DURBANVILLE CUP JOY FOR FUTURA
Drakenstein Stud’s red hot resident sire Futura claimed his second Listed win since Friday when his son Thefutureisbright won the Listed Durbanville Cup at Hollywoodbets Durbanville on Tuesday afternoon. The previous Friday had seen Futura filly Ekoria run out a facile winner of the Listed Breeders Guineas at Fairview. Trained by Justin Snaith, four-year-old Thefutureisbright […]
FUTURA FILLY WINS BREEDERS GUINEAS
Drakenstein Stud’s four time G1 winning stallion, and former Horse Of The Year, Futura has some very smart three-year-olds representing him this season, and the champion son of Dynasty struck yet again when Futura filly Ekoria ran out a convincing winner of the Listed Breeders Guineas (1600m), run at Fairview on Friday. Winner of the […]
90th STAKES WINNER FOR TRIPPI
Drakenstein Stud’s outstanding sire Trippi reached a significant landmark on Saturday when his son Pacaya won the Listed Gordon’s Gin Jet Master Stakes (1600m) at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth. In landing the Jet Master Stakes, four-year-old Pacaya became his sire’s 90th individual stakes winner. Under a great ride from JP Van Der Merwe, the Justin Snaith trained Pacaya […]
CAPE NURSERY 1-2 FOR WHAT A WINTER
Drakenstein Stud’s bang inform stallion What A Winter has a great record in the G3 Cape Of Good Hope Nursery and the multiple G1 winner struck again in the race, when What A Winter fillies Winter Cloud and Distant Winter finished 1-2 in Saturday’s G3 City Of Cape Town Cape Of Good Hope Nursery (1200m) […]
JET DARK TO RETURN HOME TO DRAKENSTEIN STUD
Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colours. And the people there see you differently too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. This has never been more true than […]
SATURDAY TREBLE FOR WHAT A WINTER
Drakenstein Stud’s four-time G1 winning sire What A Winter had an excellent spell last week and the multiple Equus Champion ended the week in style when supplying a trio of winners at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday. What A Winter’s first success on Saturday came when his Candice Bass-Robinson trained daughter The Agents Muse got off […]
SMASHING DEBUT FOR WHAT A WINTER SON
Drakenstein Stud’s very much inform sire, and four time G1 winner, What A Winter looks to have yet another smart two-year-old to his name in the form of The Africa House. The latter made the perfect start to his racing career when making a smart, winning debut at the Vaal on Thursday and The Africa […]
MET GLORY FOR TRIPPI
Drakenstein Stud’s evergreen champion sire Trippi is enjoying a fantastic season this year, and the son of End Sweep struck yet again when his outstanding son Jet Dark captured the G1 World Sports Betting Cape Town Met at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday. Trained by Justin Snaith, five-year-old Jet Dark was making his swansong before retiring […]
FIRST STAKES WINNER FOR LANCASTER BOMBER
Drakenstein Stud’s much missed Lancaster Bomber underlined what a loss he was to the South African breeding industry when the late War Front stallion came up with his first stakes winner at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday. The Lancasater Bomber filly Rascova, her sire’s first winner, became her sire’s first black type winner when she downed […]
POLITICIAN STAKES SUCCESS FOR FUTURA
Drakenstein Stud’s increasingly successful resident sire, and former Horse Of The Year, Futura looks to have a hugely exciting prospect on his hands in the form of progressive three-year-old Rockpool. The latter successfully took a step up in class, and made it three wins in a row, when he ran out a convincing winner of […]