TRACK AND BALL OAKS 1-2 FOR FUTURA
Drakenstein Stud’s four time G1 winning sire, and former Horse Of The Year, Futura had a notable success at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Saturday when Futura daughters Pink Tourmaline and Light Of The Moon ran first and second respectively in the G2 Track And Ball Oaks (2400m). Both Pink Tourmaline and Light Of The Moon were […]
SECOND WINNER FOR GOLD STANDARD
Drakenstein Stud’s blue blooded young sire Gold Standard came up with his second winner when his promising two-year-old daughter Hold My Hand won at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday.Second on her only previous start, the Glen Kotzen trained filly was all the rage for Saturday’s Netball South Africa Maiden Plate (F&M) over 1600m and jumped the […]
BACK TO BACK SOMERSET 1200 WINS FOR TRIPPI
Drakenstein Stud’s red hot sire Trippi claimed his second Listed Somerset 1200 win in two years when his classy son Charles Dickens ran out an impressive winner of that TAB sponsored Kenilworth feature on Sunday. Trippi’s top-class son, and subsequent G3 Cape Classic winner, Trip Of Fortune had captured the Listed Somerset 1200 in 2021. […]
ALLAN ROBERTSON CHAMPIONSHIP SUCCESS FOR TRIPPI
Responsible for 2021 G1 Allan Robertson Championship runner up Sound Of Warning, Drakenstein Stud’s champion sire Trippi went one better this year when his unbeaten two-year-old daughter Sweet Pepper won Saturday’s G1 Allan Robertson Championship (1200m) at Hollywoodbets Scottsville. Trained, like Sound Of Warning, by Sean Tarry, the Drakenstein Stud bred and owned Sweet Pepper […]
WHAT A WINTER FILLY LANDS MILKWOOD STAKES
Drakenstein Stud’s bang inform stallion What A Winter came up with his 20th stakes winner when his speedy daughter Glacier Gold won the Listed Milkwood Stakes (1000m) at Fairview racecourse on Friday. Sent off tote favourite for Friday’s R150 000 sprint, the Alan Greeff trained Glacier Gold lived up to her pre-race billing with a […]
SATURDAY DOUBLE FOR WHAT A WINTER
Drakenstein Stud’s inform sire, and multiple Equus Champion, What A Winter has had another fine season in 2021-2022 thus far, and the champion son of champion sire Western Winter came up with two eye catching winners at Kenilworth on Saturday. What A Winter colts Seeking The One and Stratospheric dominated the finish to Saturday’s first […]
WEDNESDAY DOUBLE FOR FUTURA
Drakenstein Stud’s resident sire, and former Horse Of The Year, Futura has had an excellent run over the past week or so, and the champion son of Dynasty was once again in the spotlight at Kenilworth on Wednesday when supplying two more winners. Futura’s first success on Wednesday came when his three-year-old son Tin Cup […]
TRIPPI’S TUESDAY DOUBLE
Drakenstein Stud’s champion resident sire Trippi continues to churn out eye catching winners, and the G1 winning son of End Sweep supplied two more smart looking winners at the Vaal on Tuesday. Trippi’s two-year-old daughter Sweet Pepper made it two wins from two starts when victorious in Tuesday’s first race, the #ThisIsRacing Welcomes You Juvenile […]
FIRST WINNER FOR GOLD STANDARD
Drakenstein Stud’s well performed stallion Gold Standard came up with his first winner when his two-year-old son Star Coin won the first race at the Vaal on Tuesday afternoon. Trained by Alec Laird, the Gold Standard gelding had finished third, to subsequent G2 4Racing SA Fillies Nursery winner, Maharanee last time out and he built […]
RAIN THE STAR AT TURFFONTEIN
While the fairer sex haven’t tasted Durban July success since Igugu walloped the boys in 2011, Sean Tarry’s scintillating Gr2 Gerald Rosenberg Stakes winner Rain In Holland is now one of two ladies, alongside Sparkling Water, in the top four in the Hollywoodbets Durban July ante-post betting market. Despite a lack of pace in the […]