Levey enjoyed a much easier commission when he partnered the Barnane Stud-bred Lope De Vega filly Zip It Up to an armchair debut victory at Kempton on Monday for a partnership of the […]
Ridgemont’s Dazzling Hollywoodbets Durban July Day
Robertson breeding operation Ridgemont had a dream day at Hollywoodbets Greyville last Saturday as they celebrated a glorious top two with products of their sponsored Grade 1 feature, and followed that scintillating exacta with an eye-catching winner in a Grade 2 just a half hour later. The R1,5 million Ridgemont Gr1 Garden Province Stakes ranks […]
Ridgemont Enjoy Humdinger In Sponsored Garden Province
The script could not have been written better for Ridgemont, sponsoring the Gr1 Ridgemont Garden Province Stakes for the third year in a row and achieving an exacta result in the process, as the brave and Gr1 deserving Humdinger crossed the finish line ahead of another Ridgemont bred, Happy Chance in the colours of the […]
Ridgemont Back Grade 1 Contest Again
Leading local and international breeders Ridgemont will sponsor the R1,5 million Ridgemont Gr1 Garden Province Stakes for the second consecutive year on the Hollywoodbets Durban July card today. In the 2024 renewal, Ridgemont are breeders of both Happy Chance (Dynasty) and Humdinger (What A Winter), while Mrs Browning (Rafeef) and Red Palace (Potala Palace) carry […]
Kieswetter Feature Strike At The Curragh
The Kieswetter family enjoyed yet another stakes winner conditioned by leading trainer William Haggas when the Barnane Stud-bred Kingman gelding Candleford carried the flag at The Curragh on Saturday for the Kieswetter family. The victory comes just over a month after Barnane Stud’s flying grey Il Etait Temps, who is raced in partnership with the […]