Drakenstein Stud’s top-class sire What A Winter has made a bright start to the 2025-2026 season.
The multiple Equus Champion came up with four more winners over the past weekend.
What A Winter’s weekend started in fine fashion when his daughter Buttercup Baby won the seventh race at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Friday night.
Trained by Wendy Whitehead, four-year-old Buttercup Baby came with a late run, under Calvin Habib, to win Friday’s Gareth Van Zyl Class 4 (F and M) (1200m) by half a length.
It was a 1-2 finish for What A Winter with Buttercup Baby beating her paternal half-sister, Rugger Lover, into second.
Bred by the Boland Stud, Buttercup Baby has won three of just nine starts.
Owned by Itssa It & Business Solutions, Buttercup Baby is out of the Lateral mare Hidden Thought.
Her sire What A Winter had a fine day on Saturday when the son of Western Winter came up with a trio of winners.
Another son of What A Winter, Kamensky, showed his class when he ran second in Saturday’s Listed Betway Spring Spree Stakes at the Vaal.
What A Winter colt Magical Place made a big impression when he romped home to land the Hollywoodbets Durbanville Maiden Plate on Saturday.
Under Richard Fourie, the Eric Sands trained three-year-old put daylight between himself and his rivals to shed his maiden by four and three quarter lengths.
Bred by Drakenstein Stud, Magical Place was making just his third start, with the colt having finished second and third respectively on his only two previous starts.
Magical Place races for D de Andrade, S Gaskell & Mr F J Hall.
The inform What A Winter is also the sire of Girl Like Us, who mowed down her rivals to win Saturday’s Singapore Pools Trophy Class 4 (F and M) (1250m) by a long neck.
Under Devin Ashby, the five-year-old stormed home to account for the previously unbeaten Zoustar filly Wander Dune by a long neck.
Bred by Maine Chance Farms, Girl Like Us races for Andy Elton.
What A Winter also had success at the Vaal on Saturday where his Sean Tarry trained son Matroosberg won the second race on the card.
Under Kabelo Matsunyane, the three-year-old kept finding to hold off first-timer My Lucky Charm and win by just under a length and a half.
Bred by Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein, Matroosberg races for D Chinsammy,M A Currie,A Lahoud,J Lahoud,E Naicker,L Pogir,S Poriazis,Sean Tarry Racing,TKP Racing (Trevelen Pillay) & Haraka Bloodstock (J Pieters).
Original article written by Cape Breeders Club