Equus Champion broodmare Halfway To Heaven, pictured at her Wilgerbosdrift Stud home, had three multiple Gr 1 winners with her first three foals (Rainbow Bridge Hawwaam, Golden Ducat) and she looks set to be back on the feature race radar soon with Foudre and Ferryman (Picture: Wilgerbosdrift Stud)
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Wilgerbosdrift’s homebred champion Hawwaam had a further boost to his pedigree page on Sunday.
Not only did Hawwaam’s half-brother Foudre make it back to back wins when scoring at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth, but Hawwaam’s three-parts brother Ferryman made a highly encouraging debut when finishing second in the first race.
The progressive Foudre made it back to back wins when he ran out a convincing winner of Sunday’s Live It. Love It. Own It. Class 4 (1600m).
Unbeaten since relocating to the Eric Sands yard, the gelded five-year-old kept finding more in the closing stages to score by a neck.
Lightly raced, Foudre has won two of just seven starts.
Sands trained two of Foudre’s illustrious half-brothers, the multiple Gr 1 winner Rainbow Bridge (Ideal World) and the dual Gr 1 winner Golden Ducat (Philanthropist).
A son of Fire Away, Foudre, who races for Khaya Stables, was bred by Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein.
Hawwaam’s outstanding dam Halfway To Heaven looks poised to be represented by her seventh winner soon if Ferryman builds on his smart debut effort.
Sired by Vercingetorix (whose sire Silvano is also the sire of Hawwaam), three-year-old Ferryman was slow away in Sunday’s Hollywoodbets Kenilworth Welcomes You Open Maiden.
Under Keagan De Melo, the Andre Nel trained colt ran on strongly, after the race was over, to get up late and finish second.
The regally bred Ferryman was a R2 800 000 buy from the 2024 National Yearling Sale.
Five time G1 winner, and Equus Champion, Hawwaam, has made a pleasing start to his stud career, with his early runners including the likes of Perfect Miracle, Touched By Angels, Hah Lah Lah, and Delta Pride.
