Ridgemont’s five time G1 winning stallion Canford Cliffs looks to have come up with another smart sort in the form of Miami Mountain.
The latter ran out a game winner of the Betway Mythical Flight Sprint (1100m) at Turffontein on Sunday afternoon.

Under Callan Murray, the Mike and Mathew De Kock trained three-year-old unleashed a fine turn of foot which saw Miami Mountain get up close home to score by a short-head.
A half-brother to recent G2 Wilgerbosdrift SA Fillies Nursery winner Good Day Sunshine, Miami Mountain showed tremendous courage in fighting on strongly in Sunday’s sprint.

A tilt at the G2 Golden Horse Sprint (won last year by another son of Canford Cliffs in the form of Tenango) could be on the cards for the Hollywood Racing owned Miami Mountain. The latter has won five of nine starts, with Miami Mountain’s victories also including this season’s G3 TAB National Currency Sprint.

Bred by Ridgemont Highlands, Miami Mountain is out of the Captain Al mare Miss Florida.

He is one of 30 stakes winners for star miler Canford Cliffs.

Sandown Stud’s high-class sire Pathfork came up with a smart looking debut winner on Sunday.
His two-year-old daughter Ushouldbedancing made the perfect start to her career when making a winning debut at Turffontein.

Under Kyle Strydom, the Robyn Klaasen trained filly defied considerable greeness to stay on and win Sunday’s Warren Baillie, Keith Basel, Michael Coetzee, Bennie De Wet Juvenile Plate (Fillies) (1000m) by a head.
Bred by Sandown Stud, Ushouldbedancing races for Messrs J T Mushwana & Joshua Peter.

Sunday’s winner, who is out of the Joshua Dancer mare Danseuse, was a R220 000 buy from the 2025 KZN Yearling Sale.
Ushouldbedancing shares her G1 winning sire with a slew of high-class fillies and mares including G1 Allan Robertson Championship winner Mighty High, this season’s G1 Betway Summer Cup runner up Olivia’s Way, and graded stakes winners My Friend Lee and Jet Start.

Pathfork has a single lot on offer at this week’s National Yearling Sale.

The Drakenstein Stud bred champion One Stripe looked unlucky not to win his first US G1 race on Friday.
One Stripe ran second in the G1 Maker’s Mark Mile at Keeneland, a race won by the front running Zulu Kingdom. A son of Ten Sovereigns, Zulu Kingdom made it  seven wins from nine starts when he got away to a three-length lead in mid-stretch and was able to hold off One Stripe.
The Graham Motion trained One Stripe racing midpack and saving ground every inch of the way, came up the fence and edged Rhetorical for second. Thirteenth last fall in the Breeders’ Cup Mile, the Graham Motion-trained South African import nearly won the Pegasus World Cup Turf in his most recent start and appears to have established himself as a major factor in the division.

With his runner up effort, One Stripe took his US earnings to $546 038, with the Equus Champion having won or been placed in three of his five starts in the US.

One Stripe’s G1 Sun Met winning sire One World also gained a handsome update to his stellar female line with his close relative Expensive Queen dead-heating for first place in Saturday’s G1 Jenny Wiley Stakes at Keeneland.
A daughter of Lope De Vega, five-year-old Expensive Queen scored her biggest win to date with her effort on Saturday. Luis Saez rode Expensive Queen for owner Farfellow Farms and trainer Brendan Walsh

The mare, whose French classic winning third dam Caerlina is a full-sister to One World’s granddam Leonila, stormed home to get up and force a dead-heat with Segesta in Saturday’s $581,713  contest.

The Leading First and Second Season Sire of his year, Equus Champion One World has ten lots on offer at the upcoming National Yearling Sale.

South Africa’s reigning champion sire Vercingetorix enjoyed yet another big payday at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday.
Vercingetorix’s three-year-old son Roland Garros ran out a convincing winner of the R5 000 000 Race Coast Sales Big Cap (1400m) to stamp himself as a colt to follow.

Trained by Justin Snaith, Roland Garros had finished second in the March Stakes last time out and duly built on that effort.
Under a good ride from JP Van Der Merwe, the son of Vercingetorix raced just off the speed early on.
When asked the question, the flashy grey stormed home down the centre of the track and kept going strongly to win by more than a length and three quarters.

