Wilgerbosdrift’s outstanding broodmare Halfway To Heaven achieved another impressive feat when her G1 winning sons Golden Ducat (by Philanthropist) and Rainbow Bridge (by Ideal World) ran first and second in Saturday’s G1 World Sports Betting Champions Cup (1800m) run at Hollywoodbets Greyville this weekend. Both geldings are trained by Eric Sands, and both the four-year-old Read more about HALFWAY TO HEAVEN DOMINATES CHAMPIONS CUP[…]
Wilgerbosdrift’s deceased sire Soft Falling Rain came up with yet another debut winner, when his three-year-old daughter Bloom scored at Fairview on Friday afternoon. Bred by Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein, the Alan Greeff trained filly bolted up to win, going away, by two and a quarters over 1200m and Bloom looks unlikely to stop here. Bloom, Read more about Soft Falling Rain filly wins on debut[…]
Wilgerbosdrift’s well bred stallion Fire Away, whose sire War Front came up with his 22nd G1 winner on Saturday, received yet another boost to his stellar pedigree when his close relative Storm At Sea got off the mark over the weekend. Third on debut, Storm At Sea (a three-year-old daughter of Medaglia D’Oro) got off Read more about Fire Away relative off the mark[…]
Wilgerbosdrift’s deceased stallion Soft Falling Rain made a solid impression with his first crop, and the champion son of National Assembly’s first crop looks to have come up with another smart galloper in the form of Marmara Sea. The latter made it four wins in a row when he scored over 1600m at Fairview racecourse Read more about Soft Falling Rain son makes it four in a row[…]
Wilgerbosdrift’s inform stallion Flower Alley is already showing considerable promise as a broodmare sire, and the former G1 Travers Stakes winner was back in the headlines as a broodmare sire on Sunday when his maternal grandson Smooth Like Strait won the G3 La Jolla Handicap at Del Mar. In the process, Smooth Like Strait accounted Read more about Flower Alley grandson lands La Jolla Handicap[…]
Wilgerbosdrift’s late sire Soft Falling Rain came up with an eye catching debut winner when his son Nafoorah romped home at the Vaal on Thursday afternoon. Bred and owned by Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, three-year-old Nafoorah made a great introduction to racing when scoring a facile two length win on Thursday afternoon. Under Read more about Soft Falling Rain son impresses on debut[…]
Wilgerbosdrift enjoyed some superb results at last week’s Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale. The Piketberg farm ended the two day sale, as leading vendors, with Wilgerbosdrift’s 18 lots to sell (from 20 offered) grossing R16.655 million. The farm’s draft averaged an impressive R925 278 -an impressive result when considering the sale’s overall average price stood Read more about WILGERBOSDRIFT TOP NATIONAL SALE[…]