Drakenstein are record-holding stakes producers and will bring top quality yearlings to the Sale
One of South Africa’s top stud farms, Drakenstein Stud continues to produce top-class thoroughbreds. The farm bred this year’s World Sports Betting Cape Town Met Gr 1 winner See It Again, with other recent headliners for the Drakenstein including reigning South African Horse Of The Year Eight On Eighteen and globetrotting star One Stripe.
Drakenstein will be bringing an exceptional draft to this year’s Premier Yearling Sale, with their consignment containing an international flavour. Among the sires represented in this consignment are international stars Cracksman and Kingman, as well as outstanding local stallions Master Of My Fate, One World, Vercingetorix and What A Winter. highlights in Drakenstein Stud’s Premier Sale draft has a number of eye-catching lots who hail from the first crop of the farm’s home bred champion Jet Dark.
Drakenstein’s Kevin Sommerville highlighted the following lots as being particularly eye catching:
Lot 12: Dark Storm c Jet Dark – Lady In Black
By exciting first season sire, Jet Dark, this strong, flashy colt has a lovely shoulder and great hind leg. He is out of Gr 1 winner Lady In Black and a half-brother to GSW Mid Winter Wind. This cross of Trippi on a Dynasty mare has produced 35% SW to foals Charles Dickens.
Lot 16: Winter Sensation c What A Winter – Lilac Sensation
An attractive, strongly made colt by outstanding sire What A Winter. He stands out in a crowd. Out of a half-sister to dual Gr 1 winner Snowdance (dam of Snow Pilot), this colt has a great temperament, deep girth and easy walk. He is bred on the same cross as GSW Mid Winter Wind.
Lot 29: Masai Mara c Master Of My Fate – Mara
A good-looking son of leading sire Master Of My Fate with a wonderful temperament and an athletic walk. He is a half-brother to GSW Great Plains and from the family of GSW Green Diamond. This colt is bred on the same cross as Gr 1 winners Tempting Fate and Golden Palm.
Lot 120: Third Ruler c Vercingetorix – Third Runway
By Champion sire Vercingetorix, he is a big, strong, well-balanced colt with lots of presence and a great walk. This flashy individual is out of the Gr 2 winner Third Runway and is similarly bred to Gr 1 winners Vernichey, Pomp and Power, Chansonette and Alesian Chief.
Lot 158: Uvongo c Vercingetorix – Amanzimtoti
An attractive son of Champion sire Vercingetorix with a lovely racy shape, with excellent depth, he moves with purpose and uses himself well. He has an exceptional pedigree, being out of the Gr 2 winning Trippi mare, Amanzimtoti, a daughter of Equus Champion Broodmare, Beach Beauty.
Lot 161: Tolstoy c One World – Anna Karenina
This strong colt is very much in the mould of record-breaking sire, One World. He has strong quarters and covers the ground well. His dam is a half-sister to Gr.1 winning sprinter, Chimichuri Run.
Lot 189: Dark Pearl c Jet Dark – Chestnuts N Pearls
Out of Gr 1 winner Chestnuts N Pearls, this big strong colt has a lovely shape, a great walk and is in the mould of his dam. He is by multiple Equus Champion and 5 x Gr 1 winner Jet Dark and is bred on the same Trippi/Fort Wood cross as Gr 1 winner Real Princess.
Lot 191: Le Bourget c What A Winter – Cio Cio San
A good-walking son of What A Winter, he has a great temperament with a nice shoulder and is well-balanced. He is a full brother to recent juvenile winner Marseilles and his dam is a half-sister to GSW One Fine Winter (What A Winter). He has cruised through this sales prep.
Lot 195: Tsunami Cloud c Jet Dark – Clouds Unfold
This elegant son of Jet Dark, very much in the mould of his dam, is out of dual Gr 1 winner Clouds Unfold. This racy colt has an athletic walk with good quarters and a nice sloping shoulder.
For more information on this draft please contact Kevin Sommerville on 072 167 9971.
All horses purchased at the Race Coast Sales Premier Yearling Sale qualify for a suite of lucrative incentives. These include the Race Coast Sales Juvenile Bonus of R100 000, with R70 000 payable to the owner and R15 000 each to the vendor and the trainer.
Graduates from the sale are also eligible for the prestigious R3 Million Slipper, a 1200m race exclusively for two-year-old Race Coast Sales graduates, to be run in 2027 with a total prize purse of R3 million.
In addition, graduates qualify for the three-year-old races in 2028, which include the R1 Million Sprint and the R1 Million Mile.
