WHAT A WINTER, SA’s LEADING 2YO SIRE 20/21
Drakenstein Stud’s prominent sire What A Winter had an outstanding season with his two-year-olds in 2020-2021, and the former Equus Champion ended the season as South Africa’s Champion Sire of 2YOs for the season. The son of Western Winter ended the season having supplied an impressive 23 two-year-old winners, with What A Winter sired two-year-olds […]
WINTER DOMINATES DISPERSAL SALE
Drakenstein Stud’s bang inform stallion What A Winter made a big impression at Wednesday’s Daytona Dispersal Sale. Not only did the Daytona bred champion supply the top-priced weanling sold at Wednesday’s sale, the top two mares sold off the Dispersal Sale are both in foal to What A Winter. The What A Winter weanling colt […]
CAMELLIA STAKES 1-2 FOR WHAT A WINTER
Drakenstein Stud’s bang inform resident stallion, and triple Equus Champion, What A Winter came up with his second feature race winner in as many days when his daughter Celestial Love ran out a brilliant winner of the G2 4Racing Camellia Stakes (1160m), run at Turffontein on Saturday. Just one day earlier, What A Winter’s son […]
WHAT A WINTER COLT CLAIMS EAST CAPE NURSERY
Drakenstein Stud’s four time G1 winning sire What A Winter has been firing on all cylinders of late, and the former Equus Champion came to the fore yet again at Fairview on Friday, when his son Whatever Next won the Listed East Cape Nursery (1200m) in convincing style. One of two runners in the race […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]