A newborn New Predator out of Guide You Home by Gimmethegreenlight pictured to the left.

This mare, Guide You Home, has a fantastic Varsfontein pedigree, out of Gr2 winner Princess Of Light (Var), this is the immediate family of Arcola, Fiorella and Ash Cloud.

The mare is a half sister to Gentleman’s Wager who won 9 races including the Michael Roberts Listed.

This pedigree also combines international sensational sires More Than Ready, Galileo and Fastnet Rock.

Blue Sky have welcomed another ‘Chimi’ for the season. This super foal by Chimichuri Run out of The Angelus by Windrush is displaying his sires speedy conformation and strength. 

The dam, a 7-time winner including a Listed race, has produced three runners and three winners, including smart debut winner, Calling All Angels.

This is the family of 11-time winner Simonside, Jet Goddess and Pimp My Ride. The New Predator half-brother to this foal sold at the National Yearling Sale in April earlier this year for R375 000.

Chimichuri Run, a Gr1 winner who raced consistently and soundly to win 8 races including a Gr1 and two Gr3’s and placing in 11 Graded Stakes races at the highest level.

A Gr1 winning son of Trippi out of Gr1 winning Kahal mare Spiced Gold, he stands for a very accessible fee of R8000 + Vat Live foal.

Blue Sky ended their previous season on a high 47% winners to runners and R55 000 Average Earnings Per Runner, and have 80 mares remaining to foal for the current season.

They stand stallions Chimichuri Run, Willow Magic, Hat Puntano and Byword.

Images: Candiese Lenferna

Blue Sky Thoroughbreds Trippi sire Chimichuri Run has got off the mark with his first foal on the ground, an impressive filly pictured at less than week old, of grey BSA Ready To Run Sales Cup winner, Spiritofthegroove.

Both Chimichuri Run and Spiritofthegroove (Visionaire) were trained by Sean Tarry, with the grey mare winning twice and placing second in the Gr2 Debutante Stakes, fourth in the Gr3 Three Troikas Stakes from only 9 starts. 

The second dam is British import Grey Angel, multiple Stakes Placed including two Gr1’s and family of General Charge.

Chimichuri Run is a Gr1 winning son of Trippi, out of Gr1 winning Kahal mare Spiced Gold.

Chimichuri Run enjoyed a long and sound, consistent career, winning and placing in many Graded Stakes races including the Gr1 Golden Horse Sprint and won eight races, Merit Rated 126.

Contact Bruce Le Roux at svaccounts@bundunet.com to make your mare booking.

Gr1 Tsogo Sun Sprint winner Chimichuri Run conditioned by multiple champion trainer Sean Tarry, will be returning to his KZN pedigree roots to stand at Bruce Le Roux and Tinus Gericke’s Blue Sky Thoroughbreds operation in Mooi River.

The Drakenstein-bred son of Trippi is the second to go to stud for his sire, out of Gr1 #kznbred Kahal mare, Spiced Gold – herself bred by Greenhill Farm.

With a desire for speed and precocity in South African horseracing, Chimichuri Run who started his multiple Group race career in the colours of Chris Van Niekerk and will complete it in the yellow and purple stars of the Hollywood Syndicate, is without a doubt a very desirable prospect for stud in South Africa.

The smashing chestnut colt who sold as a winning juvenile in training at the Super Sale for R1,600,000, went on to a star studded career which included 46 starts from age 2-5, with 8 Stakes Wins and 20 places, 11 of those Stakes Placed. He is Merit Rated at 126 and earned over R2,2-million in stakes.

His race record and age prove his courage, tenacity and soundness, and he won and placed in Gr1 company over 1000m-1600m.

His dam won the Gr1 SA Fillies Classic at age 3, and finished third in the Gr1 Golden Slipper at 2. She is bred on the successful cross of Kahal and Complete Warrior, from the family of Main Warrior and Sea Siren (both Complete Warrior), whilst the 5th dam is the mighty Majorca.

Spiced Gold has proved herself at stud, with four runners and three winners to date.

Sire Trippi needs little introduction; a winner of five Group races himself over 1200m-1800m, he was the Equus Champion sire of 2015/16 and has sired 80 stakes winners worldwide, including nine individual Grade 1 winners. He is also the broodmare sire of Gr1 winner and producer in America, Liam’s Map.

