Breeders comment:

“Lovely High Quality, correct filly of a decent size. A fluid walker.”

One World filly packed with paddock value

Riverton Stud pulled off a notable feat when they sold a Captain Al filly for R2 900 000 at the National Sale a few years ago. Named Cousin Liz, she showed plenty of ability early on when winning her first two starts impressively, with Cousin Liz making a big impression when victorious in the G3 Kenilworth Fillies Nursery of 2019.

Riverton will be offering a three-parts sister to the classy Cousin Liz at the 2023 November Two Year Old Sale, with the filly (Lot 103) on sale sired by Captain Al’s champion son One World.

The latter, a stakes winner at two, three and four, was an exceptional racehorse who defeated champions Rainbow Bridge, Hawwaam, Vardy and Do It Again when he won the 2016 G1 Sun Met.

One World, who earned more than R5.631 million in prize money, won 10 of just 14 starts and was never out of the first three, with his other notable victories including the G2 Concorde Cup and G3 Winter Guineas. One of more than 100 stakes winners for his outstanding sire, One World, a half-brother to the stakes placed Count To Ten, hails from the immediate family of French G1 winners Al Wukair and Caerlina, with his broodmare sire Giant’s Causeway also damsire of the outstanding stallion Gun Runner.

Fiesta Queen, the dam of Cousin Liz and the filly on offer, has proved to be an excellent producer. A winning half-sister to G1 Empress Club Stakes winner Fair Maiden (herself dam of G3 Acacia Handicap victress Lady Of Steel), Fiesta Queen has thrown seven winners from eight runners, and is the dam of four black type horses -each of whom was sired by a different stallion.

Cousin Liz is one of two graded stakes winners for her dam, with Fiesta Queen also responsible for G3 Cape Summer Stayers Handicap/G3 Chairman’s Cup winner Gimme One Night. The latter, who earned more than R800 000 in stakes, finished in the first three in no fewer than six black type races.

Other smart performers produced by Fiesta Queen are Listed Champion Juvenile Stakes third Demogogue and speedy filly Queen Of Alamo. The latter won four times over 1000m and also finished third in the Listed Kwazulu-Natal Stakes.

Fiesta Queen, who also numbers G2 Hawaii Stakes winner Braggadaccio and Listed East Cape Guineas winner Azeroth as half-brothers, hails from an exceptional female line with this family also responsible for G1 Argus Guineas winner Alpha Omega, Equus Champion It’s My Turn, last season’s G3 Track And Ball Derby winner Runaway Song, and this season’s very exciting three-year-old Gimmeanotherchance. The latter romped home to a facile more than three length win in last season’s Listed The Sharks Gatecrasher Stakes before flying up late to be just touched off, by subsequent G1 winner and Equus Champion Sandringham Summit, in the G2 Durban Golden Horseshoe.

Breeders comment:

“High quality filly, with loads of scope. An excellent walker!”

Major Apollo sister set to impress

The Riverton Stud bred champion Captain Of All, one of the best sprinters to grace the South African turf this century, enjoyed a very good season with his two-year-olds last season. Among the Captain Of All juveniles to impress last season was classy filly Captain’s Christy, beaten just a short-head when second in the G2 World Pool With Gold Circle Debutante, debut winners Elusive Winter and Meu Capitano, and the very talented Jerusalema Rain. First or second in each of his five starts last season, Jerusalema Rain caught the eye when finishing second, to subsequent G1 winner Lucky Lad, in the G2 World Sports Betting SA Nursery.

The classy Jerusalema Rain went on to beat subsequent Equus Champion Sandringham Summit over 1160m before finishing second, to the highly rated Main Defender, in the Bloodstock SA Sales Cup (C and G) on Hollywoodbets Durban July day.

Captain Of All, whose progeny also include G1 Jonsson Workwear Cape Derby/G1 Daily News 2000 winner Linebacker and fellow graded stakes winners Shango and Springs Of Carmel, is also the sire of speedy filly Kiss Me Captain. The latter ran out an easy winner of last season’s Listed Swallow Stakes before finishing second in both the G3 Sycamore Sprint and G2 World Sports Betting Camellia Stakes.

This inform sire, who will forever be remembered for his thrashing of champions Carry On Alice and Legislate in the 2015 G1 Mercury Sprint, looks to have a potentially very speedy daughter (Lot 149) in Riverton’s draft for this year’s November Two Year Old Sale.

Captain Of All is responsible for a half-sister to two winners, sired by Great Britain and Kildonan respectively, notably the very smart sprinter Great Shaka. The latter, who earned nearly R700 000 in stakes, won seven times over 1000m and finished third in the 2020 Listed Golden Loom Handicap where Great Shaka beat such G1 winners as Singforafa and Rivarine.

