One World canters to victory
THE most impressive performance in Saturday's racing around the country was a brilliant win by the Vaughan Marshall-trained One World in the Listed Highlands Stud Langerman over 1500m at Kenilworth under MJ Byleveld.
The Captain Al colt led from pillar to post and obliterated the field by 5,25 lengths.
Marshall won the race last year with Tap O’Noth.
He was the first Captain Al to win it.
Marshall-trained Captain Al himself and has won many Grade 1s with his progeny, including the Met with Hill Fifty Four.
Captain Al was the champion sire in the 2014/2015 season and is in with a shout of landing another title this year.
Silvano
At close of play on Saturday his progeny's stakes earnings for the season were on R17,396,063, just R1,306,407 behind the reigning champion Silvano.
One World is not entered in the Grade 1 Premier’s Champions Stakes at Greyville so will likely be put away now and brought back for the same targets Tap O' Noth had.
Earlier the big Glen Kotzentrained filly Coral Bay proved herself yet another classy daughter of the star stallion Ideal World.
She led from the off in the Highlands Stud Irridescence Stakes over 1500m and held on courageously under Richard Fourie to land her second Listed event in succession.
She had won the Kenilworth Fillies Nursery over 1200m last time out.
Ideal World
Ideal World is in 12th position on the National Sires log and is the only sire in the top 12 to have had less than 100 individual runners this season.
Later the Adam Marcustrained Horse Chestnut fouryear-old filly Brave Move made it five wins on the trot when easily winning the Listed Highlands Stud Ladies Mile under a fine ride by Aldo Domeyer.
Bernard Fayd’Herbe then made no mistake on the Joey Ramsdentrained Western Winter filly Fresnaye, who started at 9/10 in the Listed Highlands Stud Winter Oaks over 2200m.
Fresnaye moved up fluently to challenge the gallant leader Dynasty’s Blossom and always had her measure despite the winning margin being only 0,3 lengths.
Grant van Niekerk later produced the Justin Snaith-trained Twice Over colt Doublemint from midfield with a strong run to easily win the Grade 3 Winter Derby over 2400m and convert 2/1 favouritism.
Twice Over is also the sire of Vodacom Durban July winner Do It Again and is currently in 15th place on the National Sires log despite only having had 75 individual runners this season.
In the lower key ten-race Turffontein meeting apprentice Dennis Schwarz rode a treble and national champion jockey elect Lyle Hewitson rode a double.