All The Rage gets the better of Gr 1 Gold Medallion Winner Good For You (Picture: Wayne Marks)
The Candice Bass yard have revealed that the classy Rafeef colt All The Rage could well be embarking on a sprint route and there would in that case be the opportunity to start his feature campaign in the Listed Sophomore 1200, although it is not yet set in stone.
All The Rage has gone close over 1500m before, finishing a 0,35 length third at level weights to the smart Justin Snaith-trained pair Roland Garros and Randolph Hearst over 1500m in a Juvenile Plate on June 1 at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth.
That race followed a third place finish in the Gr 3 Winter Nursery over 1100m in just his second career start, having won on debut over that same course and distance.
However, he perhaps did not find the extra expected of him in the 1500m contest considering his natural speed and his magnificent turn of foot over shorter.
In his seasonal reappearance over 1200m down the straight at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth he cruised up to the pacemaker in effortless fashion before pulling away to win in the hands by 3,25 lengths.
In his next start over 1250m at Hollywoodbets Durbanville he came from some way off the pacemaker and once again made up the ground hands and heels to win by 0,30 lengths.
What made that performance so impressive was the horse he caught was the Gr 1 Gold Medallion winner Good For You and if Aldo Domeyer’s 1kg overweight is taken into account then All The Rage gave Good For You 1kg.
All The Rage could be a contender if going the Gr 1 Hollywoodbets Cape Guineas route, but as a sprinter he could well be something special.
The Millstream Farm-bred colt is by the Gr 1 Computaform Sprint winner Rafeef out of the Al Mufti mare Gilded Minaret, who won the Gr 1 Golden Slipper over 1400m as a two-year-old and later finished a short-head second in the Gr 1 Cape Fillies Guineas and won the the Gr 2 Gold Bracelet over 2000m.
All The Rage is owned by Messrs GN Shirtliff & MJ Shirtliff, Mrs Vanashree & Mr Anant Singh, GreenacresTrust and Team Valor International.
He was a R1 600 000 buy from the 2024 BSA National Yearling Sale.
