Monastic Springs
2005 b c Sadler's Wells x Ipi Tombe

Pin Turn
2006 c f Pivotal x Ipi Tombe

Go for Two
2009 b c Giant's Causeway x Ipi Tombe

Hug Doc
2010 b f Medaglia d'Oro x Ipi Tombe

Unnamed
2011 b c Medaglia d'Oro x Ipi Tombe

Ipi Memorabilia and Moneighs
Yes, I am an Ipi Tombe nerd...

Acknowledgements: Many, many, many thanks to Kathleen and Barry Irwin of Team Valor for putting up with all of my questions and helping me meet Ipi; to Jim Devlin and Karen Klein for graciously sharing their photos with me and keeping me updated while Ipi was overseas; to Barbara Livingston for sharing her stunning photos; to Sara Skalley for keeping me up to date about Ipi's new foals and for sharing her pictures; and to the Bandoroffs and the Denali Stud staff for letting me visit. :-)

Questions? Comments? Corrections?

Email Kirsten Wellman at:

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~ Ipi Tombe ~
1998 bay mare (Manshood x Carnet De Danse, by Dance In Time)

Great racehorses are rare, and great racing fillies can be rarer still. Precious few of them can consistantly dominate their own sex, let alone compete on the highest levels against males. Those that have are an elite company, like Busher, Twilight Tear, or Miesque. Ipi Tombe more than earned her place among them, winning 12 of 14 starts against all comers, from sprints to routes, and often as the high-weight in a field of males. She won races in 4 different countries on 3 seperate continents and was named a champion in 2 of them. But the story of Ipi Tombe is unique for more than just her accomplishments, brilliant though they are. Her's is one of racing's greatest rags-to-riches tales, beginning humbly in strife-torn Zimbabwe.

~ News ~

1/31/12: Ipi's 2010 filly by MDO has been named Hug Doc..

9/3/11: Go For Two worked for the first time---3 furlongs in :37.80.

5/20/11: Ipi's foaled a healthy colt by Medaglia d'Oro!

11/13/10: Pin Turn won! The victory brought her record to 11-1-2-3 with almost $50,000 in earnings. She has now been retired to Denali Stud as a broodmare alongside her dam.

9/12/10: Ipi's 2009 Giant's Causeway yearling colt will be selling tonight at the Keeneland sale, Book 1, Hip 51.

8/5/10: Pin Turn is running tomorrow at Saratoga! Also, new pix of Ipi's 2010 MDO filly have been added.

5/19/10: Pin Turn is entered to run in the 7th race at Belmont on Friday, May 21st!

3/4/10: Ipi foaled a beautiful bay filly by Medaglia d'Oro!

10/2/09: Pin Turn will be making her fourth start on Thursday, November 12th, at the Meadowlands.

10/2/09: Pin Turn will be making her third start tomorrow at the Meadowlands in Race 4!

9/7/09: Pin Turn is making her second start today at Philadelphia Park---race 11, 8.5 furlongs turf MSW, 5:58 EST. She is the favorite as of noon!

8/22/09: Monastic Springs has been sold for stud duties in Venezuela. He will stand at Haras Gran Derby.

6/24/09: Pin Turn worked for the first time at Monmouth Park this morning. She went 3 furlongs on the dirt in :36.40.

6/8/09: Pin Turn had her first official workout today!!! She went 4 furlongs in :51. Yay filly!

5/12/09: Monastic Springs is entered to run in a one mile allowance on turf at Belmont on Thursday, May 14th. Also, check out the Ipi memorabilia page to see pictures of her Moneighs.

4/5/09: Monastic Springs is back on the work tab! He went 4 furlongs in :54 which doesn't look like much on paper, but it is his first official work since June 2008. Hooray!

2/9/09: Ipi Tombe foaled a healthy bay colt by Giant's Causeway! Both mare and foal are doing well, and Ipi is booked to Kingmambo this season.

5/24/08: Monastic Springs WON his first start!

3/7/08: Monastic Springs is back in training! Ipi's Pivotal filly has been named Pin Turn. Alas, Ipi slipped her Giant's Causeway filly, so no foal this year. She is confirmed in foal to GC again for next year though.

In a February 2008 poll on www.sahorseracing.com, Ipi Tombe was voted (in a landslide) the greatest racehorse since Horse Chestnut to grace South Africa's tracks.

Ipi Tombe's Race Record

Ipi Tombe's Pedigree

Ipi Tombe's Foals:

2005 - Monastic Springs, bay horse by Sadler's Wells 2006 - Pin Turn, chestnut filly by Pivotal 2007 - barren to Montjeu 2008 - slipped Giant's Causeway filly 2009 - Go For Two, bay colt by Giant's Causeway 2010 - bay filly by Medaglia d'Oro 2011 - bay colt by Medaglia d'Oro