The 2019 /20 Cape Breeders Awards were revealed on Sunday evening courtesy of Tellytrack’s Breeding To Win show.
The awards panel comprised Jehan Malherbe, Karel Miedema and Mark Van Deventer.
It is noted that the Cape Breeders panel differs from the Equus panel. The Cape Breeders used 31 July as the season-end for all categories, and thus races won by newly turned 3yo’s did not count for the 2yo awards.
Equus used the season-end, 31 July, for statistical awards, but counted Champions Day performances at the end of August for merit awards.
Mike de Kock’s Silvano colt Hawwaam was named Horse Of The Year, and also picked up the Older Male and Middle Distance awards.
His dam Halfway To Heaven was to no one’s surprise again Broodmare Of The Year, while Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein were the joint Breeders Of The Year.
Cape Breeders chairman James Armitage revealed the amazing statistic that Cape bred horses won 25 of the 29 Grade 1 races in South Africa during the season in question.
