Saturday treble for Flower Alley


Flower Alley

Wilgerbosdrift’s top-class sire Flower Alley had a memorable day on Saturday.

Not only did Flower Alley runners win the eighth and ninth races at Turffontein, but his son Kelp Forest won the ninth and final event at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth.
Flower Alley’s classy daughter None Other picked up the sixth win of her career when she won the Racing240 For Racing. For You Pinnacle Stakes (2000m) at Turffontein.
The Lucky Houdalakis trained five-year-old looked very well weighted, and so it proved, with None Other romping home to win as she liked by four and a quarter lengths.
Bred by Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein, None Other had won both the G2 Wilgerbosdrift Bridget Oppenheimer Oaks and G2 Track And Ball Oaks in 2023.
The well bred mare, who is out of the Dynasty mare One Of A Kind, has earned more than R1.3 million in stakes.

Flower Alley gelding Radicchio made it four wins from his last five starts when he triumphed in Saturday’s Take A Bet Wina Numba Numba MR 96 Handicap (1400m).
The Barend Botes trained five-year-old powered home down the outside to get up close home and win by nearly three-parts of a length at the expense of graded stakes winners Cymric and Moonlight Trader.
Bred by Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein, Radicchio has won eight of 22 starts. The gelding is out of the Kildonan mare Rosier.

The inform Flower Alley also had success in the Western Cape on Saturday. His son Kelp Forest picked up his sixth win when landing the Interbet Class 4 (1200m) at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth.
Trained by Adam Marcus, the five-year-old, ridden by Grant Van Niekerk, is out of the Var mare Sea Cat.
Bred by Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein, Kelp Forest was a R160 000 buy from the 2021 National Yearling Sale.

lower Alley, whose runners have earned over $48 000 000, is having another good season in 2024-2025. His flagbearers this season include Listed Betway Algoa Cup winner Firealley and Listed Allied Steelrode Golden Loom Handicap winner Chyavana, as well as G3 Ridgemont Peninsula Handicap runner up Otto Luyken.
Flower Alley’s current AEPR (Average Earnings Per Runner) of R61 298 ranks above those of such stallions as Gimmethegreenlight, Querari, Rafeef, What A Winter, and Silvano.