Drakenstein Stud’s prominent young stallion One World looks to have come up with another top prospect in the form of World Attraction.
The latter made an eye catching start to his career when World Attraction won impressively on debut at Turffontein on Saturday.

The Mike and Mathew De Kock trained two-year-old was all the rage for Saturday’s #Youcanbetonus!Juvenile Plate (1000m) for which World Attraction was dispatched an 83/100 favourite.

Under Callan Murray, World Attraction was quickly into stride and went on to make the running.
The colt appeared to have his race won 400m from home and World Attraction kept galloping to win as he liked by over seven and a quarter lengths.
Bred by Etienne Braun, Neville Cooper and Wayne Mealing, World Attraction races for

The colt, who is out of the Vercingetorix mare Major Attraction, was a R1 500 000 buy from the 2025 Summer Sale.
World Attraction has a  Jet Dark half-brother on offer at the upcoming Premier Yearling Sale.

His G1 Sun Met winning sire One World, whose champion son One Stripe has been entered for the G1 Dubai Turf, has enjoyed another good week, with One World responsible for a pair of winners at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Wednesday.

South Africa’s Leading First Season Sire of 2023-2024 and Leading Second Season Sire of 2024-2025 , One World has three lots on offer at the Cape Yearling Sale, and a further 12 lots on offer at the Premier Yearling Sale.

Drakenstein Stud’s top-class sire What A Winter had a memorable day on Friday when he was responsible for four winners.
What A Winter came up with two winners at Fairview on Friday and two more winners at Hollywoodbets Greyville on the same card.

The champion son of Western Winter’s daughters Winteronthegreen and Iconic Winter provided What A Winter with a quick double when winning races two and three respectively at Fairview.

Now in the care of Kelly Mitchley, Winteronthegreen powered home, under Muzi Yeni, to claim Friday’s #Youcanbetonus! Open Maiden (1000m) by a length and a half.
The What A Winter filly, who was bred by Neil Clarke and Richard Foden, is out of the Jet Master mare Augusta National.

Winteronthegreen, who was making her first start in Fairview on Friday, races for Mr Vahab.

Her sire struck again in the next race, when What A Winter filly Iconic Winter romped home to claim victory in the Hear The Drums Bar And Tote Opens Every Saturday For Feb Open Maiden (1000m).
The Dean Smith filly pulled well clear in the closing stages and went on to break her maiden by an emphatic three and a quarter lengths.

Bred by Shadwell Stud, Iconic Winter was making her third start in Fairview on Friday.
Owned by Messrs M J Kapnias & A M Kapnias, the consistent filly is out of the Snitzel mare Masaaqaat.

What A Winter also enjoyed a double at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Friday.
His three-year-old daughter Whatastar got out of the maidens in convincing fashion when she romped home to an easy win in the first race.
Under Serino Moodley, the Candice Bass trained filly, who was making her first start on polytrack, blitzed home to land the Trailblazers Open Maiden (1200m) by nearly two and a half lengths.

Bred by Dr Ralph Katzwinkel, Whatastar is owned by Bass Racing (Pty) Ltd T/A Centenary Syndicate, Messrs A E Bakos, Peter J Botes & Calvin Pillay.

Her sire’s fourth and final winner on Friday came when Takeyourbestshot ran out a convincing winner of Hollywoodbets Greyville’s fourth race. Under Keagan De Melo, the MJ Odendaal trained gelding kicked on strongly to break his maiden by nearly a length and three quarters.
Bred by Drakenstein Stud, Takeyourbestshot, who had finished second in four of five starts prior to Friday’s win, races for Messrs Andrade and Gaskell.

South Africa’s Leading First Season Sire of 2016-2017 and Leading Sire of 2Yos in 2019-2020, What A Winter has six lots on the Cape Yearling Sale and 18 lots on the Premier Yearling Sale.

Wilgerbosdrift’s increasingly successful sire Fire Away came up with a hugely impressive debut winner on Friday.
His two-year-old daughter Casperita made the perfect start to her career when she romped home to win the first race at Fairview on Friday.

Under Richard Fourie, the Alan Greeff trained juvenile flew out of the starting stalls in Friday’s Welcome To Nelson Mandela Bay Maiden Juvenile Plate (Fillies) (1000m).

Casperita pulled well clear in the closing stages before going on to post a six and three quarter length win on debut.

Bred by Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein, the filly races for the Wernars Family.
Casperita, who is out of the Fort Wood mare Pumpkin Queen, was a R300 000 purchase from the 2025 National Yearling Sale.

Her sire Fire Away, whose son Sky Pillar Rock won at the Vaal on Thursday, went on to enjoy more success on Friday.
His Dean Smith trained son Tintamarre made it four wins from his last six starts when he won Friday’s www.tabracing.com MR 82 Handicap (1200m).
Under Craig Zackey, the Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein bred gelding made much of the running to score by three-parts of a length.

Now a five time winner, Tintamarre races for  Messrs G C Cornwall, G A Basel & L Clark.

Fire Away has ten lots on offer at the Cape Yearling Sale, and a further nine lots on offer at the Premier Yearling Sale.

