Wilgerbosdrift’s promising young stallion Hawwaam had a good day at the Vaal on Thursday.
His promising two-year-old daughter Grande Hawaii won the first race on Thursday with Hawwaam gelding Pivotal Role victorious in the ninth race at the Vaal.
Hawwaam had just three runners on the day, with his daughter Drachenfutter finishing fourth in the first race.
Trained by Sean Tarry, Grande Hawaii built on a good debut effort when she won Thursday’s 4Racing Welcomes You Maiden Juvenile Plate (Fillies) (1200m).
Under Keagan De Melo, the Hawwaam filly was always travelling well, and Grande Hawaii simply sauntered away from her rivals to win as she liked by three lengths.
Bred by Lammerskraal Stud, Grande Hawaii, third on her only previous start, is owned by the Wernars Family and Harry Willson.
The filly, who is out of the High Chaparral mare Grande Roche, was an R850 000 purchase from the 2025 National Yearling Sale.
Hawwaam’s well bred son Pivotal Role was another to catch the eye on Thursday. The Johan Janse Van Vuuren trained gelding was always up with the pace in the TAB 4Racing APP MR 74 Handicap (1000m).
Under Keagan De Melo, Pivotal Role kept finding more in the closing stages and he stayed on to win by nearly a length. It was a smart performance by the gelding, who was conceding 5.5 kgs to the runner up.
Bred by Maine Chance Farms, Pivotal Role has won two of just four starts and he looks to have plenty of scope about him.
Owned by Mukund Gujadhur, Rikesh Sewgoolam and the Wernars Famil, Pivotal Role was a R2 000 000 buy from the 2024 Cape Premier Yearling Sale.
Bred on very similar lines to this season’s top-class filly Princess Of Gaul, Hawwaam has seven lots on offer at the Premier Yearling Sale including a half-brother (Lot 10) to G1 Computaform Sprint winning sire Master Archie.
Hawwaam also has some exceptionally well related yearlings on offer at the National Yearling Sale, including a half-brother (Lot 55) to graded stakes winners Big Burn and Catch Twentytwo, and a colt (Lot 304) out of G3 Lebelo Sprint winner Anna Capri.