Hemel ‘N Aarde Stud’s blue blooded young sire Horizon got off the mark in eye catching style when his two-year-old daughter Far Horizon made a winning debut in open company at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday.
Trained by Alyson Wright, Far Horizon was allowed to start an 8-1 shot for Saturday’s Track & Ball Gaming Maiden Plate (F&M) (1000m) but made a mockery of her starting price with a fluent win.
Under Keagan De Melo, the two-year-old powered into the lead close home and bounded away to score on debut by just over two and a half lengths.
Bred by Oldlands Stud, Far Horizon is out of the Alado mare Space Girl.
Far Horizon hails from the first crop of her sire Horizon, himself a R5.2 million yearling purchase. Winner of the G3 Politician Stakes and third in the G1 Daily News 2000, Horizon packs a spectacular pedigree. A son of Horse Of The Year and prominent sire Dynasty, whose sire sons include successful stallions Act Of War, Futura and Legislate, Horizon is himself a half-brother to G2 KZN Fillies Guineas winner Santa Clara.
The latter made news at the 2023 National Yearling Sale, where Santa Clara’s Gimmethegreenlight colt was knocked down for R1 100 000 to the bid of Greg Bortz.
Horizon’s dam Shina is a full-sister to German Horse Of The Year and multiple champion sire Silvano -whose numerous high-class offspring include sensational sire Vercingetorix, while Shina also numbers G1 Charles Whittingham Memorial hero and sire Sabiango.