Roll of Honour

Horses that shaped our story

Across three generations, Spies Racing has developed Grade 1 winners, graded performers, national record-breakers and feature-race champions. This roll celebrates the horses, owners, riders and stable team behind those achievements.

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0 Grade 1 horses
0 Graded & feature horses
0 Heritage champions
A legacy on the track

Champions across generations

From elite Grade 1 performers to horses that helped build the Spies Racing name, explore the stable's record by category.

Grade 1 Hazy Dazy
HORSE 01

Hazy Dazy

Winner of the Grade 1 Wilgerbosdrift SA Fillies Classic and Grade 2 Wilgerbosdrift Gauteng Fillies Guineas.

Purchased for R37,500, she is an exceptional example of the stable's eye for value and patient development.

Grade 1
William Robertson
HORSE 02

William Robertson

Winner of the Grade 1 TAB Computaform Sprint, Grade 2 Joburg Spring Challenge and Grade 3 Tony Ruffel Stakes.

A durable, high-class sprinter and one of the stable's modern flagbearers.

Grade 1
Van Halen
HORSE 03

Van Halen

Winner of the Grade 1 Gold Medallion and Grade 1 Mercury Sprint.

Displayed elite speed from juvenile level into his older career.

Grade 1
Rock Opera
HORSE 04

Rock Opera

Winner of the Grade 1 Allan Robertson Championship.

She was subsequently sold to overseas interests and became an important broodmare.

Grade 1
War Horse
HORSE 05

War Horse

Winner of the Grade 1 Golden Horseshoe on Durban July day.

The victory confirmed the stable's strength with high-class juveniles.

Grade 1
Singforafa
HORSE 06

Singforafa

Winner of the Grade 1 South African Fillies Sprint.

A career-defining performance at the highest level.

Graded & Feature
Nourbese
HORSE 07

Nourbese

Grade 2 Golden Horseshoe winner.

A talented juvenile who was later sold to race in Mauritius.

Graded & Feature
Cockney Pride
HORSE 08

Cockney Pride

Winner of the Grade 2 Golden Slipper.

One of the leading two-year-old fillies of her season.

Graded & Feature
Tommy Gun
HORSE 09

Tommy Gun

Winner of the Grade 2 Emerald Cup.

Demonstrated the stable's versatility across racing surfaces and conditions.

Graded & Feature
Imperial Ruby
HORSE 10

Imperial Ruby

Winner of the Grade 3 Gold Bowl over 3200m as a three-year-old.

A notable staying achievement.

Graded & Feature
Supreme Quest
HORSE 11

Supreme Quest

Winner of the Grade 3 Umzimkhulu Stakes.

Also achieved Grade 1 and Grade 2 placings across a high-class campaign.

Graded & Feature
Seattle Singer
HORSE 12

Seattle Singer

Winner of the Grade 3 Sycamore Sprint.

Also finished runner-up in the Grade 1 Gold Medallion against the colts.

Graded & Feature
Take Silk
HORSE 13

Take Silk

Winner of the Grade 3 Egoli Sprint.

She was later exported to overseas interests.

Graded & Feature
Fun Fly
HORSE 14

Fun Fly

Winner of the Grade 3 SA Fillies Nursery from only six starts.

An early marker of Corne Spies' ability with juvenile fillies.

Graded & Feature
Scandal
HORSE 15

Scandal

National 1000m record-breaker.

Her speed earned special recognition in the Eastern Cape racing awards.

Heritage
Yardmaster
HORSE 16

Yardmaster

Winner of the 1988 Queen's Plate for Tobie Spies.

One of the defining horses of the earlier Spies Racing story.

Heritage
Fast Gun
HORSE 17

Fast Gun

Winner of the Topsport Bloodline Million.

A major feature-race winner from the stable's heritage era.

Heritage
Mysterious Hal
HORSE 18

Mysterious Hal

Bloodline Million winner.

An important part of the stable's earlier feature-race history.

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Generations of horsemanship

The names change. The standard carries forward.

The Roll of Honour stretches from Tobie Spies' earlier champions through Corne's modern Grade 1 performers and into the Corne and Xander partnership.

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