Wilgerbosdrift’s successful G1 winning stallion Flower Alley looks to have come up with another exciting three-year-old in the form of Reunion.The latter made a stunning, winning debut on the Turffontein Inside Track on Saturday afternoon when slamming some well bred rivals to win as he liked over 1600 metres. Trained by Paul Peter, the Wilgerbosdrift Read more about Flower Alley colt wows on debut[…]
Wilgerbosdrift’s deceased sire Soft Falling Rain had a fine trot of things this week, and was responsible for a quartet of winners over the past two days, with his offspring winning a pair of races at the Vaal on Thursday and another two races on Friday at Fairview. Soft Falling Rain’s four winners were headed Read more about Four winners in two days for Soft Falling Rain[…]
Wilgerbosdrift’s inform Travers Stakes winning sire Flower Alley’s good week continued when his daughter Christmas Flower ran out a last gasp winner of the last race at the Vaal on Thursday afternoon. The lightly raced four-year-old flew up late over 1200m, and got up to score in the shadow of the post under a fine Read more about A GOOD WEEK FOR FLOWER ALLEY![…]
Wilgerbosdrift’s short-lived SA Nursery winner Soft Falling Rain has produced a real East Cape star in the form of Marmara Sea. That gelded four-year-old made it six wins from six starts on the East Cape polytrack surface when he romped home at Fairview racecourse on Monday afternoon. Trained by Alan Greeff, Marmara Sea justified 6-10 Read more about Six in a row for Soft Falling Rain gelding[…]
Wilgerbosdrift’s G1 Travers Stakes winning stallion Flower Alley dominated the finish to Saturday’s G2 Western Cape Fillies Championship (1400m) at Kenilworth, with his daughters and Lemon Delight finishing first and fourth respectively. The Adam Marcus trained Princess Calla, third in the G1 Thekwini Stakes last time out, made it two wins from just three starts Read more about Flower Alley filly lands Fillies Championship[…]
Deceased champion Soft Falling Rain has some very smart three-year-olds to his name this season, and the former G1 SA Nursery winner supplied another smart looking 3yo winner when his son Al Aasy won first time out at the Vaal on Thursday. Owned by Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid al Maktoum and trained by Mike de Read more about Soft Falling Rain colt wins on debut[…]
Wilgerbosdrift’s G1 winning sire Flower Alley is broodmare sire of progressive North American colt Smooth Like Strait. The latter, who was produced by the winning Flower Alley mare Smooth As Usual, picked up the biggest win of his career when Smooth Like Strait won Sunday’s G2 Twilight Derby at Santa Anita Park. Shrugging off a Read more about Derby success for Flower Alley grandson[…]
Exciting four-year-old Performer, who hails from the same family as Wilgerbosdrift’s young War Front horse Fire Away, made an impressive return to racing when scoring a facile win in an allowance optional claiming race at Belmont Park on Saturday. Quickly into stride beneath Joel Rosario, the attractive chestnut colt raced a touch keenly from third Read more about Fire Away relative makes a winning return[…]
Ill-fated champion Soft Falling Rain’s progeny have been in fine form, with Soft Falling Rain runners winning all over South Africa in recent weeks, and the former G1 SA Nursery winner was at it again when Soft Falling Rain supplied a double on the Vaal’s Classic track on Thursday. His first success came when Soft Read more about Thursday double for Soft Falling Rain[…]
Wilgerbosdrift’s G1 winning stallion Flower Alley is no stranger to siring high-class fillies, and the son of Distorted Humor was responsible for a filly making a winning debut on Wednesday. The MJ Odendaal trained Gardenia, a four-year-old daughter of Flower Alley, made a striking impression when she romped home at the first time of asking Read more about Debut winner for Flower Alley[…]