In the process, the colt claimed the R3 000 000 first prize.
Bred by Varsfontein Stud, Roland Garros races for Greg and Gina Bortz, in partnership with Mr Cuvelier.
Roland Garros, who was a R1 300 000 buy from the 2024 Cape Premier Yearling Sale, is out of the Captain Al mare Amy Johnson and is thus bred on the same cross as G1 winners Double Grand Slam, Mia Moo and Vernichey.

His champion sire Vercingetorix continues to fire on all cylinders, with Vercingetorix having already supplied 15 individual stakes winners in South Africa this season. To date, his runners have won more than 20 black type races in 2025-2026, with Vercingetorix runners having already amassed more than R27.174 million in stakes.

Maine Chance Farms’ top-class sire Querari enjoyed a good couple of days this weekend.
On Friday, Querari’s classy son Cruise Control made it win number 14 when victorious in the Fairview Flying Five at Fairview, and the following day saw Querari responsible for two impressive winners at Hollywoodbets Greyville.

Querari looks to have a very exciting prospect on his hands in the form of Turn It Up.
That Sean Tarry trained two-year-old made three wins from four starts when running out an impressive winner of the R3 000 000 Race Coast Sales Slipper (1200m).
Under Keagan De Melo, the Laurence Wernars bred colt powered home down the outside of the track and got up to claim the first prize of R1 800 000 by nearly two and a quarter lengths.

A half-brother to champion Proceed, Turn It Up has won his last three starts.
A R1 000 000 buy from the 2025 Premier Yearling Sale, Saturday’s winner races for Mukund Gujadhur, Rikesh Sewgoolam and the Wernars Family.

Out of the Captain Al mare Xplosive Kiss, Turn It Up is bred on the same cross as graded stakes winners Head Honcho, Kampala Campari and Questioning.

Querari’s multiple graded stakes winning son Questioning showed his class when he won Saturday’s RCS Mixed Sale 7 May 2026 A Stakes (1200m).
The Vaughan Marshall trained five-year-old defied 61.5kgs to run out a comfortable half length winner, under a well timed ride from Richard Fourie.

A tilt at the G2 Independent On Saturday Drill Hall Stakes is next on the cards for Questioning.
Bred by Alec Foster, Questioning, who had impressed when winning the G2 Khaya Stables Diadem Stakes earlier in the season, races for Greg and Gina Bortz, Mukund Gujadhur and the Wernars Family.

Questioning, who is out of the Captain Al mare Wheredowego, has won nine of 24 starts for earnings of R2 000 000.

Varsfontein Stud’s top class sire Master Of My Fate has enjoyed another big season in 2025-2026.
The son of Jet Master enjoyed more feature race success on Friday, when his top-class daughter Anotherdanceforme won the East Cape Oaks (2000m) at Fairview.
In the process, the Alan Greeff trained filly made it nine wins from just ten starts.

Yet to taste defeat in the Eastern Cape, Anotherdance made it three wins on the bounce with her Oaks win on Friday.
Under regular rider Richard Fourie, the three-year-old was sent off a 1-10 shot for Friday’s race and duly obliged.
Anotherdanceforme stormed home from well off the pace to get up and claim the East Cape Oaks by a deceptively easy one length.

Bred by Varsfontein, Anotherdanceforme races for Peter Moor.

The filly, who is out of the What A Winter mare Destiny Dancer, was a R650 000 buy from the 2024 National Yearling Sale.

Her inform sire Master Of My Fate has been responsible for seven stakes winners already this season, with this tally including impressive recent G3 Variety Club Mile winner Jet Force.

Ridgemont’s Triple Crown winning sire Malmoos has made a promising start with his first two-year-olds this season.
The son of Captain Al came up with a third first-crop winner when Malmoos filly Malibu Ice won at Fairview on Friday.

Trained by Alan Greeff, Malibu Ice had caught the eye when finishing second on debut and duly built on that effort on Friday.
Under Richard Fourie, the Malmoos filly ran on powerfully in the closing stages of Friday’s TAB 4Racing App Maiden Juvenile Plate (Fillies) (1400m) to score by a length and a half.

Bred by Boland Stud, Malibu Ice races for Peter Moor.

Friday’s winner, who is out of the Trippi mare California Cool, was a R500 000 buy from the 2025 August Two Year Old Sale.

