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21st February, 2019
Look To The Sky is flying after his debut win in January. See below, for a clip of his latest work-out this morning.
11th February, 2019
Look To The Sky having some post work-out treatment done this morning – standing nice and relaxed in a modified ice container. He went slightly shin sore after his pre-race gallop in the middle of January and this is just precautionary treatment after some high intensity exercise.
7th February, 2019
Syx Shooter, a gelding by Great Britain, put up a nice gallop earlier this week. We don’t think it was a gallop worthy of finding the winners box first time out, but it will bring him on a lot and he should run a nice race on debut in a few weeks. See the clip below – he is drawn closest to the camera, with the white cap and black body.
1st February, 2019
Mighty Smart, a day after his first outing on the grass. He won’t be the biggest colt, but he is starting to look like a “little bull” of a horse.
31st January, 2019
This daughter of Soft Falling Rain, BLESSED RAIN, is doing very nicely at home and we couldn’t be more pleased with her progress. She will be put through the pens in two weeks time and we’ll look to give her a debut outing towards the end of February.
MIGHTY SMART, our grey Archipenko colt (nearest to the camera), was put through his paces yesterday by trainer Paul Lafferty. Watch here:
January 30th, 2019
A solid Barrier Trial by our son of Captain of All, CHIEF OFFICER, today at Scottsville Racecourse. He was probably outpaced by the genuine sprinters in the field, but moved up nicely late on to be touched off by a nostril into 2nd place. Check out the replay here:
January 29th, 2019
Fantastic win by the Hollywood Syndicate debutante, LOOK TO THE SKY. He won today’s opener at the Vaal Classic track, at a big price of 40/1 SP. Congrats to trainer Clinton Binda, jockey Kabelo Matsunyane and breeders Highlands Stud. A smart son of Pathfork, he was purchased at the 2018 BSA KZN Yearling Sale.
January 28th, 2019
We made two purchases at last weeks CTS Cape Premier Yearling Sale:
Lot 191 – A filly by Wylie Hall, bred by Normandy Stud. See her pedigree here.
Lot 212 – A filly by Querari, bred by Lammerskraal Stud – called Little Persia. See her pedigree here.
January 20th, 2019
AGENT MURPHY shed his maiden at Scottsville at the second time of asking, and gave the Hollywood Syndicate our second winner for the week. Ridden by Anton Marcus, and trained by Alyson Wright. Watch the replay below and read the analysis by Sporting Post here: Agent Murphy’s Going to Hollywood
January 16th, 2019
Uncle Charlie was bravely ridden by Anton Marcus to win the opener at Scottsville on Wednesday, 16th January 2019. Watch his replay below.
Spanish Fort also impressed in the first Barrier Trial of the day, Race 10. Not bad for a colt that went into full training less than 6 weeks ago. See his replay below.
January 14th, 2019
Seattle Force has been accepted to run in the Gr1 Cape Derby on Sun Met Day, the 26th January 2019. See the final field below:
1st R625000, 2nd R200000, 3rd R100000, 4th R50000, 5th R25000
GBETS CAPE DERBY (Grade 1)
For 3-year-oldsNo Apprentice Allowance
| 1 | 2 | Thanksgiving | 60 | 97 | A | M Khan | Duncan Howells | |
| 2 | 18 | Charles | 60 | 94 | A | A Marcus | Brett Crawford | |
| 3 | 11 | Bunker Hunt | 60 | 93 | A | R Fourie | Justin Snaith | |
| 4 | 3 | Ovation Award | 60 | 93 | A | W Kennedy | Gareth van Zyl | |
| 5 | 10 | Roll Of Drums | 60 | 93 | TBA | S Khumalo | Joe Soma | |
| 6 | 15 | Atyaab (AUS) | 60 | 92 | A | D De Gouveia | Mike de Kock | |
| 7 | 6 | Hudoo Magic (AUS) | 60 | 92 | A | C Orffer | Brett Crawford | |
| 8 | 17 | Senatla | 60 | 89 | A | G Cheyne | Brett Crawford | |
| 9 | 12 | Belgarion | 60 | 87 | A | B Fayd’Herbe | Justin Snaith | |
| 10 | 13 | Herodotus | 60 | 86 | A | K de Melo | Glen Kotzen | |
| 11 | 7 | Perpetual Flame | 60 | 84 | A | G Lerena | Nathan Kotzen | |
| 12 | 20 | Sailing Lizard | 60 | 84 | A | R Simons | Andre Nel | |
| 13 | 9 | Knights Templar | 60 | 82 | A | S Veale | Justin Snaith | |
| 14 | 5 | Seattle Force | 60 | 82 | A | C Zackey | Glen Kotzen | |
| 15 | 19 | Line Editor | 60 | 79 | A | M Byleveld | Greg Ennion | |
| 16 | 16 | Lloyd George | 60 | 76 | A | P Strydom | Alan Greeff | |
| 17 | 8 | Gun Hill | 60 | 74 | A | R Munger | Yvette Bremner | |
| 18 | 1 | Second Request | 57.5 | 104 | A | L Hewitson | Sean Tarry | |
| 19 | 14 | Santa Clara | 57.5 | 103 | A | A Domeyer | Candice Bass-Robinson | |
| 20 | 4 | Helen’s Ideal | 57.5 | 96 | TBA | D Dillon | Paul Reeves | |
| Same Trainer – Not Coupled on Tote | ||||||||
| (2,7,8) (3,9,13) (10,14) | ||||||||
January 14th, 2019
Update on our smart looking Oratorio filly – Lady Boulogne,
January 11th, 2019
Update from Paul Lafferty on our grey colt Mighty Smart. Watch here:
January 9th, 2019
WHITE CEDAR took to the Polytrack in a maiden plate on Wednesday 9th January. Despite finishing 4th, he finished within 2 lengths of the winner (making it his second consecutive run where he has finished within 2 lengths of the winner). Watch the race replay here:
December 30th, 2018
AGENT MURPHY made his track debut at Greyville on Sunday 30th December. He ran 2nd to the impressive Astrix, but we are confident he will turn out better in his next outing. Watch the replay here:
December 23rd, 2018
PURPLE PERSUASION ran in her first barrier trial at Greyville on Sunday. Watch the replay here:
December 20th, 2018
TRAVELLING LIGHT had her first grass gallop this morning. See below.
Bernard Fayd’herbe rode TRAVELLING LIGHT this morning. See his thoughts on her workout here:
December 14th, 2018
ALPHAMIKEFOXTROT finally got what he deserved on Friday night, winning his 23rd attempt at the maidens.
December 13th, 2018
SEVENTH SON, gets his second win in a row at the Vaal. Watch the race replay here:
December 6th, 2018
AGENT MURPHY puts up a smart Barrier Trial on Friday. See the replay here.
December 4th, 2018
Update on our Silvano colt, Muster Up. This is an image of him at work at Phillipi this morning.
November 29th, 2018
Update on our Soft Falling Rain filly, BLESSED RAIN. Visit her page to see more.
November 28th, 2018
Update on our Wylie Hall colt, SON SASTRE. This is a clip of his first workout at Summerveld. Visit his page to see more.
November 28th, 2018
This is FLAME OF ELEGANCE being led by a very smart colt called BINARY STAR. Visit their respective pages for more.
November 16th, 2018
Update on our filly LADY BOULOGNE from the Glen Kotzen yard:
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