Cape Cross' juvenile son Kalimdor notched his third career Stakes victory on Sunday October 9 when winning the Calidiran Stakes over Istanbul’s 1500m turf course. A local G1 contest, he beat his fourteen rivals with something to spare and this winner of four starts, now has pretensions to being named the leading juvenile in Turkey.
Kalimdor's dam Dawn Surprise, a three-time winning mare by Theatrical, was covered by Cape Cross before being sold in foal at Goffs for €34,000. The resulting offspring was foaled in Turkey by H Yavas and hails from the family of top-grade Argentinean performers Lignify and Litigado.
The sire of 68 worldwide Stakes winners, Cape Cross is famous for siring outstanding Champions the world over. In Europe he has Sea The Stars and Ouija Board, while in New Zealand he sired the great racemare, Seachange, between them they were the winners of 20 G1 races. This season Cape Cross has sired ten Group horses and no stallion can beat his total of three Royal Ascot winners.