Chimichuri Run’s eight wins include the above mentioned Gr1 Tsogo Sun Sprint, Gr3 Umkhomazi Stakes, 1200m and Gr3 Spring Spree Stakes 1200m.

He placed 3rd Gr2 SA Nursery 1160m, 3rd Gr1 Gold Medallion 1200m, 2nd Gr3 Graham Beck S. 1400m, 2nd Gr2 Selangor Cup 1600m, 3rd Gr2 Diadem S. 1200m, 3rd Gr3 Man O’ War Sprint 1100m, 3rd Gr1 Computaform Sprint 1000m, 2nd Gr2 Diadem S. 1200m, 3rd Gr1 Computaform Sprint 1000m, 3rd Gr2 Spring Challenge 1450m, 3rd Gr1 Gold Challenge 1600m.

He defeated during his career the likes of Hong Kong export Cue The Music, Gr1 winners Talktothestars, MK’s Pride, Attenborough, Undercover Agent, Bold Respect, Van Halen, Eden Roc, Kasimir (at Kenilworth) and the likes of Prince Of Kahal, True To Life, Mr Flood, Vars Vicky, Ikigai and Bingwa.

Chimichuri Run will stand for a fee of R5 000 + Vat, shares are available for purchase at R20 000 + vat.

Please contact Bruce Le Roux to secure your space in this Gr1 speedster on 082 493 5773.

KZN featured on Gold Cup Day with #kznbred Spiced Gold producing Gr3 Umkhomazi Stakes winner, Chimichuri Run, whilst Summerhill-bred Railtrip finished second in the Gr1 Thekweni Stakes, with Noble Tune’s Play Another Tune fourth in the Gr1 Premiers Champion Stakes. Another interesting results for Rathmor Stud was Will Pays – a half-brother to Rathmor broodmare Rattled, the dam of Gr2 winner Harry Lime.

KZN opened the eLan Gold Cup day with the first two winners on the card – a flying finish by Irish Flame juvenile gelding Perpetual Flame under Muzi Yeni for Nathan Kotzen. The gelding bred by Bruce Le Roux is out of Case Stated by London News, has placed second on three occasions and had the much deserved win by almost five lengths from Podcast, and enjoyed the length in trip over 1900m.

Irish Flame stands at Bush Hill Stud and is bringing home the winners, the handsome and classy son of Dynasty is currently boasting almost 32% winners to runners for the season.

Top Classman looks above average and followed through with a third career win in the second race. the Mogok has placed five times previously and earned over R250 000 to date from 13 starts for Frank Robinson and breeders Scott Bros.

Chimichuri Run, who recently was sold at the BSA Super Sale to dissolve a partnership for R1,6-million, rewarded owner Chris Van Niekerk with a facile win by almost five lengths in the Gr3 Umkhomazi Stakes. The handsome chestnut Trippi juvenile colt is out of Greenhill Farm-bred Gr1 winning mare by Kahal, Spiced Gold, bred by Drakenstein Stud. He has won twice and placed three times from all of his starts.

Another Trippi to impress came from Summerhill Stud, as Railtrip, beautifully bred out of a Galileo mare, finished a length off Return Flight in the Gr1 Thekweni Stakes. The filly trained by Chesney Van Zyl is sporting an impressive race record with a win and three seconds and a place from all of her starts.

Play Another Tune for Gavin Van Zyl, out of Another Goat, ran fourth in the Gr1 Premiers Champions Stakes over 1600m. The consistent juvenile gelding has won and placed from five of his six starts and was only three lengths off the winner Soqrat (AUS) who has been hailed as a future stallion prospect.

Another added result for Rathmor Stud was that of Will Pays – the six year old by Imperial Stride won the Gr1 Mercury Sprint by a length and is a half-brother to Rathmor resident broodmare Rattled.

Rattled has already done Rathmor proud by producing Gr2 winning Var gelding Harry Lime, and Eightfold Path 2-time winner, Mbali.

Will Pays has won 11 races and placed 11 times and earned over R1,8-million in stakes. Rattled and Will Pays are out of the speedy dam Rattlebag by Jallad.

Rattled sold her Ideal World filly in Session 1 of the National Yearling Sale earlier this year for R250 000.

Well done to the winning connections of the following horses and once again KZN has done itself proud with big results from small numbers.