Approaching two veteran ‘captains’ of the trade to syndicate your champion for stud is akin to giving your son a kick-start and sending him to Oxford or Harvard!
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According to the Sporting Post website, that’s absolutely the rationale behind main proprietor Ashwin Reynolds’ transfer to syndicate ‘The People’s Champion’ Kommetdieding with the help of seasoned thoroughbred breeding professionals, John Freeman and John Koster.
The information that the modestly priced yearling, who has boosted horseracing’s man-in-the-street reputation rankings over the previous few seasons by way of his excellent performances on the monitor, will return to the place of his start after the Grade 1 L’Ormarins King’s Plate and a swansong within the Grade 1 World Sports Betting Cape Met, has been acquired with pleasure and anticipation.
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The rags-to-riches story of the common-or-garden colt who went from obscurity to the distinctive Durban July/Cape Town Met double will go down in historical past as one of many nice tales in South African racing folklore.
Racing folks fondly claimed him as ‘The People’s Champion’.
A modestly priced yearling, inside three months he began maturing and grew into a powerful trying colt.
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His proud proprietor got here up with a masterstroke of a reputation, which suggests ‘bring it on, we’re prepared’.
He received on debut over 1 200m as a two yr outdated and reeled off an undefeated sequence of 4 races at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth, culminating in a surprising victory within the Grade 3 Politician Stakes in January 2021.
Ashwin Reynolds was provided hundreds of thousands for Kommetdieding
The presents have been within the hundreds of thousands, however the soft-hearted Reynolds declined all of them, saying this colt was for South Africa.
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On Saturday 3 July 2021, Kommetdieding received the R2 million Durban July as a 3 yr outdated.
In the method, the historical past books have been up to date as Ashwin Reynolds grew to become the primary racehorse proprietor of color to win Africa’s most well-known horserace.
Again the presents got here, and this time even higher than earlier than.
Reynolds was unyielding, opting to maintain the colt in South Africa and as an alternative to go for the 2022 Met in entrance of his adoring house crowd who had come to revere their favorite.
He duly received Cape Town’s most prestigious race, and in so doing joined the elite racing heroes Politician, London News, Pocket Power and Igugu.
His coach Michelle Rix additionally grew to become the primary feminine conditioner to win the celebrated race.
After an excellent efficiency the place he got here from close to final over a visit properly wanting his finest in The Bantry Bay Stakes at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday, coach Michelle Rix stated that she felt that for the primary time in her champion’s profession that his psychological maturity has matched his physicality.
“He has always been an extremely laid back and gentle horse on and off the track. However, this season he has pushed himself to another level. While last year’s Cape season was spectacular, it is this year that I find myself extremely excited simply because of the vast mental improvement in the horse I’m working with!” she concluded.
What a terrific story for racing and of a horse that value a mere R55 000 on the 2019 Klawervlei Farm Sale!
Kommetdieding is a son of Grade 1 SA Derby / Grade 1 Daily News 2000 winner Elusive Fort (Fort Wood) out of the three-time successful Captain Al mare Adorable.
He has received 6 of his 15 begins for stakes of over R3.7 million – and he’s removed from completed!