Mauritzfontein’s high-class stallion Ideal World came up with a double on Thursday when his daughters Dimako’s Jet and Precocious won races four and eight respectively.
The Weichong Marwing trained Dimako’s Jet picked up the fifth win of her career when she won Thursday’s Racing Today FM 91 Divided Handicap (1800m).
Well positioned early on, the five-year-old struck the front close home and stayed on strongly to win by nearly a length and a half.

Bred and owned by Messrs P T & P Dimakogiannis,  Dimako’s Jet has won or placed in 16 of her starts.
The mare, who is out of the Jet Master mare Jet Mark, is bred on the same Ideal World/Jet Master cross as Horse Of The Year Rainbow Bridge.

Ideal World struck again when his daughter Precocious won Thursday’s Next Vaal Racemeeting Tuesday 10 February MR74 Apprentice Handicap.

The Tony Peter trained three-year-old made it back to back wins when she drew clear to score convincingly by three and a half lengths.

Bred by Oldlands Stud, Precocious has won two of five starts for Kestorm Investments.

Her sire Ideal World, whose progeny include this season’s G1 Betway Summer Cup winner Mocha Blend, is from the same female line as Juddmonte’s exciting young sire Lead Artist.
It was recently announced that the G1 winning Lead Artist would shuttle to Arrowfield Stud.

Drakenstein Stud’s successful young sire One World was responsible for the first two winners on the card at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Wednesday.
One World, whose daughter Kattekwaadkwadraad ran third in Wednesday’s  The Clapham Stakes, is the sire of promising two-year-old World Series.

The latter got off the mark at just the second time of asking when he stormed home to win the first race on Wednesday.
Under Gavin Lerena, the Vaughan Marshall trained World Series hit the front full of running in Wednesday’s Hollywoodbets Kenilworth Welcomes You Maiden Juvenile Plate (1000m) and stormed away to win by two and three quarter lengths.

Bred by Avontuur Thoroughbred Farm, the colt, who is owned by Rikesh Sewgoolam, is out of the Var mare Easy Game.

World Series was a R600 000 buy from the 2025 Premier Yearling Sale.

One World struck again in the next race when his son Different World caused a 16-1 surprise when he won the Join The Race Coast Turf Club Maiden Plate (1000m).
The James Crawford trained three-year-old was given a fine ride by Luyolo Mxothwa, who just his mount’s head down on the wire to score by a short-head.

Dropping back in trip for Wednesday’s race while having his first start since May, Different World was making his third start. The gelding races for Dayalan Chinsammy, LanceSherrell, Gwen MacGregor, Delma Sherrell,Vanashree & Anant Singh, Team Valor International and TKP Racing.

The three-year-old, who is out of the Crusade mare Silent Crusade, was bred by Blue Sky Thoroughbreds.

His sire One World, whose champion son One Stripe has been entered for the G1 Dubai Turf, is also the sire of promising three-year-old Better Man. The latter caught the eye when he ran third in the recent G3 HKJC World Pool Politician Stakes on World Sports Betting Cape Town Met day.

South Africa’s Leading First and Second Season Sire of his year, One World has three lots on offer at the Cape Yearling Sale, and 12 lots on the Premier Yearling Sale.

Varsfontein Stud’s exciting young stallion Erik The Red, South Africa’s Leading First Season Sire of 2024-2025, came up with an eye catching stakes winner at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday.
His two-year-old son Red Spice got off the mark in smart fashion when he won the Listed JC Le Roux Summer Juvenile Stakes (1100m) on World Sports Betting Cape Town Met day.

Under Keagan De Melo, the Piet and Elbert Steyn trained colt ran on strongly down the inside of the track to get up close home and land the R600 000 feature by just under half a length.
In the process, Red Spice emulated his sire, with Erik The Red having won the same race back in 2020.

Remarkably, Erik The Red was not only responsible for the victorious Red Spice but also for Summer Juvenile Stakes third place getter Roskilde.

Bred by Terry Andrews, Red Spice races for Mukund Gujadhur, J M Lim Fat & Wernars Family.
The colt, who is out of the Right Approach mare Ikebana, was a R250 000 purchase from the 2025 Premier Yearling Sale.

Red Spice, who has won or been placed in three of four starts, took his earnings to R479 750 with his win on Saturday.

His multiple graded stakes winning sire Erik The Red, whose relative Note To Self caught the eye when victorious at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday, has made a great start to his stud career with his first crop headed by the graded stakes winners Vapour Trail and Zalatoris.

The son of Captain Al has 26 lots on offer at the Cape Yearling Sale and seven lots on the Premier Yearling Sale.

Maine Chance Farms’ inform stallion Querari came up with his 46^th stakes winner on Saturday.
Querari colt Star Major caused a 33-1 upset when he won Saturday’s G3 HKJC World Pool Politician Stakes (1800m) at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth, while landing the biggest win of his career thus far.

