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DOUBLE AWARDS GLORY FOR WHAT A WINTER

Drakenstein Stud’s leading young sire What A Winter, officially South Africa’s Leading First Crop Sire for 2016-2017, was back in the news at the Cape Breeders/Racing Awards evening on Wednesday. Not only was the triple Equus Champion honoured as the Cape Breeders’ Outstanding New Stallion Of The Year, but What A Winter’s brilliant, unbeaten daughter […]

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WHAT A WINTER TOPS FIRST CROP SIRES LIST

Drakenstein Stud’s exciting stallion What A Winter made a tremendous start to his stud career last season and he has officially ended the 2016-2017 season as South Africa’s Leading First Crop Sire by stakes earned. A triple Equus Champion and four time G1 winner, What A Winter ends the season with his 10 juvenile winners […]

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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 […]

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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 […]