Canford Cliffs Filly Rocks Scottsville
Ridgemont Highlands’ five time G1 winning sire Canford Cliffs came up with a tenth winner from his first South African conceived crop of runners when his two-year-old daughter Totally Rocks ran out an impressive winner at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Saturday. Trained by Dennis Drier, Totally Rocks had finished a close up fourth last time out […]
Royal Ascot Joy For Barnane Stud
Barnane Stud made headlines at Royal Ascot on Friday when the Barnane bred and owned gelding Candleford swept to a brilliant, six length win in the Duke Of Edinburgh Stakes. Trained by William Haggas, the four-year-old had not been seen in competitive action since winning at Kempton in November, but was nevertheless prominent in the […]
Oaks Success For Rafeef
Ridgemont Highlands’ sensational sire Rafeef came up with yet another stakes winner when his three-year-old daughter Empress Of Jade, a member of her sire’s superb first crop, captured the Listed Zimbabwe Oaks at Borrowdale Park on Wednesday. Bred by Golden Touch Thoroughbred Services, Empress Of Jade stayed on gamely under Diego De Gouveia to land […]
Canford Cliffs – A True Royal Ascot Star
Royal Ascot is arguably the most prestigious race meeting in the world, with only the best thoroughbreds capable of winning at the elite level at the showpiece festival. Few, if any, thoroughbreds in the modern era have a more impressive strike rate at Royal Ascot than Ridgemont Highlands’ star miler Canford Cliffs. The brilliant son […]
Durban Dash One – Two For Rafeef
Ridgemont Highlands’ outstanding young sire Rafeef’s great run of success in feature races continued at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday when Rafeef’s graded stakes winning son William Robertson and Master Archie finished first and second respectively in the Rising Sun Durban Dash (1100m). Trained by Corne Spies, the talented William Robertson tracked the front running Faustino […]
Australian Success For Canford Cliffs
Ridgemont Highlands’ five time G1 winning sire Canford Cliffs had a notable winner in Australia on Saturday when his classy daughter Cliff’s Art scored at Randwick. A Listed winner in Germany, six-year-old Cliff’s Art bounced back to winning ways when she captured Saturday’s Furphy Handicap over 1600m for Matthew Smith and jockey Reece Jones. The […]
Triple Treat As Who Do You Love Wins
Remarkable young sire Rafeef had an outstanding weekend, with his progeny shining at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Saturday, and his unbeaten two-year-old daughter Who Do You Love landing the Listed TAB Perfect Promise Sprint at Kenilworth the following day. A brilliant winner of her two previous starts, the Candice Bass-Robinson trained filly showed her class when […]
Rafeef Shines At Scottsville
Ridgemont Highlands’ outstanding young stallion Rafeef made a big impression at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Saturday when his son Thunderstruck won the G1 Gold Medallion and daughter Glittering Girl finished second in the same day’s G1 Allan Robertson Championship. One of two G1 winners on the day for trainer Sean Tarry and jockey Calvin Habib, the […]
Back To Back Juvenile Winners For Canford Cliffs
Fresh off supplying an impressive winner at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Wednesday, Ridgemont Highlands’ red hot sire Canford Cliffs came up with another smart two-year-old winner when his daughter Ridgerunner justified favouritism to score impressively at Turffontein on Thursday. Trained by Johan Janse Van Vuuren, Ridgerunner was all the rage for Thursday’s #ThisIsRacing Welcomes You Juvenile […]
Canford Cliffs Success At Greyville
Ridgemont Highlands’ five time G1 winning sire Canford Cliffs has made a sparkling start with his first South African bred and born two-year-olds this season, and the son of Tagula struck again at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Wednesday. Canford Cliffs’ two-year-old daughter My Cherie Amour became the eighth winner to have emerged from her sire’s first […]