Southeaster Sprint Listed Success For King Of Kings And Overlord
The Kenilworth meeting today saw the first race being won by a three year old son of Mogok out of a full-sister to Jet Master, whilst King Of Kings had success as the broodmare sire of the Southeaster Listed winner Captain Alfredo, with Scott Bros’ son of Overlord – Talktothestars, finishing less than a length off in third position over the 1100m.
Talktothestars (pictured right at Scottsville) carried 2kgs more than the winner, jumping from a fourth draw. Ridden by Craig Zackey and owned and trained by Mr FC De Beer, Talktothestars finished just three lengths off Triptique in his last outing, the Gr2 Cape Merchants.
The son of Overlord was unsold at the National Two Year Old sales, and has gone on to win seven races – in his last three starts he has defeated a number of top horses in quality fields. He has won almost R450 000 in stakes to date.
The Mogok gelding named Astrapi, bred by Chris Saunders, kicked off the day with his first win for trainer Ri Van Reenen and has placed six times previously from eights starts for his owners Mr Greg & Mrs Vida Holtman, Mr F J Louw & Mrs C S Swart, Mr A & Mrs L J Schipper & Mr N M Shirtliff.
His dam, Withstand The Wind – who bears a powerful resemblance in looks and size to her Champion sire full brother, is now owned by Clifton Stud.
The mare has a 2014 Var filly named Vallee Du Var coming through and she has returned to Clifton Stud this season currently in foal to Wilgebosdrift’s new sire of the season, Flower Alley.
Mogok, the sire of four Gr1 winners – two of them top international racehorses with the likes of Gypsy’s Warning and The Apache – is currently lying in 9th position on the National Sires Log, with Jay Peg and Var following behind him.
The late King Of Kings’ with his impeccable pedigree looks to have a great future as a broodmare sire, where he has already produced several Group Winners in Europe, America and Australia and Japan, more recently on the local front with Gr3 winner Royal Pleasure.
He stood at The Fort Stud prior to his death earlier in 2015 at the age of 21.
