The stalwart Duke Of Marmalade champion Rain In Holland is due to foal down soon in the same paddocks in which she was born and brought up (Candiese Lenferna Photography)
Drakenstein Stud are also looking forward to the first foals of some of their most prominent first season mares.
Their homebred three-time Gr 1-winning Triple Tiara heroine Rain In Holland (Duke Of Marmalade) is in foal to boom sire Vercingetorix and is due to foal down on September 2.
Duke Of Marmalade is by Danzig’s son Danehill, while Vercingetorix is out of a mare by Danzig’s son National Assembly, so there should be plenty of speed as well as class in this match.
Drakenstein’s homebred Gr 2 Track And Ball Oaks winner Pink Tourmaline (Futura) is in foal to Gimmethegreenlight. Pink Tourmaline also won a Listed race over 2000m. She is out of a Trippi mare and Gimmethegreenlight should also bring some speed to the pedigree. She is due to foal down on August 24.
Drakenstein homebred mare Sheela is in foal to Danon Platina. Sheela is also out of a Trippi mare and she was very quick despite being by the Galileo stallion The United States. She won the Gr 2 SA Fillies Nursery over 1160m as well as a Listed race over 1000m and she got a Gr 1 third in the Allan Robertson Championship and a Gr 1 fourth in the Jonsson Workwear Computaform Sprint. Sheela is due to foal down on August 14. Danon Platina’s overdue first stakes winner, Great Plains, is a Drakenstein-bred out of a Var mare and hopefully the fast Sheela matched with this Japanese-bred sire will have the same impact.
The Drakenstein homebred Gr 1 Woolavington 2000 winner Silver Darling (Silvano) is in foal to Gimmethegreenlight and is due to foal down on August 27.
Foaling season is an interesting time of the year and Drakenstein Stud’s foals are eagerly awaited by many in the industry every year.