Trained by James Crawford, the three-year-old was given a fine by Luyolo Mxothwa in Saturday’s contest.
Mxothwa kept Star Major towards the back of the field early on, before bringing his colt with a strong late to get up and deny G1 Hollywoodbets Cape Guineas runner up Happy Verse victory by nearly half a length.

Bred by Maine Chance Farms, Star Major has now won twice from eight starts for owners Neville Isdell, Mr J I Bloch, Mrs Prakashni Pillay & Kalinga.

Out of the Silvano mare Star In The Sky, Star Major is bred on the same cross as such graded stakes winners as Bavarian Beauty, Cosmic Speed, Homely Girl, Rainbow Lorikeet and Wonderwall.

The colt was a R500 000 buy from the 2024 National Yearling Sale.

His sire Querari, South Africa’s Leading Sire of 2Yos in 2018-2019, went close to having a big race double on Saturday with his multiple graded stakes winning daughter Rainbow Lorikeet finishing second in the G1 Maine Chance Farms Majorca Stakes.

Klawervlei Stud’s four time G1 winning stallion Twice Over enjoyed a big payday at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday.
His top-class son See It Again claimed the R5 000 000 G1 World Sports Betting Cape Town Met to take his tally of G1 wins to three.

In the process, the six-year-old gelding became Twice Over’s second Met winner, with the stallion’s son Double Superlative having won that race back in 2024.

A fourth consecutive World Sports Betting Cape Town Met winner for Justin Snaith and Nick Jonsson, See It Again provided his jockey Andrew Fortune with a fourth win on Saturday’s card.

The Twice Over gelding stormed home down the centre of the track to get up close home and claim Saturday’s first place prize of R2 968 750 by three-parts of a length. In the process See It Again accounted for such high-class G1 winners as The Real Prince, Gladatorian and defending champion Eight On Eighteen.

Bred by Drakenstein Stud, See It Again had previously enjoyed top-level success when victorious in both the 2023 G1 SplashOut Cape Derby and 2023 G1 Daily News 2000.
Now an eight time winner from 29 starts, the son of Twice Over has earned R8 675 125.

His four time G1 winning sire Twice Over, whose son Last One Standing made it five wins from his last six starts when victorious on Friday, has eight lots on offer at the Premier Yearling Sale.

Maine Chance Farms’ star stallion Vercingetorix increased his lead on the South African General Sires premiership when his star daughter Double Grand Slam won the G1 Maine Chance Farms Majorca Stakes (1600m) at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday.

In the process, the Justin Snaith trained five-year-old provided jockey Andrew Fortune with his third success on the card.
Racing just off the pace, Double Grand Slam hit the front just after the field turned for home, and Fortune kept the Vercingetorix mare going strongly to win by a long neck.

Bred by Varsfontein Stud, Double Grand Slam was the Equus Champion Older Female of 2024-2025.
Saturday’s win pushed the mare’s tally to ten wins from 21 starts, with Double Grand Slam’s past victories including the 2025 G1 Cartier Paddock Stakes and 2025 G1 Ridgemont Garden Province Stakes.

Owned by Drakenstein Stud, Messrs Dave MacLean & Gary Player Stud Farm (Pty) Ltd,  Double Grand Slam is out of the Captain Al mare Princess Peach.

The mare, who has won six graded races, was a R1 000 000 buy from the 2022 National Yearling Sale.

Double Grand Slam was one of three runners in this year’s Majorca Stakes for her champion sire Vercingetorix.
The latter is also the sire of Holding Thumbs, who ran third in Saturday’s G3 New Turf Carriers Western Cape Stayers.

Drakenstein Stud’s resident sire, and former Horse Of The Year, Futura enjoyed a good day at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday.
Sons of Futura won the second and third races on G1 World Sports Betting Cape Town Met day, with Futura gelding Ahead Of The Facts victorious in the G3 New Turf Carriers Western Cape Stayers and another Futura gelding Note To Self successful in the World Sports Betting  C Stakes.

Both Ahead Of The Facts and Note To Self are trained by Justin Snaith.

Consistent four-year-old Ahead Of The Facts picked up the first graded win of his career when he won Saturday’s New Turf Carriers Western Cape Stayers (2800m).
Under Richard Fourie, the gelding stormed home to claim the R500 000 feature by a convincing three lengths.

Bred by Syrilla Stud, Ahead Of The Facts has won four of 15 starts with the gelding’s victories including the 2025 Listed Woolavington Stakes.
Saturday’s winner, who is out of the Silvano mare Nicety, races for Messrs Zev Blieden, Ryan Copeland, Darren Smith, J Murcia, D Musikanth & Garth Musikanth.

Bred on the same Futura/Silvano cross as dual stakes winner Ekoria, Ahead Of The Facts was a R100 000 buy from the 2023 National Yearling Sale.

The four time G1 winning Futura is also the sire of the progressive three-year-old Note To Self. The latter made it two wins from just five starts when he won Saturday’s World Sports Betting C Stakes for Justin Snaith and Andrew Fortune.

One of the best sons of Dynasty, Futura has four lots on offer at the Cape Yearling Sale and five yearlings on the Premier Yearling Sale.