SIMPLY RUSSIAN was purchased by the Hollywood Syndicate at the 2018 KZN Yearling Sale. This bay mare is sired by Captain Of All, out of the dam Russian Foxtrot (National Emblem), and was bred by Hemel ‘n Aarde Stud.
Name: Simply Russian
Sex: Bay Mare
Foaled: 25/09/2016
Sire: Captain Of Al
Mare: Russian Foxtrot (National Emblem)
Breeder: Hemel ‘n Aarde Stud
Trainer: Garth Puller
Purchased: KZN Yearling Sale, July 2018
Pedigree: View here
Record: 25-3-5
Status: Retired
Bred by the well-known Hemel ‘n Aarde Stud, she is a filly by Captain of All, out of a National Emblem mare called Russian Foxtrot.
The mare has already produced 3 foals (2 runners / 2 winners) and both have already earnt some black type. The first foal, RIKITIKITANA won the Christmas Handicap (Gr3) and Rockin Russian ran 2nd in the Thekwini Stakes (Gr1) last year.
Specimen wise, she is very racy and will no doubt be an early sprinter before she gets more ground later on in her career.
Stable Placement:
She has been placed with Garth Puller who has been very happy with her progress thus far. .
Updates – Simply Russian
January 24th, 2022
Simply Russian left this morning to her new owner Mr Schulkie Van der Walt at Gelyk Fontein Stud. We know she will make a fantastic mare.
January 5th, 2022
Raced over 1600m at Hollywoodbets Greyville on the polytrack. Anthony Delpech post-race comment: She will be retiring from racing as she has lost interest.
December 6th, 2021
Raced over 1400m at Hollywoodbets Greyville on the turf. Anthony Delpech post-race comment: She missed the start quite badly and never made up ground in the straight.
October 18th, 2021
She took her place in a 1600m contest on the Hollywoodbets Greyville polytrack this afternoon. She was settled near the rear of the field and the way the track was running, it was always going to be hard to make up a lot of ground. She finished 4.30 lengths behind the winner. Her best form has been over 1400m and there should be another win left in her. See the replay here.
September 15th, 2021
She took her place in a 1600m race on the turf track at Hollywoodbets Greyville. She ran a fair race, finishing 4.6 lengths off the winner. She is better suited to the polytrack and it should not be long before she is competitive again. See the replay here
May 29th, 2021
She ran a fair race when finishing sixth on the turf at Hollywoodbets Greyville. The daughter of Captain Of All is much better suited to the polytrack at this stage of her career. She is doing well with the blinkers fitted and will be worth following next time. See the replay here.
May 5th, 2021
She won in fine style at Hollywoodbets Greyville this afternoon. It was a good race for the Syndicate with Purple Nkanyezi finishing second. The daughter of Captain Of All has notched up her third career victory. Well done to apprentice Jeffrey Syster, trainer Garth Puller and the breeders Hemel ‘n Aarde Stud. See the replay here.
April 11th, 2021
She met a competitive field today, but finished just under 3 lengths behind the winner. Her third career win is just around the corner.
She ran on strongly to finish 3rd and could’ve possibly gone closer to winning, had she found a split at the top of the straight. It doesn’t look like she will take long to find the winners enclosure soon. See the replay here.
Simply Russian picks up her long-overdue 2nd career win in the fourth race at Hollywoodbets Greyville today. Trained by Garth Puller and ridden to victory by Winning Form sponsored jockey, Warren Kennedy.
A solid return by this filly today to finish 2nd. After experiencing some difficulties in the starting stalls of late, she appears to have put those concerns behind her and she managed to jump on terms this time around. Despite the 1200m being short of her best, she ran on like a train to miss by the smallest of margins. See the replay here.
Simply Russian makes her handicap debut today, in the 6th race out at Hollywoodbets Greyville. The stabel are expecting her to go very close to winning. See the final field here:
Race-6 (Turf) – R88 000
For Fillies and Mares
WFA: 3yrs-9kgs / 4yrs-0.5kgs
1 | 9 | Scarlet Chill | 62 | 81 | A | R Danielson | Alyson Wright | |
2 | 5 | Imperial Royal | 61 | 79 | A | *Y Ramzan -4.0 | Wayne Badenhorst | |
3 | 6 | Roy’s Pony | 60.5 | 77 | A | W Kennedy | Alyson Wright | |
4 | 1 | Sweet Empress | 59 | 75 | CA | D Dillon | Wendy Whitehead | |
5 | 8 | More Than A Dime | 58.5 | 74 | A | G Wright | Andre Nel | |
6 | 3 | Silver Raisin | 58 | 72 | BA | M Yeni | Duncan Howells | |
7 | 7 | Simply Russian | 57 | 88 | A | K de Melo | Garth Puller | |
8 | 4 | Cascada | 55.5 | 67 | A | A Mgudlwa | Doug Campbell | |
9 | 2 | Path To Glory | 55.5 | 67 | T A | S Moodley | Michael Miller | |
Same Trainer – Not Coupled on Tote | ||||||||
(1,3) |
Nominated to run on Wednesday the 14th August, she will be making her handicap debut on the Hollywoodbets Greyville Turf course. See the final field below:
Race-6 (Turf) – R88 000
1600m – 15:35
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For Fillies and Mares
1 | 9 | Scarlet Chill | 62 | 81 | A | R Danielson | Alyson Wright | |
2 | 5 | Imperial Royal | 61 | 79 | A | *Y Ramzan -4.0 | Wayne Badenhorst | |
3 | 6 | Roy’s Pony | 60.5 | 77 | A | W Kennedy | Alyson Wright | |
4 | 1 | Sweet Empress | 59 | 75 | CA | D Dillon | Wendy Whitehead | |
5 | 8 | More Than A Dime | 58.5 | 74 | A | G Wright | Andre Nel | |
6 | 3 | Silver Raisin | 58 | 72 | BA | M Yeni | Duncan Howells | |
7 | 7 | Simply Russian | 57 | 88 | A | K de Melo | Garth Puller | |
8 | 4 | Cascada | 55.5 | 67 | A | A Mgudlwa | Doug Campbell | |
9 | 2 | Path To Glory | 55.5 | 67 | T A | S Moodley | Michael Miller | |
Same Trainer – Not Coupled on Tote | ||||||||
(1,3) |
A smart win by this daughter of Captain Of All. Well done to Garth Puller and his team at home, as well as Athandiwe Mgudlwa for riding her. Congratulations to Hemel ‘n Aarde Stud for breeding her. See the video replay below.
