Ipi Tombe

Ipi Tombe
SireManshood
GrandsireMr. Prospector
DamCarnet de Danse
DamsireDance In Time
SexMare
Foaled1998
CountryZimbabwe
ColourBay
BreederPeter J. Moor
Owner1)P Govender 2) Sunmark Stable
2) Team Valor, Sunmark Stable, WinStar Farm (August 2002)
3) Richard Santulli and Barry Weisbord (November 2004)
TrainerNoelene Peech (ZWE)
Mike De Kock (S.A.)
W. Elliott Walden (USA)
Record14: 12-2-0
EarningsUS$1,529,799 (equivalent)
Major wins
South African Oaks (2002)
South African Fillies Guineas (2002)
Woolavington Stakes (2002)
Durban July Handicap (2002)
Al Fahidi Fort (2003)
Jebel Hatta (2003)
Dubai Duty Free Stakes (2003)
Locust Grove Handicap (2003)
Awards
South African Champion Three-Year-Old Filly (2002)
Dubai Horse of the Year (2003)
Honours
Ipi Tombe Challenge at Turffontein Racecourse
Last updated on 7 October 2007

Ipi Tombe (foaled 10 October 1998 in the Marondera District of Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe) is a champion Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. She was bred by Peter J. Moor, chairman of the board of directors of the Thoroughbred Breeders Association of Zimbabwe. With that country in a state of turmoil and near economic collapse following implementation of the government's land reform law that resulted in confiscation and redistribution of horse farms, the granddaughter of Mr. Prospector was sold at the annual Zim Nation yearling auction in Harare for the equivalent of US$30 (thirty dollars). Purchased by a four-man partnership, she was given the name Ipi Tombe which in the Xhosa language (actually: "ipi ntombi") translates as "Where is the girl?"