Arguably more importantly, the filly (Lot 149) on offer is a full-sister to eye catching recent winner Major Apollo, who recently  got off the mark, at just the second time of asking, when he won at Hollywoodbets Durbanville. Third at his only previous start, Major Apollo made a big impression when making much of the running to score with ease over 1000 metres.

Major Apollo, described by his trainer Greg Ennion as a lovely horse, and the filly on sale were produced by speedy dual winner Neurose, a Brazilian bred granddaughter of champion US sire Broad Brush. Neurose herself hails from a high-class family, with her own dam Fiestera Fitz a half-sister to the dual stakes winning dam of Chilean champion La Chiflota.

Further back, this is the family of numerous champions and classic winners, with this filly herself directly descended in female line from 1000 Guineas winner Electra.

Breeders comment:

“Great walker! A lovely filly with plenty of scope.”

Riverton’s William Longsword filly has plenty of appeal

Riverton Stud will be offering a William Longsword filly (Lot 151) from one of the best families in the South African stud book at this year’s November Two Year Old Sale.

The filly in question is out of Rock Of Gibraltar granddaughter On High, whose dam Sundays Sister was a full-sister to a colt, One Sunday Morning, who made R2 500 000 at the 2011 Cape Premier Yearling Sale.

A daughter of seven times South African champion sire Jet Master (whose daughters have produced such champions as Rainbow Bridge, Hawwaam, Lady In Black, Vardy and Jet Dark), Sundays Sister is one of ten winners produced by the outstanding producer Laptop Lady.

The latter is best known as the dam of globetrotting Equus Champion Jay Peg, who made South Africa proud when he won the 2008 G1 Dubai Duty Free and the same year’s G1 Singapore Airlines Cup. The four time G1 winner Jay Peg, who earned more than R30 000 000 in prize money, also went on to enjoy success at stud, and sired the graded stakes winners Exit Here, Flash Drive, Hot Affair, Olympic Owen Peggy Jay and Woljayrine, among others.

Laptop Lady also produced G3 Lebelo Sprint winner Cyber Case, who earned nearly R1 000 000 in prize, dual Listed winner Epona, and precocious G3 Protea Stakes/Listed Storm Bird Stakes victor Barrack Street.

Further back, this is the family of Equus Champion Kochka, dual G2 Hawaii Stakes winner Whiteline Fever, and high-class two-year-olds Dash For Gretna, Epsom Girl, Leopard Strike and Twilight Moon, to name a few, with On High herself directly descended in female line from Frillery, the dam of Futurity Stakes winner Bunting.

Riverton’s filly is inbred to former champion South African sire Al Mufti, a pattern which has already produced graded stakes winners Flash Drive and Hot Affair.

Former Cape Guineas winner William Longsword enjoyed a good season in 2022-2023, with his flagbearers for the past season including G3 WSB Legal Eagle Stakes winner Itsrainingwilliam and the stakes winners Lord William and Virginia Sweet to name a few.

William Longsword is also the sire of G2 Epol Umkhomazi Stakes winner Dyce, who recently downed stakes winners Paisley Park, Bon Vivant, Team Gold, Litigation and G1 Wilgerbosdrift H F Oppenehimer Horse Chestnut Stakes winner MK’s Pride to claim a pinnacle stakes in smart style.

Other classy recent winners for William Longsword include Back To Business, winner of three of his first four starts, and useful filly Just Be Lekker, who won her first two starts and downed subsequent G1 winner Bavarian Beauty over 1200 metres last season.

Riverton Stud is no stranger to William Longsword’s progeny, with Riverton having bred William Longsword’s very smart son Melech -a winner of four of his first six starts and a horse with feature race potential.

AS AGENT

Breeders comment:

“A fluent mover with a powerful looking hind quarter. A precocious colt who draws the eye. He is from a prolific family. Don’t miss out on him! He has the potential of giving you a great return”.

One World colt bred to impress

The well-bred Ruby Dancer proved the star of the ring at the 2017 March Yearling Sale, where the daughter of G1 winning two-year-old Seventh Rock was knocked down for R525 000. She went on to win twice, but took with her a stellar pedigree when she retired to the paddocks.

Not only is Ruby Dancer a daughter of the useful racemare Fashion Edition (whose sire Rambo Dancer also ranks as the broodmare sire of outstanding broodmare Halfway To Heaven), she is also a half-sister to four black type fillies, including graded stakes winners Joan Ranger (G2 Camellia Stakes-twice), and Fanzene (G3 Magnolia Handicap). The latter went close to becoming a G1 producer with her daughter Kailene beaten just a short-head, by subsequent dual Equus Champion and Triple Tiara winner, Rain Of Holland, in the 2021 G1 Thekwini Stakes.

