Klawervlei Stud’s G1 Cape Guineas winner William Longsword looks to have come up with a top-class son in the form of Back In Business.
The latter made it three wins on the bounce, and back to back feature race triumphs, when he won the G2 Betway Spring Challenge (1450m) at Turffontein on Saturday afternoon.
Trained by Joe Soma, five-year-old Back In Business was given a superb ride by Rachel Venniker to land Saturday’s R550 000 feature race.
Venniker bought Back In Business with a strong late run down the inside of the track, and the pair got up to score by a length and a half.
A horse with a wonderful turn of foot Back In Business is out of the Var mare Enchanting Cathy.
Bred by Klawervlei Stud, Back In Business, one of two runners in the Spring Challenge for his sire has won six of 11 starts, with the gelding earning R725 750 in prize money.
Back In Business had won the Listed Betway Spring Spree Stakes, before his G2 win on Saturday.
His inform sire William Longsword went close to having a double on Saturday with his son Marvel William finishing a close-up third in the seventh race at Hollywoodbets Durbanville.
William Longsword is also the sire of star sprinter Dyce, who made it back-to-back wins when romping home, under 62kgs, to a two length win earlier in the week.