FIVE IN A ROW FOR WHAT A WINTER GELDING
Drakenstein Stud’s red hot resident sire What A Winter, fresh off supplying a double at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Wednesday, made it five wins in two days when he came up with three eye catching winners at Turffontein on Thursday. Star of What A Winter’s trio of winners was the progressive Vanderbilt, who made it five […]
FUTURA COLT WINS ON DEBUT
Drakenstein Stud’s four time G1 winning sire, and former South African Horse Of The Year, Futura, came up with an eye catching debut winner at Kenilworth on Saturday.Three-year-old Le Morne, trained, like his sire, by Brett Crawford, made the perfect start to his racing career when winning first time out on Saturday. Sent off a […]
TURFFONTEIN TREBLE FOR WHAT A WINTER
Drakenstein Stud’s four time G1 winning stallion What A Winter has made a cracking start to the 2022-2023 racing season. Not only is What A Winter sire of recent Listed Off To Stud Stakes winner Humdinger, the former champion sprinter was on fire at Turffontein on Tuesday when What A Winter came up with three […]
OFF TO STUD SUCCESS FOR WHAT A WINTER
Drakenstein Stud’s inform resident sire What A Winter had a great season in 2021-2022, and the former Equus Champion’s great run continued when his daughter Humdinger captured Sunday’s Listed Off To Stud Stakes (1600m) run at Hollywoodbets Scottsville. A four-year-old filly trained by Mike de Kock, Humdinger was given a superb, front running ride from […]
UMNGENI HANDICAP SUCCESS FOR WHAT A WINTER
Drakenstein Stud sires enjoyed notable success at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday, and Drakenstein’s consistent stallion What A Winter ended the day on a high for the farm when his son Isivunguvungu ran out a facile winner of the last race, the Listed Marshalls World Of Sport Umngeni Handicap (1000m). The 2022 Umngeni Handicap, the last […]
BACK TO BACK CHAMPIONS CUP WINS FOR TRIPPI CHAMPION
Drakenstein Stud’s evergreen champion sire Trippi ended the 2021-2022 South African racing season on a high-note when his champion son Jet Dark won the G1 HKJC World Pool Champions Cup ((1800m) at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday. It was a second consecutive Champions Cup win for Jet Dark, who downed the subsequently exported Catch Twentytwo when […]
WEDNESDAY DOUBLE FOR WHAT A WINTER
Drakenstein Stud’s consistently successful sire What A Winter has had a wonderful season in 2021-2022 and the four G1 winner enjoyed more success at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Wednesday when What A Winter supplied two more winners -including a very impressive debut winner in the form of Winter Baron. The latter, a two-year-old gelding trained by […]
FIFTH FIRST CROP WINNER FOR GOLD STANDARD
Drakenstein Stud’s promising young stallion Gold Standard came up with his fifth winner when Gold Standard’s two-year-old son Let’s Get Together won at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Monday afternoon.Trained by Michael Roberts, Let’s Get Together, under Rachel Venniker, raced just off the leaders early in Monday’s www.galloptv.co.za Maiden Plate (1000m). Venniker bought her mount with a […]
THURSDAY DOUBLE FOR WHAT A WINTER
Drakenstein Stud’s consistently successful sire What A Winter came up with two more winners at the Vaal on Thursday -with his son Far Away Winter making a big impression when breaking his maiden. Trained by Michael and Adam Azzie, two-year-old Far Away Winter had finished fourth on his only previous start, but made amends for […]
3RD FIRST CROP WINNER FOR GOLD STANDARD
Drakenstein Stud’s promising young sire Gold Standard came up with a third first-crop winner when his two-year-old daughter Golden Hostess justified tote favouritism to win impressively at Kenilworth on Tuesday afternoon.Third on each of her only two previous starts, the Candice Bass-Robinson trained Golden Hostess oozed class with a fine display in Tuesday’s Welcome To […]