After her excusable last start, Simply Russian returns to Scottsville Racecourse this Wednesday 10th July 2019. See the replay of that run here, followed by the final field.
1500m – 13:35
For 2 year-old Fillies
1 | 4 | Ardenne | 60 | 0 | A | *A Arries | Michael Miller | |
2 | 12 | Castellano | 58 | 0 | A | *L J Ferraris | Glen Kotzen | |
3 | 10 | Rainbow Unicorn | 58 | 0 | A | M Khan | Kumaran Naidoo | |
4 | 1 | Anika The Angel | 55 | 0 | A | L Hewitson | Alyson Wright | |
5 | 5 | Centre Stage | 55 | 0 | BA | S Moodley | Michael Miller | |
6 | 6 | Dune Dance | 55 | 0 | A | K de Melo | Dennis Drier | |
7 | 3 | Rose Dancer | 55 | 0 | A | S Veale | Dennis Drier | |
8 | 9 | Rougaille | 55 | 0 | BA | T Godden | Dennis Drier | |
9 | 2 | Simply Russian | 55 | 0 | A | A Mgudlwa | Garth Puller | |
10 | 7 | Trip To Freedom | 55 | 0 | A | M Yeni | Duncan Howells | |
11 | 11 | World Without End | 55 | 0 | A | C Orffer | Gavin van Zyl | |
12 | 8 | Zernia | 55 | 0 | A | C Zackey | Gareth van Zyl | |
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(1,5) (6,7,8) |
After opening up her career by running 3rd in both of her first two starts, we are now lifting our expectations for her next outing. Both of those efforts came over the 1000m and she clearly wants a little further. She has been nominated to run next Wednesday, 15th May 2019 over 1200m at Scottsville and she looks hard to beat. See the final field below:
BLINKERS BAR MAIDEN PLATE (F & M)
For Maiden Fillies and Mares
1 | 16 | Captains Love | 60 | 63 | B | *J Gates -2.5 | Clinton Binda | |
2 | 2 | Chanel Allure | 60 | 57 | A | S Moodley | Michael Miller | |
3 | 9 | Duchess Lane | 60 | 57 | A | S Veale | Tony Rivalland | |
4 | 12 | Bint El Malak | 60 | 56 | A | M Yeni | Paul Lafferty | |
5 | 8 | Rainbow Roe | 60 | 49 | A | G Wright | Julie Dittmer | |
6 | 14 | Twice Over Satin | 60 | 47 | CA | S Randolph | Wendy Whitehead | |
7 | 4 | Jayden’s Shreya | 60 | 42 | CA | S Brown | Wendy Whitehead | |
8 | 5 | Methane | 60 | 38 | BA | *G Pieterse -4.0 | Julie Dittmer | |
9 | 10 | Cabriole | 60 | 0 | A | A Mgudlwa | Ivan Van Wyk | |
10 | 1 | Sharona | 60 | 0 | A | *K Sakayi -1.5 | Gary Rich | |
11 | 11 | Winter Retreat | 60 | 0 | A | D Dillon | Shane Humby | |
12 | 15 | Enrapture | 57 | 0 | A | B Jacobson | Yogas Govender | |
13 | 6 | Jack’s Bird | 57 | 0 | A | *A Arries | Michael Roberts | |
14 | 7 | Simply Russian | 57 | 0 | A | L Hewitson | Garth Puller | |
15 | 3 | Winter Sun | 57 | 0 | A | C Zackey | Michael Roberts | |
16 | 13 | Wylie’s Lass | 57 | 0 | A | W Kennedy | Gareth van Zyl | |
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(5,8) (6,7) (13,15) |
April 21st, 2019
Another nice run by Simply Russian, finishing off strongly to run another encouraging 3rd. She looks like she wants a bit further and we will look to place her into a 1200m next time, where she should be tough to beat.
Update on SIMPLY RUSSIAN, our Captain Of All filly off the KZN Yearling Sale. She arrived at Garth Puller’s stable on Friday and the photos are of her first morning at track on Tuesday.
Since arriving on the farm she has really flourished into a well topped, leggy filly. She has been broken in and is currently trotting and we are very happy with the way she is going. She will more than likely take a bit of time, but we are going to get cracking with her in the next few weeks and she will come into Garth Pullers KZN yard at Summerveld to start the next phase of her career.
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