The annual Cape breeders and WPOTA awards ceremony took place at Kenilworth Racecourse last night. The black tie affair honours horses and horseman of South Africa’s Western Cape racing and breeding chapter.
The awards themselves yielded no surprises from that of the national equivalent. Pocket Power was crowned Horse of the Year, older male of the year, and middle distance champion for the third year running. Big City Life (by Casey Tibbs), was awarded 3 year old Champion male for his exceptional achievement in attaining 3 group 1 victories including the Vodacom Durban July, and could be considered unlucky to have bumped Pocket Power to deny a clean sheet. Champion filly Lady Windermere clinched three awards on the evening for her outstanding season.
Champion trainer went to Mike Bass for the third consecutive year while trainer Glen Kotzen was awarded a special achievement award for his outstanding 2009 season.
Captain Al was awarded the special Stallion award for his record breaking 127 winners this past season with stakes of R9 470 865 stakes earned from his 823 starts. Daughter of Captain Al and Debutante Gr2 winner Captain’s Call, was crowned Juvenile Filly of the year while the gr1 winning premiers champion Exhilaration was a close nominee for 2 yo colt. The progeny of Captain Al received a further boost with three further nominations. Among them, listed stakes winner Cool Zone, Gr3 fillies nursery winner Flowers Angel and the Snaith trained Irridescence stakes winner Me ‘n You.
Flying high for National Emblem was Emblem Of Liberty who was awarded Cape Breeders older female champion after her victories in the Gr1 Paddock Stakes, Gr2 Ipi Tombi Challenge, and listed renounce Stakes victories.
WPOTA Awards
JUVENILE MALE OF THE YEAR
Cool Zone
Cree Lodge
Nocturnal Affair
Villandry
JUVENILE FILLY OF THE YEAR
Captain's Call
Flower's Angel
Me 'n You
Squashy Joy
3 YEAR OLD MALE OF THE YEAR
Big City Life
Le Drakkar
3 YEAR OLD FILLY OF THE YEAR
Lady Windermere
Mother Russia
Sparkling Gem
OLDER MALE OF THE YEAR
Ivory Trail
Pocket Power
OLDER FEMALE OF THE YEAR
Dancer's Daughter
River Jetez
CHAMPION SPRINTER OF THE YEAR
Up to1400m
Gaultier
Lady Windermere
Something Else
Blue Tiger
CHAMPION MIDDLE DISTANCE OF
THE YEAR - 1500m - 2200m
Big City Life
Pocket Power
CHAMPION STAYER OF THE YEAR
2400m - 3200m
Diamond Quest
Mokaro
Desert Links
WESTERN CAPE WORKRIDER OF THE YEAR
Andile Ndzongo
TOP HORSEMAN OF THE YEAR
Filane Zanisela
LEADING WESTERN CAPE APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR
Aldo Domeyer
WESTERN CAPE JOCKEY OF THE YEAR
Karl Neisius
WESTERN CAPE TRAINER OF THE YEAR
Mike Bass
SERVICE AWARD
Andrew Bonn
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
Bernard Fayd'Herbe
Glen Kotzen
Greg Cheyne
Andrew Fortune
HORSE OF THE YEAR
Pocket Power
OWNER OF THE YEAR
Hassen Adams
Cape Breeders Awards
Two-Year-Old Colt: VILLANDRY, EXHILARATION, VACHERIN
Two-Year-Old Filly: LAVERNA, ALL AFIRE, GIVE ME FIVE
Three-Year-Old Filly: LADY WINDERMERE, MOTHER RUSSIA, SPARKLING GEM
Three-Year-Old Colt: BIG CITY LIFE, LIZARD'S DESIRE, JAMAICAN DREAM, CERISE CHERRY
Older Male: POCKET POWER, JJ THEJETPLANE, RUDRA
Older Female: EMBLEM OF LIBERTY, RIVER JETEZ, DANE JULIA
Sprinter: JJTHEJETPLANE, BLUE TIGER, TIZA
Stayer: DIAMOND QUEST, NEVVAY, JUST LIKE AL
Stallion: JET MASTER
Special Stallion: Captain Al
Broodmare: STORMSVLEI, ENCHANTRESS, TAWNY RED
Freshman Sire: VAR
Breeder: D COHEN & SONS, LAMMERSKRAAL, ZANDVLIET
Horse Of The Year: POCKET POWER
International Horse of the Year: JJ THE JET PLANE
Special achievement award: Andrew Fortune
