Clifton Stud, who produced Durban July winner and Horse Of The Year Classic Flag among others, always punch above their weight and last season had 23 individual winners of 37 races.

Originally in Ermelo and now in Rosetta in the KZN Midlands, the above picture taken during the winter shows one reason why the Peter and Jenny Blyth-owned Clifton has developed a reputation for developing sound and reliable value-for-money horses.

They had a winner yesterday with the Billy Ruiters-trained Tried And True (Crusade), who got home easily in a Maiden Handicap over 1400m, despite being caught wide in the running under Muzi Yeni.