GRADED STAKES DOUBLE FOR TRIPPI
Former champion sire Trippi made a big impression at Kenilworth on Saturday, where Trippi’s son Trip Of Fortune claimed the G3 Cape Classic and his three-year-old daughter Amanzimtoti won the same day’s G2 Western Cape Fillies Championship (1400m). Both sophomores are trained by Candice Bass-Robinson for owner-breeder Drakenstein Stud, with both Trip Of Fortune and […]
CAPE CLASSIC SUCCESS FOR TRIPPI COLT
Drakenstein Stud’s evergreen champion sire Trippi looks to have yet another high-class runner to his name in the form of Trip Of Fortune. The latter, one of 83 stakes winners for his sire, made it four wins from just five starts, and four wins on the bounce, when scoring a courageous win in Saturday’s G3 […]
DURBANVILLE DOUBLE FOR TRIPPI
Drakenstein Stud’s champion sire Trippi has enjoyed a good run of late, and the evergreen son of End Sweep looks to have come up with two very smart fillies in the form of Santa Maria and Amanzimtoti. The latter pair both won their respective races at Durbanville on Monday in the style of three-year-olds with […]
DUKE RELATIVE LIFTS DOGWOOD STAKES
Brilliant three-year-old filly Carribean Caper, whose fourth dam Lassie Dear also ranks as the third dam of Drakenstein Stud’s inform stallion Duke Of Marmalade, made it five wins from five starts when romping home to an easy win in Saturday’s G3 Dogwood Stakes at Churchill Downs. A daughter of Speightstown, Carribean Caper swept three-wide on […]
THREE IN A ROW FOR TRIPPI COLT
Drakenstein Stud’s resident champion sire Trippi looks to have produced a top-class three-year-old in the form of Trip Of Fortune. The latter defied a layoff to make it three wins in a row when victorious over 1400 metres at Durbanville on Saturday. Under Anthony Andrews, the progressive Trip Of Fortune unleashed a smart turn of […]
4 OUT OF 6 FOR WHAT A WINTER SON
Drakenstein Stud’s very much inform sire What A Winter looks to have another smart prospect to his name in the form of Whatever Next. The East Cape Champion 2YO Colt/Gelding of last season, Whatever Next made it four wins from just six starts with an eyecatching win at Fairview on Monday. Having his first run […]
WHAT A WINTER WEEKEND QUARTET
Drakenstein Stud’s four time G1 winning stallion What A Winter, the Leading Sire of 2YOs in South Africa in 2020-2021, had another fine weekend when the multiple champion sprinter supplied a quartet of winners. Not only did What A Winter supply winners at both Durbanville and Turffontein on Saturday, the son of Western Winter came […]
EYE CATCHING WINNER FOR FUTURA
Drakenstein Stud’s promising young sire Futura supplied an eye catching winner at the Vaal on Thursday. Futura’s newly turned four-year-old son Eliud stamped himself a horse to follow when romping home to a six length win in Thursday’s Racing Association Progress Plate (1600m). Under a well timed, front running ride from Craig Zackey, the Candice […]
DEBUT WINNER FOR TRIPPI
Drakenstein Stud’s evergreen sire Trippi has another high-class crop of three-year-olds this season, and the former South African champion sire produced another exciting sophomore prospect when his son Winchester Mansion made a winning debut at Durbanville on Tuesday afternoon. Bred and owned by Drakenstein Stud, the Trippi colt received a well timed ride by the […]
DUKE GRANDDAUGHTER BRILLIANT IN PARK HILL WIN
Drakenstein Stud’s five time G1 winning stallion Duke Of Marmalade is enjoying increasing success as a broodmare sire and the former Cartier Champion once again made his presence felt as a maternal grandsire at Doncaster on Thursday. Progressive three-year-old Free Wind, whose dam is the Duke Of Marmalade sired stakes winner Alive Alive Oh, made […]