Noordhoek Flyer Retired After Injury

Dual Guineas winner Noordhoek Flyer has suffered a career threatening leg injury and will be retired. This is a bitter blow to trainer Dean Kannemeyer who has been preparing the four year old for a tilt at both the L'Ormarins Queens Plate and the J & B Met. Kannemeyer said it happened about four weeks ago. He is a very valuable horse and I am not going to mess about with him. There are two farms already interested in standing him.

The Pivotal Colt gave Jannemeyer his fourth Cape Guineas winner in December and was particularly impressive in the KAR Guineas in May.

Source: The Mercury


Cheers
Anthony

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Pity. On the other side of the coin. Bravura is set to make his comeback in the Greenpoint Stakes at Kenilworth this Saturday. Anton Marcus has been engaged for the ride. Sad that he will never get the chance to face Noordhoek Flyer again, but hopefully NF will make a good sire.

Sad news

URGENT PRESS RELEASE - NOORDHOEK FLYER RETIRED
Horseracing's loss is the breeding industry's gain. This was the
philosophical attitude adopted by an obviously disappointed trainer
Dean Kannemeyer when announcing the shock news of the injury enforced
retirement of the handsome and brilliant son of Pivotal, Noordhoek
Flyer.
Speaking on his website www.dkannemeyerracing.com , the man who has
trained over fifty Group winners including two Vodacom Durban July
winners and seven Guineas winners since taking over the reins from his
legendary father over a decade ago, said that the loss of a big horse
was a blow to any training operation and that he had harboured 'huge
plans' for the chestnut champion: " I have never been as serious about
taking a horse to Dubai and an international career as I had been
about this colt. He has all the magic attributes and qualities that
makes a special racehorse - the blood, raw ability, electric
acceleration, a huge heart and a special character. He is the kind of
horse that turns heads, elevates careers and changes lives. They
really don't come around too often, " he said.
Sired North of the line by Pivotal out of the Kris mare Serra Negra,
this brilliant miler has a stallion's pedigree and the breathtaking
acceleration and star quality to match it. He raced only eleven times
for 4 wins which included a brilliant win in a star-studded Grade 1`
Cape Guineas and an emphatic victory in the Grade 2 KRA Guineas at
Greyville. After winning his second Guineas in the 2010 Champions
Season in KwaZulu-Natal, he had been touted as a likely winner of the
Vodacom Durban July. After a great fourth just over three lengths off
Horse Of The Year Irish Flame in the Grade 1 Daily News 2000, things
went awry during the Grade 1 Champions Cup where he ran below par and
he never set foot on a racecourse again.
Noordhoek Flyer had suffered a career -ending injury and Kannemeyer
said that the decision to retire him had been made in consultation
with South Africa's top veterinarians and in the very best interests
of the horse. He thanked Noordhoek Flyer's owner, Lady Christine
Laidlaw, for her 'enormous patience' and 'unbelievable understanding'
through what he said was a trying and traumatic time for everybody
involved with the champion.
In reflecting on what could have been, Dean Kannemeyer said that it
was always extremely difficult making comparisons with past top
horses, but that Noordhoek Flyer would go down as one of the great
milers of his generation: " I have been fortunate to train top horses
that have gone on to make their mark in the paddock. We are dealing
with flesh and blood and sadly these unforeseen injuries do happen.
Noordhoek Flyer did not get the opportunity to carve his name on the
honour roles of South African horseracing like Dynasty and
Eyeofthetiger did but, like them, he had that stamp and air of
authority about him that seperates the men from the boys. I wish Lady
Laidlaw every success with this special horses' stud career and with
his pedigree and ability, I have no doubt that he will be sought after
locally and internationally. And he and I have some unfinished
business of our own - hopefully I will get the opportunity to train
his offspring to win races like the L'Ormarins Queen's Plate and J&B
Met, something I had planned for him," he quipped with a twinkle in
his eye.
Kannemeyer said that an announcement would be made in due course as to
where the first son of of Pivotal ever to stand at stud in South
Africa would be based. He said that top studs had shown an interest
and that Lady Laidlaw was being guided by her adviser, top SA
Bloodstock Consultant, Jehan Malherbe of Form Bloodstock.
ISSUED BY WWW.DKANNEMEYERRACING.COM

Eish..

..so no there no one to stop Fabiani from 2011 Queens Plate/Met double:)

Express Way, Eyeofthetiger, Dynasty, Noordhoek Flyer. All Kannemeyer horses with their careers cut short in the last few years. Very unfortunate.