Drakenstein Stud News Today

Group 1-winning sprinter in France and Dubai to stand at stud

The running of the 163rd L’Ormarins Kings Plate saw Cape Town’s racing and fashion enthusiasts rub shoulders yesterday at Kenilworth Racecourse.

Thursday’s Cape Premier Yearling Sale received the most valuable of boosts when the Hong Kong Jockey Club returned to buying in South Africa with the R3.8

The Cartier Paddock Stakes will be televised live on FanDuel Racing at approximately 8:35 a.m. ET, and the L’Ormarins King’s Plate will be televised on FanDuel TV at 9:10 a.m. ET.

Duke of Marmalade

6:07PM, FEB 27 2021 The United States, a Group 1-winning brother to the high-class fillies Hermosa and Hydrangea, got his stud career off to the dream start on Saturday when Drakenstein Studs two-year-old homebred filly Sheela made a winning debut in the Listed Storm Bird Stakes at Vaal in South Africa. The filly is out of Trip To India, a Listed-placed daughter of leading South African sire Trippi hailing from the family of European Group 1 winners such as Continent, who struck in the ...

UPDATED 12:55PM, JAN 20 2021 The catalogue for Bloodstock South Africas Cape Yearling Sale is now online, and can be viewed at www.bsa.co.za. One of South Africas best value for money thoroughbred auctions, the Cape Yearling Sale has unleashed a string of top prospects over the years, with the list of high-class thoroughbreds offered for sale at this auction a lengthy one. The Group 1 Daily News 2000-winning Surcharge, who would go on to win the Group 1 Kennedy Cantala in Australia unde...