Runner-up in the G1 L'Ormarins Queen's Plate on Jan. 11, One World (SAf) (Captain Al {Saf}) made amends in a thrilling stretch duel with Rainbow Bridge (SAf) (Ideal World) in Saturday's G1 Sun Met at Kenilworth in Cape Town, springing a 15-1 upset with favoured Hawwaam (SAf) (Silvano {Ger}) coming from further back to be third.
Unbeaten through his first five runs at two, One World picked up a listed win at the end of that season and earned a first pattern win at three in the G2 Concorde Cup before finishing third in the G1 Cape Guineas. He took the R5-million CTS 1600 on this card a year ago and picked up a Group 3 win going a mile off a three-month rest last April. He picked up another Group 3 dropped back to seven furlongs at Durbanville in October before taking a Kenilworth conditions race and finishing second to Vardy (SAf) (Var) in the G2 Green Point S. on Dec. 14. He was again second to that rival in the Queen's Plate, but turned the tables here while racing beyond a mile for the first time, with Vardy failing to factor in sixth.
Spotting the pacesetting Head Honcho (SAf) (Querari {Ger}) a length through the first mile of the race, One World was left with the lead when that rival promptly retreated turning for home. Defending Sun Met winner Rainbow Bridge emerged from the pack and looked likely to blow right by One World, but the latter was game on the rail and held his rival at bay to win by a head.
Pedigree Notes
One World is the second black-type horse out of Aquilonia (GB) (Giant's Causeway), a granddaughter of Dinalina (Fr) (Top Ville {Ire}), best known as the dam of G1 Prix de Diane winner Caerlina (Ire) (Caerleon). Caerlina's descendants include G1 Prix Jacques le Marois winner and young sire Al Wukair (Ire) (Dream Ahead), as well as the 2018 G3 Prestige S. victress Antonia de Vega (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}). Aquilonia was bought for 95,000gns out of the Tattersalls December Mares Sale in 2006.
Saturday, Kenilworth, South Africa
THE SUN MET-G1, R3,000,000, Kenilworth, 2-1, 3yo/up, 10fT, 2:02.48, gd.
1–ONE WORLD (SAF), 132, c, 4, by Captain Al (SAf)
1st Dam: Aquilonia (GB), by Giant's Causeway
2nd Dam: Leonila (Ire), by Caerleon
3rd Dam: Dinalina (Fr), by Top Ville (Ire)
1ST GROUP 1 WIN. (R425,000 yrl '17 CAPJAN) O-Messrs E A
Braun, K P Truter & A J van Huyssteen & Mrs Jane Truter;
B-Klawervlei Stud (SAF); T-Vaughan Marshall; J-M Byeleveld.
R1,710,000. Lifetime Record: 14 starts, 10 wins, 4 places,
R5,631,875. *1/2 to Count To Ten (SAf) (Count Dubois {GB}),
SP-SAf. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk
Nick Rating: A.
2–Rainbow Bridge (SAf), 132, g, 5, Ideal World–Halfway To
Heaven (SAf), by Jet Master (SAf). (R300,000 yrl '16 BSAAPR)
O-Mr & Mrs M L P Rattray; B-Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein
(SAF); T-Eric Sands. R600,000.
3–Hawwaam (SAf), 132, c, 4, Silvano (Ger)–Halfway To Heaven
(SAf), by Jet Master (SAf). (R1,000,000 yrl '17 BSAMAY)
O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum; B-Wilgerbosdrift &
Mauritzfontein (SAF); T-Mike de Kock. R300,000.
Margins: HD, 3HF, HD. Odds: 15.00, 4.25, 2.15.
Also Ran: Twist of Fate (SAf), Bunker Hunt (SAf), Vardy (SAf), Pack Leader (SAf), Undercover Agent (SAf), Do It Again (SAf), Majestic Mozart (SAf), More Magic (SAf), Eyes Wide Open (SAf), Head Honcho (Saf). Scratched: Roy Had Enough (Aus).
Click for the Racing Post result. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO.
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