KAHAL : AN EXCITING WORK-IN-PROGRESS...

“…third on the General Sires’ List.”

Three Group One winners last season, third on the General Sires’ list at the moment, and three runners in the Emperors Palace Ready To Run Cup on Saturday.

The exciting thing is, KAHAL is still a work-in-progress. Some years back, somebody famously said he could be up there with the best in the business.

His present Three Year Olds are the first born since his new-found fame.

And they’re running like they know what’s expected of them.

PROGENY OF KAHAL
NOBLE HEIR	Grade One Winner 1000 metres
CHOCOLICIOUS	Grade One Winner 1200 metres
SPICED GOLD	Grade One Winner 1800 metres
BOLD ELLINORE	Grade One Winner 1600 metres
DESERT LINKS	Grade One Winner 3200 metres

That’s why he’s where he is on the General Sire’s log.

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RAINDROPS KEEP FALLING ON MY HEAD

Chocolicious - Allan Robertson Championship (Grade 1)
(Photo : Gold Circle)

TWO MONTHS, THREE GROUP ONE WINNING FILLIES

There are two sayings that are associated with rain that come to mind at times like this. “It never rains but it pours” and “It’s raining cats and dogs”. If you’re speaking of Group Ones, you might apply that adage to our resident stallion Kahal, whose juvenile daughter, Chocolicious, became his third Group One winning filly in the past two months.

Bred by Keith Russon and Ian Todd’s Backworth Stud, this game youngster got caught up in a cat fight over the last furlong and a half, with the newly-crowned Highveld Champion, Waywest Goddess, with the lead changing hands every few strides in the final 300. The race was a triumph for the Summerhill stallions, with Way West providing the runner-up and Cataloochee the fourth place through the Pretty Polly Stakes (Gr.3) winner, Oochee Agent.

Just two months back, Connington-bred Noble Heir thumped the colts in the Computaform Sprint (Gr.1), while Peet Diedericks’ Spiced Gold got up in the final strides of the SA Fillies Classic (Gr.1) a couple of weeks later to dead heat with Here To Win.

Mike de Kock’s been saying for some time that if Kahal got the opportunities the likes of Fort Wood and Western Winter were getting, he’d be challenging for the championship. It won’t happen this year, as Jet Master has it all wrapped up, but this effort at least consolidates Kahal’s position in third on the log. What is encouraging, is that he seems to get them to run over any trip. His five Group One winners to date extend from 1200 metres to 3200 metres, which makes him an ideal candidate for a crack at the big one.

LEADING SIRES BY STAKES

#	Stakes (ZAR)	Sire	Rnrs	AEPR	Runs
1	11,318,175	JET MASTER	167	67,774	883
2	9,296,924	SILVANO	136	68,360	707
3	8,279,400	KAHAL	128	64,683	772
4	8,169,150	CAPTAIN AL	163	50,117	878
5	7,597,837	FORT WOOD	143	53,132	715
6	7,430,549	PARADE LEADER	88	84,438	534
7	7,040,512	WESTERN WINTER	123	57,240	718
8	5,796,212	WINDRUSH	102	56,826	613
9	5,527,974	JALLAD	141	39,205	761
10	5,086,050	NATIONAL EMBLEM	157	32,395	858

Correct as at 1 June 2010

2010 RACING ASSOCIATION HIGHVELD AWARDS - NOMINEES

RACING ASSOCIATION HIGHVELD AWARDS 2010
EMPERORS PALACE, 8 MAY 2010 

NOMINEES

Champion Two Year Old Filly

OOCHEE AGENT WAYWEST GODDESS

Champion Two Year Old Colt / Gelding

BURMESE CAT GOLD ONYX KAVANAGH

Champion Three Year Old Filly

ARCOLA FISANI HERE TO WIN (BRZ) SIDERA (AUS) SPICED GOLD

Champion Three Year Old Colt / Gelding

CURVED BALL (AUS) IRISH FLAME PIERRE JOURDAN

Champion Older Filly / Mare

NOBLE HEIR MOTHER RUSSIA

Champion Older Colt / Gelding

ASLAN REGAL RANSOM RUDRA SMART BANKER

Champion Sprinter

MOROCCAN NOBLE HEIR

Champion Middle-Distance Horse

MOTHER RUSSIA PIERRE JOURDAN REGAL RANSOM RUDRA SMART BANKER

Champion Stayer

ONLY ONE NOMINEE (TO BE ANNOUNCED AT AWARDS CEREMONY)

Champion Sand Specialist

CINNAMON SUGAR PHUNYUKA

Champion Breeder of the Season

MAURITZFONTEIN STUD NORMANDY STUD SUMMERHILL STUD

Champion Owner of the Season

MRS INGRID AND MR MARKUS JOOSTE MRS BRIDGET OPPENHEIMER WILGERBOSDRIFT STUD (NOM : MRS MARY SLACK)

Champion Jockey of the Season

ANTHONY DELPECH ANTON MARCUS PIERE STRYDOM

Champion Trainer of the Season

MIKE DE KOCK CHARLES LAIRD SEAN TARRY

Horse of the Season

ALL ABOVE HORSES ARE NOMINATED

KAHAL IS THE EMERGING STAR : YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND HIM

Kahal
(Photo : Summerhill Stud)

…THE EMPERORS PALACE NATIONAL YEARLING SALE.

