Horses bred by Wilgerbosdrift, in partnership with Mauritzfontein, enjoyed a memorable weekend, when picking up three feature race victories. First to score was the Wilgerbosdrift owned Chinkapin who stamped her East Cape Oaks claim when capturing the Oaks Plate at Fairview on Friday. The 3yo daughter of Marchfield, who was winning for a second time, Read more about FEATURE RACE TREBLE FOR WILGERBOSDRIFT![…]
Wilgerbosdrift’s exciting sire Flower Alley has been enjoying a tremendous run of success of late, and the 2005 Gr1 Travers Stakes winner was at it again on Tuesday. His three-year-old sons Limit Your Losses and Greyflower both won their respective races to give Flower Alley a memorable Tuesday double. Limit Your Losses, who hails from Read more about Tuesday double for Flower Alley[…]
Ladies First, winner of Saturday’s G1 Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Cup, is from the very same family as Wilgerbosdrift’s popular young stallion, and former Equus Champion, Soft Falling Rain. Princequillo’s 3 time winning daughter Quillopoly is the fourth dam of both Ladies First, a daughter of Dylan Thomas, and globetrotting star Soft Falling Rain. Ladies Read more about AUCKLAND CUP GLORY FOR RAIN RELATIVE[…]
Sky Flower, a four-year-old daughter of Wilgerbosdrift’s exciting sire Flower Alley, impressed with her first feature race win on Saturday. Trained by Gerald Brookes, Sky Flower landed the Latonia Stakes, over 1600m, at Turfway Park in eye catching fashion, despite being bumped at the start. The filly put a length and a quarter between herself Read more about FLOWER ALLEY FILLY BLOOMS IN US FEATURE[…]
Wilgerbosdrift’s top class stallion Flower Alley had a weekend to remember, with the son of Distorted Humor enjoying a pair of winners and also enjoying notable success as a broodmare sire. His daughter Liza Jane broke her maiden at on Saturday, when the filly romped to a 3.25 length win at Turfway Park this weekend. Read more about FLOWER ALLEY BLOOMS![…]
Wilgerbosdrift’s exciting young stallion Soft Falling Rain’s first crop of yearlings have really caught the eye this year, and the former Equus Champion once again proved popular at Sunday’s Cape Yearling Sale, which took place at the Mistico Equestrian Centre. His son Tree Of Wisdom topped the one day sale, while another Soft Falling Rain Read more about SOFT FALLING RAIN TOPS CAPE SALE![…]
Wilgerbosdrift’s popular young stallion Soft Falling Rain is from the same family as one of Australia’s most promising three-year-olds. So You Win, a gelding by So You Think, came from last to down his royally bred stablemate Tangmere (Frankel) in the #The Races Handicap (1550m at Canterbury on Wednesday. In the process, the Australian bred Read more about Rain relative makes waves Down Under[…]
Wilgerbosdrift’s two exciting resident stallions, Flower Alley and Soft Falling Rain, will both be represented by members of their first local crop at this Sunday’s Cape Yearling Sale, which takes place at the Mistico Equestrian Centre near Paarl. Distorted Humor son Flower Alley was an exceptional racehorse, whose five wins included the G1 Travers Stakes, Read more about WILGERBOSDRIFT SIRES REPRESENTED AT CAPE SALE[…]
Wilgerbosdrift’s late sire Rich Man’s Gold, who has done so well as a broodmare sire in South Africa of late, could feature prominently in a similar position on the 2018 US Triple Crown series. Rich Man’s Gold’s champion daughter Isola Piu Bella is the dam of the unbeaten A P Indy mare Kinda Spicy, who Read more about RMG ON THE US TRIPLE CROWN TRAIL![…]
Wilgerbosdrift’s exciting young stallion Soft Falling Rain, whose first yearlings made such a splash at the recent Cape Premier Yearling Sale, gained a further boost to his pedigree page at Kenilworth on Sun Met day this weekend. His Java Handicap winning half-brother Let It Rain dug down deep to record a first ever graded win Read more about Big race glory for Soft Falling Rain brother[…]