Picture: Lot 13 is a colt by Rafeef out of dual Gr 1-winning Dubawi mare Happy Archer.
Hopes And Dreams Stud is home to one of the best-bred stallions in South Africa. Frantastic, who showed promise in a brief racing career, is a son of unbeaten superstar Frankel, one of the world’s great stallions.
Among Frankel’s numerous star performers are Arc winner Alpinista, as well as such Gr 1 winners as Adayar, Hurricane Lane, Chaldean, Logician, Soul Sister, Anapurna, Inspiral, Lake Victoria and Cracksman.
The latter, a full-brother to Frantastic, was an outstanding performer who won eight of 11 starts, with Cracksman’s six group victories including back to back running’s of the Gr 1 Champion Stakes.
Cracksman, Champion Sire in France in 2003, made waves at stud when his unbeaten son Ace Impact, a member of Cracksman’s first crop, won the 2003 Gr 1 Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.
Hopes And Dreams Stud will be bringing a six strong draft at the Premier Yearling Sale, with this draft made up of yearlings sired by Hawwaam, Legislate, Malmoos and Rafeef.
Lot 13: f Rafeef – Happy Archer
By a Gr 1 winning son of Redoute’s Choice, out of a dual Gr 1 winning daughter of Dubawi, this filly has plenty to recommend her. She shares her sire Rafeef with such high-class fillies as Frances Ethel, Mon Petit Cherie, Beating Wings, Mrs Browning and Chasing Happiness, among others, while her dam, Happy Archer, was a top-class racemare.
Happy Archer, whose sire Dubawi is broodmare sire of more than 80 stakes winners, won a trio of graded races, notably the Gr 1 Thekwini Stakes and Gr 1 Garden Province Stakes, and she earned more than R1.3 million in stakes.
Already the dam of four winners, Happy Archer is herself a half-sister to high-class Australian stakes-winner Femina Fashion.
Lot 7: c Malmoos – Ruby And Roses
A son of champion sire Captain Al (as is One World), South African Triple Crown winner Malmoos has his first yearlings this year. This colt is out of a mare who won four times, and his granddam, Rahy Cashmere, is a daughter of outstanding sire and broodmare sire Rahy.
Rahy In Cashmere, in turn, is a winning half-sister to US stakes winner Knit One Purr Too, and her dam Luxuriously is a Danzig half-sister to a pair of US graded stakes winners. This is the same female line as outstanding milers Intikhab, Polish Precedent and Zilzal, as well as Gr 1 Preakness Stakes winner Seize The Grey.
Lot 200: c Hawwaam – Quepid
Champion Hawwaam has made a fine start with his two-year-olds, with his first two runners including the smart debut winner Read All About It.
The five time Gr 1 winner shares his sire Silvano with current star sire Vercingetorix.
Quepid, the dam of this colt, is a twice winning daughter of Querari, whose daughters have already produced the likes of Chansonette and Peach Daiquiri. A half-sister to the six-time winning dam of the very speedy Chocolate Soldier, Quepid is out of Flowing Stars, a daughter of Western Winter and Gr 3 Champagne Stakes winner Waterwise.
Lot 204: f Legislate – Russet Savannah
This filly is a daughter of Horse Of The Year and four time Gr 1 winner Legislate, a stallion who sports some outstanding statistics.
She is out of Russet Savannah, by world leading broodmare sire Spectrum, with Russet Savannah having already produced five winners. The well-bred Russet Savannah is a winning half-sister to Gr 1 Allan Robertson Fillies Championship/Gr 2 KZN Fillies Guineas winner On Her Toes, and her dam Savannah Breeze is a three-time winning half-sister to Gr 1 winners Follow The Falcon and Savannah Queen.
Lot 213: Malmoos – Silver Tiara
This colt is out of the useful racemare Silver Tiara, herself a daughter of Listed Sun Classique Handicap runner up Satin Silver. The latter was sired high-class Australian sire Commands, the broodmare sire of more than 50 stakes winners including multiple Equus Champion Got The Greenlight.
Satin Silver, a half-sister to the dam of Listed Breeders Guineas winner Europeana, is out of the Rainbow Quest mare Bow Street, a half-sister to Gr 3 winners Love Everlasting and Baron Ferdinand. This is the female line of such outstanding international performers as Shirley Heights, Pentire and Divine Proportions among others.
Lot 233: Malmoos – Zagara
Out of a mare sired by Malmoos’ close relative Master Of My Fate, this colt’s twice winning dam is a half-sister to Surcharge, aka Yulong Prince, winner of the Gr 1 Daily News 2000 in South Africa and the Gr 1 Cantala Stakes in Australia. Zagara’s dam Congestion Charge, also the granddam of Mauritian star Walls Of Dubrovnik , is a three-parts sister to Gr 3 Queen’s Vase winner Endorsement, and Zagara’s second dam, Overdrive, is a five time winning daughter of the highly influential sire and broodmare sire Shirley Heights. This is the family of numerous top-class performers including champion racehorses and top-class sires Kris and Diesis.
For more information on Hopes And Dreams Stud and their Premier Sale draft, interested parties can contact Suzette Viljoen on 082 773 3811.
