Eleven of South Africa's top race horses have been whisked away to the US to compete in what is effectively the 'world championships'.
Rupert, Bruss and Irwin pull off a wildly ambitious Stateside raid.We often complain about South African racehorses not being allowed quick and easy travel to foreign destinations, but suddenly we are feeling a bit stunned by the news that no fewer than 11 of our top gallopers were whisked away to the US last week.
Most of the horses flown out from Johannesburg to New York on a chartered Boeing 747 are being aimed at the US’s Breeders’ Cup race meeting to be held at Del Mar racecourse in San Diego, California, in November.The Breeders’ Cup is marketed as the “World Championships” of horse racing and regularly attracts strong participation from top European stables and some entries from Japan and South America.
Beach Bomb’s owner and breeder Gaynor Rupert had been champing at the bit, so to speak, to get South Africa’s best thoroughbreds competing internationally and a guaranteed place in the $2-million BC Fillies & Mares Turf over 2200m was the clincher for a plan she, local breeding supremo Robin Bruss and American racing man Barry Irwin had been putting together.
The prolific Hollywood ownership syndicate has pitched in the country’s joint top-rated sprinter Isivunguvungu, while Ridgemont Stud has dual Grade 1 winner Make It Snappy in the mix.Northfields Bloodstock kingpin Bruss commented: “The US export route allows South African horses to compete almost up to flight date, as Princess Calla did on Saturday and was in New York four days later.
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