FUTURA FILLY WINS POINSETTIA STAKES
Drakenstein Stud’s rising star sire Futura came up with his sixth first crop stakes winner when his three-year-old daughter Vihaan’s Pie won the G3 Poinsettia Stakes (1200m) run at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Sunday. Trained by Kumaran Naidoo, Vihaan’s Pie had finished fifth in the G3 Umzimkhulu Stakes last time out and appeared to relish the […]
TRIPPI FILLY CLAIMS STRELITZIA STAKES
Drakenstein Stud’s champion sire Trippi came up with his 82nd stakes winner when his unbeaten two-year-old daughter Sound Of Warning claimed the G3 Strelitzia Stakes (1100m) at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Sunday. Trained by Sean Tarry, the Drakenstein Stud bred and owned Sound Of Warning was making just her second start and having her first start […]
TURF CLASSIC SUCCESS FOR TRIPPI GRANDSON
Drakenstein Stud’s champion resident sire Trippi made his presence felt at Churchill Downs on Saturday.His maternal grandson Liam’s Map (by Unbridled’s Song) is the sire of top four-year-old Colonel Liam, who claimed his second G1 win when dead-heating for first place in Saturday’s G1 Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic Stakes (1800m) on Saturday. Colonel Liam […]
CAMELLIA STAKES 1-2 FOR WHAT A WINTER
Drakenstein Stud’s bang inform resident stallion, and triple Equus Champion, What A Winter came up with his second feature race winner in as many days when his daughter Celestial Love ran out a brilliant winner of the G2 4Racing Camellia Stakes (1160m), run at Turffontein on Saturday. Just one day earlier, What A Winter’s son […]
WHAT A WINTER COLT CLAIMS EAST CAPE NURSERY
Drakenstein Stud’s four time G1 winning sire What A Winter has been firing on all cylinders of late, and the former Equus Champion came to the fore yet again at Fairview on Friday, when his son Whatever Next won the Listed East Cape Nursery (1200m) in convincing style. One of two runners in the race […]
FUTURA COLT SWOOPS TO VARIETY CLUB MILE WIN
Drakenstein Stud’s four time G1 winning sire Futura came up with his fifth first crop stakes winner when his exciting three-year-old son Warrior won the G3 World Sports Betting Variety Club Mile (1600m), the first leg of the Winter Series, at Kenilworth on Saturday. An impressive winner of his two previous starts, the Ridgemont Highlands […]
EXCITING TIMES AHEAD FOR ONE WORLD
There are exciting times ahead for Drakenstein Stud’s Met 2020 Equus Champion One World, whose first foals are set to arrive later this year. The fertile son of Captain Al covered an exceptional book of 118 mares during his first season at stud in 2020. They included high-class race mares and proven producers notably many who […]
DUKE FILLY LANDS TOMMY HOTSPUR HANDICAP
Drakenstein Stud’s five time G1 winning resident sire Duke Of Marmalade is no stranger to siring high-class fillies, and the son of Danehill has a very smart daughter to his name in the form of True To Life. The latter showed her class when downing a smart field of sprinters to win the G3 Wilgerbosdrift […]
THURSDAY DOUBLE FOR DUKE
The Drakenstein Stud based Cartier Champion Duke Of Marmalade had a quick double at the Vaal on Thursday, with his daughter Jam Fancy winning the second race and son Valyrian King victorious in the Vaal’s sixth race. Three-year-old filly Jam Fancy caught the eye when romping home to break her maiden by a length and […]
TRIPPI FILLY IMPRESSES ON DEBUT
Drakenstein Stud’s champion sire Trippi is having a fantastic season in 2020-2021 thus far, and the G1 winning son of End Sweep came up with a smart looking two-year-old winner when his daughter Sound Of Warning won at the Vaal on Tuesday afternoon. Bred and owned by Drakenstein Stud, the blue blooded Sound Of Warning […]