Chris van Niekerk bred and owned Pomodoro, the three-year-old Jet Master colt, who won the country’s premier race the Vodacom Durban July and also dead-heated in the Grade 1 SA Derby. Pomodoro’s dam Golden Apple was named Equus Champion Broodmare.
The BBP Syndicate (nominee Garth Miller) bred the Vaughan Marshall-trained Equus Champion two-year-old filly All Is Secret (Captain Al), who won two Grade 1s and was runner up in a Grade 2.
St. John Gray of Graystone Stud bred, owned and trained the five-year-old mare, Dancewiththedevil, who added two more Grade 1s to her three from the previous season.
Willem Engelbrecht Jnr bred the four-year-old Jet Master filly Ebony Flyer, who won another two Grade 1s.
Avontuur Thoroughbred Farms bred the Dennis Drier-trained five-year-old Var mare Val De Ra, who added a Grade 1 and a Grade 2 her CV, and they also produced the Grade 2 winner, the Mike Bass-trained Chesalon (Fort Wood).
Daytona Stud bred the four-year-old Mike Bass-trained Western Winter colt What A Winter, who was named Equus Sprinter Of The Year and Equus Champion Older Male, having won a Grade 1 and a Grade 2 as well as finishing third in a Grade 1.
Lammerskraal Stud bred the three-year-old Grade 1 winning De Kock-trained Jet Master filly Viva Maria and also bred the four-year-old Brett Crawford-trained gelding Polar Bound, who won a Grade 2.
Gavin Schafer bred the Gavin van Zyl-trained three-year-old Grade 1 winning colt Slumdogmillionaire. Riverton Stud bred the Dennis Drier-trained two-year-old Grade 1 winning colt Potent Power (National Emblem).
Jaco and Carolyn Erasmus bred the Corné Spies-trained two-year-old Grade 1 winning colt War Horse (Victory Moon). D Cohen And Sons bred the Alyson Wright-trained four-year-old gelding Code Rock (Doowaley), who won Zimbabwe’s biggest race, the Grade 1 Castle Tankard.
The Mike de Kock-trained Equus Champion Older Filly Igugu (Galileo), who won the Grade 1 J&B Met as well as a Grade 2, the Justin Snaith-trained Grade 1 Queen’s Plate winning three-year-old colt Gimmethegreenlight (More Than Ready), and the Charles Laird-trained Grade 1 winning three-year-old colt Delago Deluxe were all bred in Australia.
Argentine-breds captured two Grade 1s via the Dennis Drier-trained three-year-old filly Bambina Stripes (Equal Stripes) and the Dean Kannemeyer-trained Equus Champion Stayer, the six-year-old gelding In Writing (Editor’s Note).
New Zealand
The De Kock-trained five-year-old mare Europa Point (Rock Of Gibraltar), who won two Grade 1s, was bred in Ireland and De Kock’s unbeaten two-year-old Grade 1 winning filly Rumya (Red Ransom) was bred in New Zealand.
Summerhill Stud bred two individual Grade 2 winners, the Tyrone Zackey-trained Smanjemanje and the Gary Alexander-trained Pierre Jourdan. Wilgebosdrift Stud bred two Grade 2 winners trained by De Kock, Ilha Bela and Kavanagh.
The Herman Brown and Frank Robinson-trained dual Grade 2 winner Antious was bred in Argentina.
Three De Kock-trained Grade 2 winners, Golden Chateau, Tajmeel and Amanee, were all bred in Australia, while his five-year-old Grade 2 winning mare Gorongosa, was bred in Ireland and his four-year-old Grade 2 winning filly Welwitschia was bred in Great Britain.
The Ivan Moore-trained Grade 2 winner Ottimo and the Sean Tarry-trained Happy Archer, who added a Grade 2 to her CV, were both bred in Australia.
Others who bred Grade 2 winners were Bush Hill Stud, Midlands Equine Enterprises, Normandy Stud, Pat And Henry Devine, Pee Bee Stud, Oldlands Stud, Advocate Altus Joubert, Waterford Stud, Mr and Mrs L Christmas, Victory Moon Breeding Syndicate (Nominee DGA Mar), Trevor Armitage, Zimbabwe’s Sarahdene Stud, Cheveley Stud and Dr Ian Heyns.
