POMODORO TOO QUICK IN TONY RUFFEL STAKES

Pomodoro wins the Tony Ruffel Stakes (Grade 3) for trainer Sean Tarry
(Photo : Sporting Post)

A Golden Apple makes the Day!

Trainer Sean Tarry had a golden day on Saturday when Vuma-powered Pomodoro came home first in the Grade 3 Tony Ruffel Stakes. The three-year-old Jet Master colt out of the Northern Guest mare Golden Apple, bred and part-owned with Sean, by Chris van Niekerk, has now won four out of six starts. The colt placed in both his other races, one of which was the Grade 2 Dingaans on Sansui Summer Cup day in November 2011.

Sean also trains the fourth placed Heavy Metal, also owned by Chris van Niekerk.

Earlier in the day, the Vuma-powered Summerhill bred filly Extra Zero, by Way West, ran second in the Grade 3 Three Troikas Stakes for the yard and owners Messrs Blank, Bott, Nathan and Nestadt.

Our congratulations to the Sean Tarry yard and all the connections - we love to feed your champions!

TONY RUFFEL STAKES (Grade 3) Turffontein Inside, Turf, 1450m 4 February 2012 FINAL RESULTS
Fp	Lbh	Horse	Kg	MR	Dr	Jockey	Trainer
1	0.00	POMODORO	58.0	102	1	C Little	Sean Tarry
2	2.25	GOVERNOR GENERAL	55.5	85	6	A Delpech	Mike de Kock
3	2.30	TANDRAGEE	57.5	94	7	M Mienie	Gavin van Zyl
4	3.75	HEAVY METAL	55.5	85	8	R Fradd	Sean Tarry
5	4.50	BROOKS-CLUB	55.5	97	4	P Strydom	Gavin van Zyl
6	5.00	ROYAL RIDGE	55.5	87	12	M Yeni	Mike de Kock
7	6.25	THE DUKE	55.5	80	9	G Wrogemann	Robbie Sage
8	6.75	E-JET	55.5	93	3	T Appie	Sean Tarry
9	8.50	AMERICANO	55.5	86	2	R Simons	Paul Matchett
10	9.75	TONY'S TIPPLE	55.5	80	5	C Maujean	Louis Goosen
11	16.00	SIDESTEP	55.5	94	11	G Lerena	Alec Laird
12	18.25	EUROSILVER	55.5	93	10	* N Juglall	Tyrone Zackey

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SOUTH AFRICAN CHAMPIONS AND POTENTIAL STARS

Click above to watch J J The Jet Plane winning the US$1,000,000 Al Quoz Sprint (Gr2)
(Footage : Dubai Racing)

"Start them right and you'll never look back!"

 Our favourite Vuma Champion, J J the Jet Plane kept the South African flag flying at Meydan on Saturday when winning the Al Quoz Sprint on Dubai World Cup night - our very best wishes to Lucky Houdalakis and all the connections! This has truly been an amazing journey and we hope that someone is drafting a book!

River Jetez ran a creditable second in the Dubai Duty Free, ensuring that Jet Master stamps himself firmly at the head of South Africa's leading stallions.

The $10Million World Cup Race was a bittersweet 1st and 2nd for the Japanese, with these victories following so soon after the earthquake and tsunami that ravaged their home country.

All of this excitement took place less than 3 weeks ahead of the Emperors Palace National Yearling Sales, which start at 1pm on Friday 15^th April.

Vuma founders and stalwart clients, Summerhill Stud, will be there with their draft of 40 yearlings, all of which have had their foundations on Vuma Horse Feed. Ask the 6 time champion breeders what helped them get to their current position on the breeders log and they won't hesitate to say that the fundamental changes that they made to their feeding regime is what made the difference.

Utilising international research, the feeds are formulated to provide a nutrient dense, highly palatable feed containing the best vitamins and minerals allowing for steady growth.

These foundations lay down strong collagen and bone giving the young horse a superior start and ensuring that they train on (in the case of Hear the Drums, for 34 wins).

 So if you want to join the Champions, your best bet is to start off with Vuma Vitality and Vuma Vigour.

Once in training the highly digestible Vuma Upstart and Vuma Racer ensure high energy and a superior amino acid profile for repair and recovery.

Vuma Horse Feeds - The Choice of Champions!

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SA HORSERACING : AN ENDING AND A BEGINNING IN CAPE TOWN

Pocket Power
(Photo : Tracy Robertson / Mike Bass Racing)

THE J&B MET AND THE CAPE PREMIER YEARLING SALE

Saturday's J&B Met saw the farewell parade for South Africa's favourite horse, Pocket Power! The 8-year-old gelding was officially retired to go and relax in Constantia after running 8^th in the J&B Met. An emotional day for all his connections, particularly the Mike Bass stable, the son of Jet Master will long be remembered for his three Horse of the Year titles, incredible four Queen's Plate victories, three Met wins, as well as the dead-heat win in the 2008 Vodacom Durban July. The Vuma team wishes "Pocket" well.

The winner of the J&B Met was another son of Jet Master, Past Master, trained by Darryl Hodgson and owned by Hassan Adams - what a great and well deserved feat! This was Jet Master's fifth consecutive win in the J&B Met as a sire.

And in case anyone thought that Jet Master had not done enough for one weekend, he was also the leading sire at the inaugural Cape Premier Yearling Sale.

The sale kicked off last Thursday evening with a poignant video showing snippets of all our International, South African-bred winners to over 2000 people at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. From London News and Victory Moon to Gypsey's Warning and JJ the Jet Plane, they showcased the Proudly South African brand, while Mango Groove's Claire Johnston opened proceedings with her song "Special Star" and the South African anthem. Officially opening the sale before the first lot was sold was Premier of the Western Cape, Helen Zille.

As reported on the Bloodstock South Africa website: "The Cape Premier Yearling Sale ended on a high note Friday night. The inaugural two day sale sold 214 of the 270 yearlings that went through the ring (20 yearlings were withdrawn). The yearlings sold for an aggregate of R87,900,000.
The average price was R410,748, which was remarkable considering it was the first sale of it's kind.

Leading buyer was Form Bloodstock. They purchased 16 yearlings for an aggregate of R8,970,000. Second leading buyer was Singapore based trainer Pat Shaw. Shaw bought five yearlings for an aggregate of R7,250,000. Leading sire at the sale was Jet Master. The four times champion sire sold 21 yearlings for an aggregate of R15,585,000. Jet Master was also leading sire by average, with his yearlings averaging R742,143. Other stallions to sell well were Captain Al, Trippi, Silvano and Western Winter.

A great culmination of the Cape Summer season – Congratulations to all concerned from the Choice of Champions!