Klawervlei Stud’s red-hot resident stallion Twice Over fresh off a major graded stakes double on L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate day, was back in the news at Kenilworth on Saturday.

This time, the European champion was in the news due to his two-year-old son Double Alliance, who made a winning debut over 1000m for trainer Joey Ramsden and jockey Donovan Dillon.
Double Alliance, who was bred by Patricia Devine, ran on strongly from off the pace after being slow away and went on to register a one length win on debut in the style of a horse with a very bright future.

The colt, who looks destined for feature race company, was a R150 000 buy from the 2018 Cape Premier Yearling Sale.

Double Alliance was the first juvenile runner of the season for Twice Over –whose close relative Limari (whose third dam, All At Sea, was second in the Epsom Oaks), scored at the Fair Grounds on Friday. Twice Over, however, is no stranger to siring high class 2yos, with his first crop having yielded the G1 winning two-year-old Sand And Sea.

A four time G1 winner and European champion, Twice Over has made an exceptional start to 2019 with his early runners this year including recent G1 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate winner Do It Again and G2 Glorious Goodwood Peninsula Handicap winner Doublemint.

Currently responsible for the earners of nearly R4 000 000 in 2018-2019, Twice Over has an exceptional draft of  six on offer at this month’s Cape Premier Yearling Sale. His Premier Sale draft includes a filly (Lot 41) from the family of Dalakhani and Daylami, a colt (Lot 102) whose Giant’s Causeway sired dam is a half-sister to two German 2000 Guineas winners, and a filly (Lot 132) from the family of star racemares Imperious Sue, Imperious Star and Real Princess.