FOUR IN A ROW FOR TRIPPI FILLY
Drakenstein Stud’s champion sire Trippi looks to have a smart sort on his hands in the form of the Klawervlei Stud bred filly Guns And Roses. Trained by Geoff Woodruff, Guns And Roses made it four wins on the bounce (and four wins from just five outings overall) with a game last minute win over […]
THE TOUGHEST HORSE IN THE WORLD
If you truly love horseracing you need to watch this race. The 2017 G1 Royal Ascot Gold Cup: the flagship race of the world’s flagship racing festival. Run yesterday in front of a record crowd of nearly 70,000 people, the contest climaxed in a nail-biting head-bobbing finish between the two favourites, having pulled six lengths […]
FEATURE RACE DOUBLE FOR WHAT A WINTER
Drakenstein Stud’s exciting young sire, and South Africa’s Leading First Crop Sire of 2016-2017, What A Winter confirmed his status as one of the hottest young stallions around when his progeny scored a memorable feature race double at Kenilworth on Saturday. First to score was the Rex Stud bred Dutch Philip, who took his tally […]
DUKE OF MARMALADE FILLY CATCHES THE EYE IN G1 FEATURE
In-form sire Duke Of Marmalade, whose star son Big Orange was a late withdrawal from Saturday’s G1 Prix du Cadran, has a very talented filly on his hands in the form of Responsibleforlove. The latter, who had previously won stakes races in both Italy and the US, lined up in Saturday’s G1 Rodeo Drive Stakes […]
TRIPPI FILLY LIFTS CARTIER SCEPTRE STAKES
Drakenstein Stud’s reigning champion sire Trippi celebrated yet another big win on Friday when his blue blooded daughter Live Life downed some of South Africa’s top sprinting fillies to win the G2 Cartier Sceptre Stakes, on the first day […]