Wilgerbosdrift’s homebred champion Hawwaam looks to have come up with another smart two-year-old in the form of Fierceness.
The latter made the perfect start to his career when making a winning debut at the Vaal on Tuesday.
Trained by Mike and Mathew De Kock, Fierceness defied a drift in the market prior to Tuesday’s #Youcanbetonus! Maiden Juvenile Plate (1000m).
Under Muzi Yeni, the Hawwaam colt was always travelling strongly and he hit the front and powered away to score convincingly by two and a half lengths, with another well bred first-timer, Snowblade, back in second spot.
Bred by Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein, Fierceness races for TKP Racing, Messrs D Chinsammy , E Naicker, Y Naidoo, P M Murugasa & K M Chetty.
Out of the Soft Falling Rain mare Gin Fizz, Fierceness was a R1 300 000 buy from the 2025 National Yearling Sale.
esday’s winner is the eighth two-year-old winner this season for Hawwaam, with this crop also including Listed Lady’s Slipper Stakes runner up Obsidian Star and debut winner Western Mirage.
Five time G1 winner Hawwaam, whose first crop included such stakes winners as Diogenes and Perfect Miracle, has five lots on offer at the KZN Yearling Sale. His draft includes a colt (Lot 62) out of G3 winner Mill Queen and a half-sister (Lot 104) to G3 winner Saartjie.