Ruby Dancer, one of ten winners produced by her dam, also numbers the smart performers Miss Turbulence (3rd G2 Hawaii Stakes) and Miss Elegance (2nd G3 Fillies Mile) as half-sisters.

She hails from a top-class South Africa family, with Ruby Dancer’s numerous high-class relatives including the G1 winning fillies Brave Mary (Allan Robertson Championship) and Takingthepeace (G1 SA Fillies Classic), as well as exported G1 Champions Cup winner African Appeal.

This One World colt, inbred closely to Complete Warrior -the broodmare sire of Captain Al, out of the aforementioned Ruby Dancer looks to have plenty of upside to him. His sire One World, a G1 Sun Met winner and Equus Champion, made an impression at the National Yearling Sale earlier in the year, when his yearlings made up to R800 000. One World, himself winner of the Langerman at two and a son of an eight times leading sire of two-year-olds, has some very well-bred members of his first crop set to race this season, with One World’s first crop of two-year-olds including juveniles out of such stakes winning mares as Bichette, Candy Singer, Justthewayyouare, Madame Speaker, Secret Risk and Star Express among many others.

Breeders comment:

“This colt is the epitome of athleticism, scope and muscle. He is a very imposing, well grown colt with good reign, girth and great attitude”.

Silver Longsword to shine bright

Riverton Stud, as Agent, will be offering a colt from one of the very best families in the modern-day stud book at the 2023 November Two Year Old Sale.

A colt by the Captain Al sired Cape Guineas winner William Longsword, Silver Longsword (Lot 20), a half-brother to a winner, is from a family which has done well both in South Africa and overseas.

His twice winning dam School Run is a Trippi half-sister to G2 Odessa Stud Fillies Championship third place finisher School Captain, sired, like William Longsword, by Captain Al. School Captain made her mark at stud as the dam of G2 Premier Trophy winner Head Honcho. Also successful in the G3 Betting World 2200 and Listed The Sledgehammer Handicap, Head Honcho earned more than R1.65 million in a career which also saw him finish third, beaten less than a length by champion Rainbow Bridge, in the 2019 G1 Sun Met.

Silver Longsword’s granddam is a twice winning daughter of Breeders’ Cup Mile winner and champion sire Royal Academy, while his third dam Damson is a Damascus sired three-parts sister to the Damascus sired G1 Hollywood Gold Cup winner and G1 Kentucky Derby runner up Desert Wine.

Damson herself is also a half-sister to G2 winning sire Alannan, as well as the G1 Golden Jubilee/G1 July Cup winning champion Les Arcs (the latter, like Silver Longsword himself, was sired by a Roberto line sire).

Silver Longsword’s fifth dam is Old Hat Stakes winner Anne Campbell, who was Kentucky’s Broodmare Of The Year in 1999. A daughter of outstanding broodmare sire Never Bend, Anne Campbell not only produced Desert Wine but also G1 Haskell Invitational/G1 Blue Grass Stakes winner Menifee.

Anne Campbell’s daughter Mr P’s Princess produced unbeaten champion Fasliyev, while Mr P’s daughter Butterfly Cove is the dam of G1 Prix Marcel Boussac winner Ballydoyle and multiple G1 winner Misty For Me (herself dam of the G1 winners Roly Poly and U S Navy Flag).

Further back, this is also the family of G1 Jockey Club Gold Cup winner Albert The Great, star filly Sensational, multiple champion South African sire Jungle Cove and the latter’s Epsom Oaks winning half-sister Long Look.

Silver Longsword’s first three dams were sired by Trippi, Royal Academy and Damascus respectively, while his broodmare sire Trippi (sire of William Longsword’s G1 winning half-sister Real Princess, herself the dam of top sprinter Gimme A Prince) is himself broodmare sire of more than 40 stakes winners, headed by top US stallions Not This Time and Liam’s Map, and South African champion Gabor.

Breeders comment:

“Very good looking, beautifully topped correct colt with a lot of quality about him. He is very pleasing on the eye. The colt is by Futura, a sire that is going from strength to strength”.

Half-brother to Guineas runner up

Classy gelding Supreme Warrior is a horse loaded with ability. The gelding romped to impressive wins in his first two starts, before going on to finish third in the Egoli Mile and down subsequent G3 Tommy Hotspur Handicap winner Rollwiththepunches in a graduation plate. He put up his best performance next time out when finishing second, beaten just a short-head by Zapatillas, in the G2 World Sports Betting Guineas.

On that occasion, Supreme Warrior had a host of classy performers behind him, including G1 Jonsson Workwear Cape Derby winner Pomp And Power and G1 Cape Guineas victor Double Superlative.

Supreme Warrior would go on to confirm his class when he finished a short-head second in the G3 Tommy Hotspur Handicap over 1000 metres. On that occasion, he had behind him the stakes winners Vaseem and Vars Vicky.