Malibu Ice joins unbeaten Listed East Cape Fillies Nursery winner Marchland and debut winner Within Reach as early winners for Malmoos.
A son of champion sire Captain Al, and closely related to promising young sire Erik The Red, Malmoos has 17 lots on offer at the National Yearling Sale.

Ridgemont’s promising young stallion Real Gone Kid came up with a fourth first-crop winner on Thursday.
His two-year-old daughter Highway Heiress showed considerable improvement on her debut effort when she won the Racing Today Maiden Juvenile Plate (Fillies) (1600m).

Under Kobeli Lihaba, Highway Heiress stayed on strongly in the closing stages and dug down deep to get up and win by nearly half a length.
Bred by Reed Valley Stud, Thursday’s winner, who benefitted from a tongue tie on Thursday, was making just her second start on Thursday.

Owned by Mr Koekemeyer, Highway Heiress is out of the Pathfork mare Lindleys Lane.

The filly joins Master Mtoto, Lady Jean and Preacher Man as early winners for Snitzel’s well bred son Real Gone Kid.
The latter, a son of champion In The Fast Lane, is set to be represented by Lady Jean and Preacher Man in Saturday’s R3 000 000 Race Coast Sales Slipper. Real Gone Kid’s unbeaten son Master Mtoto is a likely starter in the upcoming Listed East

The Elusive Fort Syndicate is pleased to announce that successful sire Elusive Fort has relocated to Barbara Sanne’s Oldlands Stud Farm in the picturesque Hemel and Aarde Valley.

The move follows the sale of Black Swan Stud Farm and their upcoming dispersal sale to be held in Robertson on 7^th May 2026.

Elusive Fort (Fort Wood- Ever Seeking) is the last remaining son of champion sire Fort Wood at stud, and although he is 23 years old, he is in good health and his fertility and enthusiasm are undimmed.

The Fort Wood  line, which has been of immense value to South African breeding since he was imported to stand in SA by the Oppenheimer family at their historic stud, Mauritzfontein, continues through his many high performing daughters, as well as his grandsons through champion sire Dynasty, as well as Elusive Fort’s son Kommetdieding.

Elusive Fort has had a memorable Easter Weekend, with the highlight being the success of his daughter, Littlemissmillion in winning the Wilgerbosdrift Bridget Oppenheimer SA Oaks Grade 2 at  Turffontein on Saturday, as well as Royal Invitation capturing the World Sports Betting Highland Night Cup at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Sunday.

Littlemissmillion thwarted the dreams of Triple Tiara success for gallant runner up, and winner of the first two legs, Hazy Dazy. Ironically, in 2015, Elusive Fort’s daughter from his first crop, Siren’s Call, was pipped on the post in the SA Oaks having won the first two legs of the Triple Tiara.

Elusive Fort will stand at a fee of R10k plus VAT live foal for the 2026 season.

Enquiries to Syndicate principal, Peter de Beyer.

Varsfontein Stud’s top homebred sire Master Of My Fate had a great day at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Monday.
Not only did Master Of My Fate supply three winners on Monday’s eight race card, but his progressive son Jet Force ran out an impressive winner of Monday’s G3 Variety Club Mile (1600m).
Winner of the Listed Play ‘N Go Jet Master Stakes last time out, the Des McLachlan trained four-year-old made it three wins on the bounce with a convincing display in Monday’s G3 feature.

Under Grant Van Niekerk, Jet Force stormed into the lead close home, and he kept going strongly to land the Variety Club Mile by a length.
Bred by Beaumont Stud, the Master Of My Fate gelding races for Messrs Denis Le Breton & A L Taylor, Mr K & Miss K Geemooi & Mrs G C Hutchinson.

Jet Force, winner of six of ten starts, was a R350 000 buy from the 2023 November Two Year Old Sale.
Monday’s winner is out of the Var mare Ooh La Var and is thus bred on the same cross as Equus Champions Golden Palm and Tempting Fate.

His inform sire Master Of My Fate was also responsible for Monday’s eye catching debut winner Earn The Weekend, as well as Bonelli. The latter made it back to back victories when he claimed the fifth race at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth.

Master Of My Fate also went close to having a big race double at Turffontein on Saturday. Not only did his Listed Kings Cup winning son Okavango ran second in Saturday’s G1 HKJC World Pool Premier’s Champions Challenge, but Master Of My Fate sons Salani Kahli and Master Spy finished second and third respectively in Saturday’s G2 TAB SA Derby.