Dual South African HOY Variety Club Retired
Two-time South African Horse Of The Year Variety Club has been retired from racing and will return home to South Africa to take up stallion duties at Klawervlei Stud in 2015.
Variety Club
- Chestnut Horse
- Born 2008
- SAF-Bred
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Variety Club wins the Champions Mile.
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Variety Club wins the Champions Mile at Sha Tin.
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Variety Club wins the Godolphin Mile.
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Variety Club wins the Godolphin Mile.
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Variety Club wins the 2014 Firebreak Stakes.
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Variety Club after winning the recent Champions Mile at Sha Tin in Hong Kong.
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Variety Club wins the Champions Mile.
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Variety Club runs away with the Godolphin Mile.
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Variety Club
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Variety Club Dominant Champions Mile Winner
Trainer Mike de Kock is eyeing the Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. IT) after his South African champion Variety Club dominated rivals in the Champions Mile (HK-I) May 4 at Sha Tin.
Dubai World Cup: Godolphin Mile
Coverage of the Godolphin Mile from the walking ring, to the running of the race, to the post-race interviews with the connections of winner Variety Club. Watch Video
Variety Club Aces Godolphin Mile Gate-to-Wire
Boldly overcoming his wide draw, South Africa's Variety Club made all the pace and won the $1 million Godolphin Mile (UAE-II) over defending victor Soft Falling Rain March 29 at Meydan.
Dubai World Cup: Joey Ramsden
Trainer Joey Ramsden talks about 2-time South African Horse of the Year, Variety Club, who runs in the Godolphin Mile. Watch Video
Long John Powerful in U.A.E. Guineas Romp
Godolphin's Australian group I winner Long John handily dispatched 10 overmatched rivals at the top of the stretch and romped away to win the $250,000 United Arab Emirates Two Thousand Guineas (UAE-III) Feb. 13 at Meydan.
Variety Club Repeats as South African HOY
Variety Club joined a select group of great South African Thoroughbreds named Horse of the Year on more than one occasion when he was honored for the second year in a row at a glittering ceremony in Johannesburg Aug. 14.
Variety Club Repeats in Gold Challenge
South Africa's reigning Horse of the Year claimed his second group I victory of the year in the Rising Sun Gold Challenge.
Derek Brugman - Variety Club
Derek Brugman, Racing Manager - Markus & Ingrid Jooste talks about 2012 South African Horse of the Year Variety Club, whose future plans include the Breeders' Cup Mile. Watch Video
Variety Club Wins South African Queen's Plate
South African Horse of the Year Variety Club, narrowly beaten in last year's L'Ormarins Queen's Plate (SAf-I), would not be denied this year when scoring a clear victory Jan. 12 at Kenilworth in Cape Town.
Connections
| Trainer | Joey Ramsden |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mrs I Jooste & Mr M J Jooste |
| Breeder | Beaumont Stud |
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