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Jay Peg to stand at Klawervlei

Lance Benson
The South African breeding industry has welcomed the news that the multiple international group winning imposing bay Jay Peg is returning to our shores shortly to take up stud duties at Klawervlei Stud near Bonnievale in the Western Cape.
This was announced in Cape Town yesterday by the Thoroughbred Group, the country’s leader in stallion management and syndication.
A son of Camden Park out of Al Mufti mare Laptop Lady, Jay Peg is known for his handsome good looks and fighting spirit and will make his final turf
appearance when defending his crown in the Gr 1 Singapore Airlines International Cup on May 17.
Thoroughbred Group’s John Freeman and Klawervlei’s John Koster successfully syndicated and manage the stud
career of locally bred hero Captain Al, and have been appointed by Marsh Shirtliff, Etienne Braun, Selwyn Marcus and Paul Loomes to handle Jay Peg’s stud career.
South Africa’s all-time record stakes-earning racehorse has an official international Timeform rating of 126, the
highest-rated South African-bred racehorse to date – in fact, one of the highest-rated stallions in history to stand in South Africa.
An elated Freeman said: “With career earnings of R40 million, no other horse bred or raced from this country comes close. His Timeform rating confirms that he is a really smart horse in international terms.”
Honour
Klawervlei’s John Koster said that they were delighted to have the honour of standing one of South Africa’s favourite sons.
“Jay Peg has all of the attributes any stallion needs to succeed. He is an imposing grandson of AP Indy out of an Al Mufti mare and gives breeders a host of different mating possibilities.
“Dashing good looks, racing class, pedigree and courage, Jay Peg is the complete package. We applaud Marsh, Etienne, Selwyn and Paul for bringing Jay Peg back to South Africa - I know they had other overseas options to consider.”
Marsh Shirtliff in whose familiar white, pink and blue silks Jay Peg raced, said that the horse he affectionately termed ‘Peg’ was hugely athletic as a youngster and proved himself as tough as teak. Shirtliff went on to say that he was a fighter who hated being headed in any race.
Jay Peg started his racing career in South Africa. In the care of Basil Marcus, he won 8 of 13 starts here at 2 and 3, among them two classic events, the Gr1 Cape Guineas and Gr1 Investec Derby.
He was then sent to Dubai where he finished second in the Gr2 Nayef Jebel Hatta before setting a course record for the Nad Al Sheba 1 777m in the Duty Free. He beat 7 other international Gr1 winners from post 14 – in itself a remarkable feat!
Then sent to Singapore for the Singapore Airlines International Cup, he franked the Duty Free form decisively.
The highest-rated horse in the field, he put in another dazzling display in Singapore’s showpiece, winning in a time that was just a fraction off the track record.
It has been confirmed that Jay Peg
will return to quarantine at the Cape en route to his stud duties and it is expected that he will be out of quarantine in time to be shown at the Klawervlei stallion
day in July.

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