Drakenstein Stud’s top-class stallion What A Winter enjoyed more feature race success at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday.
His daughters Asiye Phambili and Symphony In White finished first and second respectively in the G3 World Sports Betting Southern Cross Stakes (1000m).
Six-year-old Asiye Phambili was making it back to back wins in the Southern Cross Stakes with the daughter of What A Winter having won the same race in 2024.
Now in the care of Lucinda Woodruff, Asiye Phambili defied top weight of 63.5kgs to win a good race.
Under Sean Veale, the mare came with a strong late down the inside of the track and got up to win by three-parts of a length.
Bred by Hemel ‘N Aarde Stud, Asiye Phambili has won nine of 27 starts, with her victories including four graded stakes wins. Her latest win took Asiye Phambili’s earnings to R1 493 801.
Asiye Phambili, who is out of the Rambo Dancer mare Cast A Spell, is owned by Hollywood Racing.
The four time G1 winning What A Winter had also enjoyed success at Hollywoodbets Greyville one day earlier.
What A Winter geldings Soho Star and Winter Games won the sixth and eighth races respectively on Friday evening.
The Yogas Govender trained Soho Star stayed on strongly, under Damyan Pillay, to land Friday’s Purple Sleigh Sprint Middle Stakes (1200m) by nearly half a length for owners Estate Mr D P Pillay, Messrs K M Chetty, C C Britz, J T Eady, B T Gaillard, K S Storkey, W Malan, K W Amas, Y Naidoo & Al Khayl Breeders (Pty) Ltd.
The consistent four-year-old, who was bred by Greenacres Trust, has finished first, second or third in eight of his last nine starts, with Soho Star having now won five times.
Winter Games, winner of the 2025 Listed Kings Cup, picked up his fourth win when he won Friday’s The Mistletoe Mile Class 3 (1600m).
Under Mathew Thackeray, the Michael Miller trained five-year-old kept finding gamely to score by a neck.
Bred by Daytona Stud (also the breeders of What A Winter himself), Winter Games races for Sterling Miller and Ben Sahd.
Remarkably, What A Winter’s good run continued at Turffontein on Sunday, where his top-class daughter One Fine Winter won the fifth race on the card.
Trained by Sean Tarry, the Drakenstein Stud bred and owned three-year-old stormed home to land the TAB 4Racing App Graduation Plate (1160m).
One Fine Winter had shown top-class form at two when the filly won the G3 TAB Pretty Polly Stakes and finished second, to champion Golden Palm, in the G2 Wilgerbosdrift SA Fillies Nursery.
Original article written by Cape Breeders Club