“FIVE WEEKS : FIVE WINNERS”

Position	Horse	Race
1st	SPICED GOLD	SA Fillies Classic (Gr1)
1st	FISANI	Gauteng Fillies Guineas (Gr2)
1st	SMANGALISO	Sycamore Sprint (Gr3)
1st	NOBLE HEIR	Tommy Hotspur Handicap (Gr3)
1st	VANGELIS	Memorial Mile (Listed)

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SA FILLIES CLASSIC DEAD-HEAT : SPICED GOLD AND HERE TO WIN

Click above to watch Spiced Gold and Here To Win dead-heat in the SA Fillies Classic (Gr1)
(Photo : JC Photos - Footage : Tellytrack)

SA FILLIES CLASSIC (Grade 1)
Turffontein 1800m Turf
27 March 2010

The SA Fillies Classic (Grade 1), with a purse of R1 million, over 1800m at Turffontein yesterday had the crowd on their feet as the lead changed hands three times over the last 200m.

Nicci Garner reports that in the end, the judges couldn’t separate the favourite Here To Win (22-10) from the outsider Spiced Gold (40-1) and a dead-heat was declared.
 
The race was run at a breakneck speed which in hindsight suited both the joint winners, known for producing their best late in their races.
 
The ante-post favourite Alderry literally flew out of the gates and got to the front before giving up the lead to stablemate Fisani and regaining it in the back straight. They were followed by Generous Anna, Laverna and Quality Alone with Here To Win wide, some seven lengths off the pace and Spiced Gold between runners, just behind her.
 

Johnny Geroudis tried to pinch the race on Alderry as they turned for home. He pushed the button and she shot clear by three lengths with Fisani behind her and Generous Anna staying on strongly. Both Anthony Delpech (Here To Win) and Marco van Rensburg (Spiced Gold) were hard at work getting their mounts into full stride.

Alderry came under pressure at the 200m mark but kept finding extra, but Spiced Gold found a beautiful run near the rail and Here To Win was cutting back Alderry’s lead with every stride.
 
Just 50m from home, Here To Win and Spiced Gold joined issue in front and after a bob-of-the-heads battle they had to share first prize.
 

“Here To Win is a good filly. We were forced to race wide and she will win many more,” said Anthony Delpech. Marco van Rensburg, riding his first Grade 1 winner, said: “I had no option from our draw but to drop Spiced Gold out and wait for a gap to appear. She was very game today!”
 

Spiced Gold’s trainer Stuart Pettigrew paid tribute to owner Peet Diedericks, who attended the World Cup in Dubai. This was Pettigrew’s first Grade 1 winner since Tyson won the Summer Cup in 2005.
 
Here To Win’s Norwegian owner Erik Lobben flew in for the race and was in tears. “I picked her myself in Brazil,” he told the Neil Pretorius in the post race presentations.

SPICED GOLD (Kahal x Little Legend)
3 Year Old Chestnut Filly
Owners : Peet Diedericks and Mike Peixoto
Trainer : Stuart Pettigrew
Jockey : Marco van Rensberg
Breeder : Green Hill Stud 

RACE RESULTS

#	LBH	Horse	Kg	MR	Dr	Jockey	Trainer
1	0.00	SPICED GOLD	57.0	93	16	M Van Rensberg	Stuart Pettigrew
1	0.00	HERE TO WIN (BRZ)	57.0	93	9	A Delpech	Mike de Kock
3	0.25	ALDERRY	57.0	98	1	J Geroudis	Mike de Kock
4	2.00	GENEROUS ANNA (AUS)	57.0	98	15	A Marcus	Charles Laird
5	2.50	JET TRAIL	57.0	97	12	B Smith	Alec Laird
6	3.75	ALL AFIRE	57.0	93	5	P Strydom	Alec Laird
7	4.00	LAVERNA	57.0	92	4	F Coetzee	Mike de Kock
8	4.25	FISANI	57.0	99	14	G Lerena	Mike de Kock
9	5.50	BUTTONWOOD TREE	57.0	81	7	*JP vd Merwe	Mike Azzie
10	9.00	SWEETIE PIE	57.0	86	2	C Orffer	Mike de Kock
11	10.00	AUTUMN SPLENDOUR	57.0	83	13	D David	Alec Laird
12	10.50	SALITA	57.0	80	8	G Wroggemann	Sean Tarry
13	16.00	GOT PERSONALITY (ZIM)	57.0	88	3	*D Mansour	Mike de Kock
14	18.00	QUALITY ALONE (AUS)	57.0	96	10	P Whitmore	Charles Laird
15	21.00	CYCLONE BARBARA	57.0	71	11	G Figueroa	Wallace Tolmay
16	30.00	REINE DU VICTOIRE	57.0	72	6	MJ Odendaal	Gary Alexander

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