78th STAKES WINNER FOR TRIPPI
Drakenstein Stud’s evergreen champion sire Trippi supplied his 78th individual stakes winner when his son Guru’s Pride justified tote favouritism to land the Listed New Turf Carriers Darley Arabian (1600m) at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday. Under champion jockey Warren Kennedy, the Gavin Van Zyl trained gelding made it win number four, from just eight starts, when […]
TRIPPI GRANDSON MAKES WAVES AT STUD
Drakenstein Stud’s champion sire Trippi is the broodmare sire of rising star US sire Not This Time, whose first two-year-olds continue to make a big impression. The G3 Iroquois Stakes winning Not This Time, a half-brother to multiple G1 winner and proven G1 sire Liam’s Map, came up with his seventh first crop winner over […]
TRIPPI COLT LANDS LANGERMAN
Drakenstein Stud’s resident sire Trippi came up with his 77th stakes winner when his promising two-year-old son Jet Dark won the G3 Beaumont Stud Langerman (1500m) at Kenilworth on Sunday. Trained by Justin Snaith, the Drakenstein Stud bred colt made it two wins from just three starts when Jet Dark ran on strongly to claim […]
6th GR1 WINNER FOR THE DUKE
Drakenstein Stud’s five time G1 winning stallion Duke Of Marmalade came up with his sixth individual G1 winner when his four-year-old daughter Temple Grafin won the G1 Jonsson Workwear Garden Province Stakes (1600m) at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday. Bred by Fran Cowe, the Glen Kotzen trained filly stormed home under jockey Keagen De Melo to […]
FUTURA SON CLAIMS GOLDEN HORSESHOE
Drakenstein Stud’s exciting young stallion Futura came up with his first graded stakes winner on Saturday, when his two-year-old son Nourbese,a member of Futura’s first crop, claimed the G2 Durban Golden Horseshoe (1400m) at Hollywoodbets Greyville. Third in the G2 World Sports Betting SA Nursery earlier in the season, the Ben Botha bred Nourbese showed […]
ONE WORLD SIRE’S RECORD BREAKING ACHIEVEMENT
The late, great Captain Al, whose top-class son One World is set to stand his first season at Drakenstein Stud, recently made history when supplying his 100th stakes winner. In the process, the former Cape Guineas winner became the first South African bred and or based stallion to reach that landmark. South Africa’s Champion Sire in […]
ANOTHER FEATURE FOR WHAT A WINTER
Fresh off his son Warrior’s Rest landing Saturday’s G1 Golden Horse Sprint, Drakenstein Stud’s bang inform stallion What A Winter enjoyed yet more feature race success when his daughter Hello Winter Hello won the Listed Cordocelli Olympic Duel Stakes at Kenilworth on Tuesday afternoon. The three-year-old filly, trained by Adam Marcus, made it three wins […]
WHAT A WINTER SON LANDS GOLDEN HORSE SPRINT
Drakenstein Stud’s increasingly successful sire, and multiple Equus Champion, What A Winter supplied his third G1 winner this season when his Lammerskraal Stud bred son Warrior’s Rest won the G1 Golden Horse Sprint (1200m) at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Saturday afternoon. Always up with the pace, under a good ride from Callan Murray, five-year-old Warrior’s Rest […]
THIRD WINNER FOR FUTURA
Drakenstein Stud’s promising sire, and former Horse Of The Year, Futura came up with his third first-crop winner on Wednesday when the four time G1 winning champion’s two-year-old daughter Vihaan’s Pie justified tote favouritism with a fluent win to land Hollywoodbets Greyville’s second race on Wednesday. Trained by Kumaran Naidoo, the Millstream Farm bred Vihaan’s […]
SMART DEBUT WINNER FOR FUTURA
The Drakenstein Stud based champion Futura has made an encouraging start to his stud career, and the former Horse Of The Year supplied another first-crop winner at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Wednesday. Futura’s two-year-old daughter Jasmine made a dazzling debut for trainer Glen Kotzen when she scored a going away win over 1200m on Wednesday afternoon. […]