IMPRESSIVE DEBUT WINNER FOR THE DUKE
Drakenstein Stud’s five time G1 winning stallion Duke Of Marmalade has sired some top-class fillies in his time, and the champion son of Danehill looks to have come up with another above average filly in the form of Duchess Of Now. The latter, a three-year-old filly bred by the Oldlands Stud, caught the eye when […]
THIRD G1 WINNER FOR TRIPPI GRANDSON
Drakenstein Stud’s champion sire Trippi continues to make his presence felt as a broodmare sire in North America, and Trippi was at it again this weekend, when his maternal grandson Liam’s Map supplied the winner of Saturday’s G1 Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational Stakes at Gulfstream Park. Liam’s Map’s first crop son Colonel Liam became […]
KENILWORTH DOUBLE FOR WHAT A WINTER
Drakenstein Stud’s inform resident stallion, and multiple G1 winner, What A Winter had a good day at Kenilworth on Saturday. Not only did the former Equus Champion supply the winners of the final two races on the card, but What A Winter was responsible for the first three past the post in the seventh race […]
TRIPPI COLT LANDS L’ORMARINS QUEEN’S PLATE
Drakenstein Stud’s champion resident sire Trippi supplied his ninth individual G1 winner when his Drakenstein Stud bred son Jet Dark won the G1 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate at Kenilworth on Saturday afternoon. Winner of last season’s G3 Beaumont Stud Langerman, Jet Dark received a fine ride from Grant Van Niekerk to lift the spoils in Saturday’s […]
80th STAKES WINNER FOR TRIPPI
Drakenstein Stud’s champion sire Trippi came up with his 80th individual stakes winner when his lightly raced son Mombela captured the G3 Lebelo Sprint (1000m) at Turffontein on Sunday. The Drakenstein Stud bred gelding ran on strongly down the inside of the track to claim the 2020 Lebelo Sprint (South Africa’s final graded race of […]
WHAT A WINTER FILLY LANDS MAGNOLIA GR3
Drakenstein Stud’s four time G1 winning resident stallion What A Winter continues to make his presence felt as a high-class sire, and the multiple Equus Champion enjoyed another big payday when his daughter Winter Smoke won the G3 World Sports Betting Magnolia Handicap (1160m) at Turffontein on Saturday. Bred by Mr Fitzgerald, the Ashley Fortune […]
FUTURA FILLY MAINTAINS UNBEATEN RECORD
Drakenstein Stud’s very promising young Dynasty sire Futura looks to have come up with yet another smart member of his first crop in the form of unbeaten filly Fantastical. The latter made it two wins from two starts when recording a fluent win at the Vaal on Tuesday afternoon for trainer Alec Laird and jockey […]
WHAT A WINTER: FILLY WINS 2nd BLACK TYPE
Drakenstein Stud’s inform stallion What A Winter, responsible for three individual G1 winners last season, enjoyed yet more feature race success on Saturday. His talented four-year-old daughter Hello Winter Hello claimed the second black type win of her career when she stormed home to land the Listed Laisserfaire Stakes (1100m) at Kenilworth on Saturday afternoon. […]
79th STAKES WINNER FOR TRIPPI
Drakenstein Stud’s champion resident sire Trippi came up with his 79th individual stakes winner when his consistent son Crome Yellow won the Listed Woolavington Stakes (2400m) at Kenilworth racecourse on Saturday. Under inform jockey Keagan De Melo, the Andre Nel trained gelding dug down deep in the closing stages to land the 2020 Woolavington Stakes […]
ONE WORLD : EQUUS CHAMPION
Drakenstein Stud’s exciting young sire One World, who is currently covering his first book of mares, gained a welcome boost to his stallion page when the handsome bay was named Equus Champion Older Male at Sunday’s virtual Equus Awards ceremony. Also nominated for the Champion Middle Distance Horse award , One World beat out such […]