5TH GROUP WIN FOR STAR OF THE DUKE, MARMELO
Drakenstein Stud’s Cartier Champion Duke Of Marmalade enjoyed an excellent season in South Africa in 2018-2019, and the five time G1 winning son of Danehill was once again to the fore on Sunday –this time in France. Duke Of Marmalade’s remarkable son Marmelo picked up the fifth group win of his career, and his seventh […]
MORE DAZZLE FROM THE DUKE
The Drakenstein Stud-based Duke Of Marmalade has made a very eyecatching start with his first South African runners. And when his 3yo daughter Nastergal won the Gr3 Champagne Stakes at Kenilworth on Saturday, she became the sixth individual stakes winner to have emerged from her sire’s first local crop. The 42nd stakes winner sired by […]
LANGERMAN SUCCESS FOR WHAT A WINTER
Drakenstein Stud’s prominent and increasingly successful sire What A Winter had another big pay-day when his promising son Snow Report won the G3 Langerman at Kenilworth on Saturday afternoon. Trained by Candice Bass-Robinson, the Limestone Thoroughbred Trust bred two-year-old made it win number two from just four starts when he captured the R200 000 by a […]
SECOND OAKS WINNER IN A WEEK FOR THE DUKE
Drakenstein Stud’s red hot sire Duke Of Marmalade was responsible for his second Oaks winner in a week, when his promising daughter Duchess Of Bourbon captured the Listed Winter Oaks at Kenilworth on Saturday. Just one week earlier, Seville Orange (like Duchess Of Bourbon a member of Duke Of Marmalade’s impressive first South African crop) […]
OAKS WINNER FOR THE DUKE
Drakenstein Stud’s Cartier Champion Duke Of Marmalade was represented by his 40th individual stakes winner when his talented 3yo daughter Seville Orange won the G3 Track And Ball Oaks at Scottsville on Saturday afternoon. Bred and owned by Drakenstein Stud, the Lucky Houdalakis trained Seville Orange showed her class when making all to win Saturday’s […]
TRIPPI STARS SHINE IN SCOTTSVILLE FEATURES
Drakenstein Stud’s champion resident stallion Trippi really made his presence felt on in G1 Scottsville features this Saturday. Not only is Trippi the sire of Chimichuri Run and Trip To Heaven, the first two home in Saturday’s G1 Tsogo Sun Sprint, but the magnificent son of End Sweep is also damsire of Saturday’s G1 Allan […]
SUNDAY DOUBLE FOR WHAT A WINTER
Drakenstein Stud’s red-hot resident sire What A Winter made his mark in no uncertain terms at Kenilworth on Sunday, when the former multiple Equus Champion was responsible for a pair of impressive winners. What A Winter’s impressive 2yo son Armando made it two wins from as many outings when scoring a convincing one length win […]
DUKE OF MARMALADE DOMINATES FILLIES GUINEAS
Drakenstein Stud’s Cartier Champion Duke Of Marmalade has made a great start to his stud career in South Africa, and the five time G1 winner dominated the finish to Friday night’s G2 KRA Fillies Guineas, where Duke Of Marmalade fillies Santa Clara and Temple Grafin (recently the second and first finishers respectively in the G3 […]
FOURTH GROUP WIN FOR DUKE OF MARMALADE SON
Drakenstein Stud’s bang in-form stallion Duke Of Marmalade had a day to remember on Saturday, when his 2yo daughter True To Life maintained her unbeaten record when scoring at Turffontein, and his uber game and talented son Marmelo won the G3 Dubai Duty Free Finest Surprise Stakes (registered as the John Porter Stakes) at Newbury. […]
DUKE FILLY MAINTAINS HER UNBEATEN RECORD
Drakenstein Stud’s in-form sire Duke Marmalade, responsible for the first two finishers home in the recent G3 Umzimkhulu Stakes, looks to have a very promising two-year-old to his name in the form of True To Life. An impressive winner on debut, the Northfields Stud filly made it two wins from as many starts when scoring […]