TRIPPI COLT LANDS WSB GUINEAS
Drakenstein Stud’s champion sire Trippi was responsible for a 76th stakes winner when his regally bred three-year-old son Wild Coast won the G2 World Sports Betting Guineas at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday. Trained by Justin Snaith trained colt, one of two Trippi sons in the 2020 WSB Guineas, showed his class when running on strongly […]
ONE WORLD SETTLES IN AT DRAKENSTEIN
THERE has been an inordinate amount of public interest in One World going to stud at Drakenstein this week, quite possibly because he is only midway through his four-year-old racing career, but perhaps even more so because his growing band of followers are still in the afterglow of his sensational 2020 Sun Met win. One […]
GUINEAS SUCCESS FOR THE DUKE
Drakenstein Stud’s five time G1 winning resident sire Duke Of Marmalade was responsible for his 44th individual stakes winner when his three-year-old daughter Sailing Ship romped to a facile victory in the Listed Breeders Guineas (1600m) at Fairview racecourse on Friday. red and owned by Drakenstein Stud, Sailing Ship outclassed her 13 rivals, with the […]
FIRST WINNER FOR FUTURA
Drakenstein Stud’s exciting young stallion Futura supplied his first winner, when his two-year-old son Karnallie got off the mark at Turffontein on Guineas day. Bred by the Heritage, the Corne Spies trained Karnallie showed plenty of courage in getting up to win close home over 1160m and score by a head, under jockey Craig Zackey. […]
DUKE FILLY WINS MAGNOLIA HANDICAP
Drakenstein Stud’s resident sire, and Cartier Champion, Duke Of Marmalade was responsible for a 43rd individual stakes winner when his exciting daughter True To Life won the G3 Gauteng Tourism Authority Magnolia Handicap at Turffontein on Saturday. The Northfields Stud bred three-year-old, third in last season’s G2 SA Fillies Nursery, showed her class when romping to […]
CAPE MERCHANT SUCCESS FOR WHAT A WINTER
Drakenstein Stud’s increasingly successful, and inform, sire What A Winter always looked to have a strong hand in Saturday’s G2 Cape Merchants at Kenilworth and so it proved, with What A Winter gelding Russet Air storming home to a convincing victory in the 1200m feature. One of two graded winners on the day for jockey […]
FUTURA COLT TOPS READY TO RUN
Castle On The Hill, a colt from the first crop of Horse Of The Year Futura, proved the star attraction at Sunday’s Emperors Palace Ready To Run Sale. Consigned by Ndoro Stud, Castle On The Hill (Lot 91) was knocked down to EIBloodstock for R1 300 000 to top Sunday’s auction. Futura’s outstanding sire Dynasty also proved […]
DAZZLING DEBUT WINNER FOR THE DUKE
Drakenstein Stud’s in-form resident stallion Duke Of Marmalade had a hugely impressive debut winner at the Vaal on Thursday. His three-year-old Drakenstein Stud bred and owned daughter Karino simply outclassed her rivals to win first time out by eight and a quarter lengths, when scooting up over 1200 metres. The three-year-old, who jumped the well […]
BEACH BEAUTY’S FIRST RUNNER MAKES A BIG IMPRESSION
Beach Beauty, one of South Africa’s best race mares of the last decade, got off the mark as a broodmare in style over the weekend, when her son Wild Coast scored at Durbanville racecourse on Saturday. Making just his second start, the three-year-old Trippi colt showed the benefit of a run under his belt when […]
TRIPPI SON LIFTS MAIDEN CUP
Drakenstein Stud’s champion sire Trippi went close to enjoying big race success both as a sire and as a broodmare sire over the past weekend. His Drakenstein Stud bred son White River confirmed his status as the best horse currently racing in Mauritius on Sunday, when that gelding landed the The Courts Mammoth Maiden Cup […]