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Group success for Chestnut

Trainer Vaughan Marshall struck an early blow for the Cape when Horse Chestnut’s talented son Chestnut’s Rocket ran out a convincing winner of the R200 000 Gr3 Byerley Turk at Scottsville on Saturday. Earlier on in the week, Dennis Drier’s precocious 2 year old daughter of Horse Chestnut, Balkan ran out a convincing winner in a […]

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Philanthropist’s son voted Canadian Champion Sprinter

At the Canadian Sovereign Awards last weekend, the Drakenstein-based Classic Champion Sire Philanthropist added a new dimension to his already formidable list of achievements in North America: yet another colt from his small first crop was crowned Champion on Saturday 12th April. From 10 starts Phil’s Dream is only unplaced once. He is the winner […]

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TRIPPI ROCKING – LEADING SIRE BY STAKES HORSES

Drakenstein Stud Farm’s champion stallion Trippi is currently siring 13% stakes horses to runners, putting him top of the leading sires with 13 stakes horses from 103 runners including exciting Juvenile Punk Rocker winner over the weekend of the Godolphin Barb Stakes (G3) to remain unbeaten. Trippi’s leading stakes earner, Hammies Hooker, ran second to […]

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Horse Chestnut’s listed stakes winner a cracker

Chestnut’s Rocket became the 13th stakes winner for Drakenstein’s resident stallion, Horse Chestnut, when he conquered the field of the Ibhayi Stakes over 1400m at Fairview on March 7, 2014. Coming off a narrow defeat by future Cape Guineas winner, Elusive Gold, the colt showed his class by finding another gear after setting a blistering […]