Royal Force romps home on Monday (JC Photos).
Cape Breeders
Ascot Stud’s G1 winning stallion Heavenly Blue came up with a very eye catching debut winner at the Vaal on Monday.
His three-year-old son Royal Force made the perfect start to his career when he won the first race on the card.
Trained by Lucky Houdalakis, the gelded Royal Force was backed down to start a 3-1 shot for the 4Racing Welcomes You Maiden Plate (1200m) and he duly obliged.
Under the red hot Gavin Lerena, the sophomore romped home to win as he liked by six and a half lengths.
Bred by Ascot, Royal Force is out of the National Assembly mare Rexana.
The gelding was a R225 000 buy from the 2023 National Yearling Sale.
His G1 SA Classic winning sire Heavenly Blue is also the sire of eye catching recent maiden winner Million Reasons.
The grey is a son of four time Australian Champion Sire Snitzel.
Two Golden Slippers, four Guineas, two Golden Roses, a pair of Everests, the Cox Plate, All Aged, Flight Stakes & Coolmore Stud Stakes, an Inglis Sires’ trifecta, two Magic Millions 2YO Classics and most of Australia’s big sprints all feature on Snitzel’s progeny record.
Four General, four 2YO & two 3YO Sire Premierships, 27 Group 1 victories, 12 category Champions, 5 Inglis Easter Sale-toppers & 60 million-dollar yearlings are top-of-the-mountain achievements already on Snitzel’s record.
But with an average of 23 stakes wins every season since 2016/17 and 19 stakes winners already from his latest 3 crops of racing age, there is no slowing down for Snitzel, with 11 stakes winners including G1 winners Lady Shenandoah & Switzerland in the first 4 months of 2024/25.