The gelding would go on to finish third, behind none other than Horse Of The Year Princess Calla, in the 2023 G3 Senor Santa Stakes, where Supreme Warrior accounted for G1 Gold Medallion winners Eden Roc and Thunderstruck, and graded stakes winners Full Velocity, Big Burn, Mardi Gras and Taikonaut.

Riverton Stud, as agent, will be offering a Futura half-brother (Lot 31) to this high-class racehorse at the upcoming November Two Year Old Sale.

The colt, named Masked Warrior, in question is not only a half-brother to Supreme Warrior but also a three-parts brother to G3 Cape Of Good Hope Nursery third Mr Crumford (the latter’s sire, like Futura, was sired by Dynasty).

Masked Warrior is a half-brother to five winners, and is out of the Captain Al mare Sovereign Flo.

The latter, also dam of speedy filly State Ballet, is a half-sister to the talented Let It Flo, who was beaten just a length when second in the G2 Gold Circle Golden Slipper.

The regally bred Sovereign Flo is a three-parts sister to the Captain Al sired Olympic Duel/Irridescence Stakes winner Pure Power, and is also closely related to dual G3 winner Just Like Al. The latter is from the immediate family of Sovereign Flo, with Just Like Al sired by Captain Al’s champion sire Al Mufti.

This is an outstanding family, responsible for numerous stars including Horse Of The Year and multiple champion sprinter Flobayou, Met winner Arctic Cove and brilliant Cape Guineas winner Renounce to name but a few.

Captain Al, broodmare sire of Masked Warrior and sire of the Riverton bred champion Captain Of All, was South Africa’s Leading Broodmare Sire of 2022-2023 and is damsire of the likes of Horse Of The Year Princess Calla, Met/July winning sire Kommetdieding, and last season’s Equus Champion Sandringham Summit.

Breeders comment:

“This colt has a quality head with a kind eye. He is a tough, strong colt with great depth of girth. He is a powerful and forward type of colt with substance. He should come to hand early”

Erupt colt to shine

Dual G1 winner Erupt, whose first crop produced the likes of G3 Protea Stakes/Listed Storm Bird Stakes winner Karangetang and the likes of Beerenberg, Flower Bomb,  Queen Of Sparta and Bloodstock SA Sales Cup winner Unzen, enjoyed a fine season with his two-year-olds in 2022-2023.
Erupt, winner of both the G1 Juddmonte Grand Prix de Paris and G1 Pattison Canadian International, was responsible for 14 individual two-year-old winners last season, and had more juvenile winners in 2022-2023 than the likes of Rafeef, Master Of My Fate, and Var.

This crop includes a number of exciting prospects including Golden Tatjana, an impressive winner of the Farm Sale Race and a likely feature race contender for the season ahead, G3 Strelitzia Stakes runner up Hot Pearl, Listed Hollywoodbets Super League Devon Air Stakes runner up Dolcezza, and Ripple Effect. The latter second, to Equus Champion Mrs Geriatrix, in last season’s Listed Ruffian Stakes.

Erupt is a son of outstanding sire Dubawi, whose growing list of top-class sire sons include Night Of Thunder, New Bay, Zarak, and the hugely exciting Too Darn Hot. The latter has made a sensational start with Too Darn Hot’s first two-year-olds this season headed by G1 Moyglare Stud Stakes winner Fallen Angel and fellow group winners Alyanaabi, Carolina Reaper and Darnation.

Riverton Stud, as agent, will be offering a colt (Lot 122) by the well performed Erupt at this year’s November Two Year Old Sale.

Named Paul Revere, this colt is out of the three time winning Western Winter mare Hidden Nest. The latter, a three-parts sister to the Western Winter sired Listed Racing Association Stakes winner Autumn Glory, has proved a very successful broodmare, producing three smart winners –to three different stallions.

Dam of a seven-time winner by Oracy, Hidden Nest is the dam of the classy Captain Lannister, who finished third, beaten just over a length, in the 2022 G1 World Sports Betting SA Classic.

Out of the Badger Land mare Deneuve, who won three times and finished third in the G2 Gold Circle Oaks, Hidden Nest’s granddam is G1 Germiston November Handicap/G1 Gosforth Park Fillies & Mares Challenge winner Please Be True.

Further back, this is the family of Horse Of The Year Royal Chalice, and G1 winners Set Afire, Red Ray and Nania.

Hidden Nest’s sire Western Winter, sire of Set Afire, Red Ray and Nania, was Champion Sire three times in South Africa and was South Africa’s Leading Broodmare Sire in 2017-2018. Among the stars produced by Western Winter mares are champions Carry On Alice, Past Master and Good Traveller.

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