Drakenstein Stud’s inform stallion Futura is enjoying a wonderful season in 2025-2026.
The Horse Of The Year enjoyed yet more feature race success on Sunday, when his progressive son Future Free won the Listed Pocket Power Stakes (1950m) at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth.Trained by Justin Snaith, the three-year-old came into Sunday’s Listed feature off a third place finish in the G3 Legal Eagle Stakes.
Future Free received a superb ride from the unstoppable Andrew Fortune in the Pocket Power Stakes.
Fortune settled Future Free three lengths off the front runners, before bringing his mount with a run down the middle of the track. Future Free just outgamed runner up Otto Luyken to score by a short-head.
In the process, Future Free became the 21st stakes winner for his sire.
Bred by Drakenstein Stud, Sunday’s winner races for his breeder in partnership with Bernard Kantor.
A half-brother to champion Eight On Eighteen, Future Free is out of the Captain Al mare Sempre Libre.
His win on Sunday took Future Free’s tally to four, from 11 starts, with the three-year-old having earned R469894 in stakes.
His four time G1 winning sire Futura is also responsible for this season’s G2 TAB SA Derby winner Curious Girl, this season’s Zimbabwe Derby hero Robin Of Locksley, and the exciting three-year-old Note To Self.
The latter, runner up in the G1 Lucky Fish Cape Derby, looks to be a big player in this Saturday’s G1 Daily News 2000.
Original article written by Cape Breeders Club