Drakenstein Stud’s top-class stallion What A Winter has been in good form of late and the multiple Equus Champion struck again when What A Winter supplied two more winners at the Vaal on Tuesday.
His promising two-year-old son Sherlock Holmes got off the mark at the third time of asking when he won Tuesday’s #Youcanbetonus! Maiden Juvenile Plate (1200m).
Third and second on his two previous starts, the Tony Peter trained colt romped home, despite being green, to break his maiden by nearly two and three quarter lengths.

Bred by Riethuiskraal Stud, Sherlock Holmes races for Messrs G C Kalil, D K Du Preez, G, K & M M Nassif, Mrs E Du Preez & Swiss Guard Racing Syndicate.

Tuesday’s winner, who is out of the Black Minnaloushe mare Slinky The Cat, has a Malmoos half-sister (Lot 215) on offer at the National Yearling Sale.
Sherlock Holmes is the fifth two-year-old winner this season for What A Winter, South Africa’s Leading Sire of 2YOs in 2019-2020.

What A Winter’s second success on Tuesday came when his Johan Janse Van Vuuren trained son Romilly romped home to win the ninth and final race at the Vaal.
Under Keagan De Melo, the gelded three-year-old put distance between himself and his rivals with Romilly drawing off to win by two and three quarter lengths.

Bred by Drakenstein Stud, Romilly has won two of his seven starts.
Tuesday’s winner, who is out of the Trippi mare Clara Isabella, is owned by the Wernars Family and Rikesh Sewgoolam.

His four time G1 winning sire also looks to have come up with a smart sort in the form of Margate.
That two-year-old filly made a big impression when she romped home to break her maiden by two and a half lengths at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Monday.

A half-brother (Lot 42) to Drakenstein Stud’s exciting young sire A Case Of You promises to be one of the standouts at this year’s Tattersalls Ireland Breeze Up Sale. That auction is set to take place on May 22^nd, with the catalogue available for viewing.

A son of G1 Platinum Jubilee Stakes winner Naval Crown, this colt is a half-brother to four winners, led by the brilliant A Case Of You.
The latter was produced by the Key Of Luck mare Karjera, a full-sister to Listed Rochestown Stakes winner Akanti.

Karjera’s granddam is the stakes winning Lock’s Dream, whose own multiple stakes winning granddam, Amerigos Fancy, is the ancestress of such standout performers as Canford Cliffs and Makybe Diva.

From the same male line as outstanding stallion Wootton Bassett, A Case Of You was an outstanding, dual G1 winning sprinter.
A G3 winner at two, A Case Of You went on to win the G1 Qatar Prix de l’Abbaye de Longchamp Longines at three, and the G1 Al Quoz Sprint at four.
Notable sires to have won the Prix de l’Abbaye include the former top South African sire Var.

Drakenstein Stud’s increasingly successful sire, and Equus Champion, One World looks to have come up with another exciting prospect in the form of Rich Man’s World.
The latter made a big impression when making it two wins from two starts with a powerful win at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Monday.

Trained, like his sire, by Vaughan Marshall, Rich Man’s World had won his only start prior to Monday’s contest.
Under Sean Veale, Rich Man’s World turned the Gallop Form Juvenile Plate (1000m) into a one-horse race, with the son of One World drawing off to win as he liked by five and a quarter lengths.

Bred by Boland Stud, the unbeaten two-year-old races for Messrs R L Gabler & K P Truter & Mesdames C L Gabler & Jane Truter

Rich Man’s World, bred on the same cross as champion One Stripe, is out of the Silvano mare Sommersonne.

The colt was a R450 000 buy from the 2025 National Yearling Sale.

His inform sire One World is having a fine season with his two-year-olds in 2025-2026, with the champion son of Captain Al also responsible for the unbeaten Listed TAB Storm Bird Stakes winner World Attraction.

South Africa’s reigning champion sire Vercingetorix came up with a good looking debut winner at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Monday.
His two-year-old son Kalahari King made the perfect start to his career when he made a winning debut over 1200m.

Trained by Justin Snaith, Kalahari King was given a good ride by Aldo Domeyer to land the Follow Race Coast On Social Media Maiden Juvenile Plate convincingly.
The colt stormed home to hit the front close to home and kept going strongly to win a shade cosily by a length and a quarter.

The race was a triumph for Vercingetorix, with Kalahari King vanquishing his promising paternal half-brother, Aquae Calidae, into second spot.

Bred by Bjorn Nielsen, Kalahari King races for his breeder in partnership with Greg and Gina Bortz.

Monday’s winner is out of the Captain Al mare Really Royal and is thus bred on the same cross as such G1 winners as Double Grand Slam, Mia Moo and Vernichey.

Varsfontein Stud’s multiple champion sire Gimmethegreenlight came up with a trio of winners on Friday.
The son of More Than Ready also went close to having a feature race double on the day, with Gimmethegreenlight gelding Malmesbury Missile winning the G3 Byerley Turk at Hollywoodbets Greyville and Gimmethegreenlight filly Gimme What I Want running second in the G3 Umzimkhulu Stakes on the same card.

Trained, like his sire, by Justin Snaith, three-year-old Malmesbury Missile picked up his biggest win to date when he won the Byerley Turk (1400m).
Under Muzi Yeni, Malmesbury Missile raced well off the pace early on, before storming home to get up close home and win Friday’s R300 000 contest by a length.

Bred by Drakenstein Stud, Friday’s winner had shown smart form at two, when Malmesbury Missile won the Listed Hollywoodbets Sharks Gatecrasher Stakes and ran second in the G2 Golden Horseshoe.
Now a three time winner from 11 starts, Malmesbury Missile races for Itssa It & Business Solutions (Pty) Ltd & World Sports Betting.

Malmesbury Missile, who is out of champion Gabor, was a R900 000 buy from the 2024 Cape Premier Yearling Sale.

His champion sire Gimmethegreenlight is also the sire of Irish Anthem, winner of the fourth race at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Friday, and Kleinzee, victorious in the sixth race at Fairview on Friday.

The sire of more than 80 stakes winners, Gimmethegreenlight has 29 yearlings on offer at the 2026 National Yearling Sale.

Moutonshoek’s G1 Ranvet Stakes winning stallion The United States is enjoying a breakout season in 2025-2026, and the son of Galileo was at it again on Friday night.
The United States filly Keukenhof provided her sire with yet more feature race success this season when she won the G3 Umzimkhulu Stakes (1400m) at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Friday.

Trained by Dean Kannemeyer, the three-year-old had shown smart form earlier in the season when Keukenhof had finished third in the G2 Western Cape Fillies Championship and fourth in the G3 Schweppes Diana Stakes.

Keukenhof duly built on those efforts with a smart performance in Friday’s R250 000 contest.
Under log leading jockey Craig Zackey, the daughter of The United States stormed home from off the pace to claim the 2026 Umzimkhulu Stakes by a length going away. In the process, Keukenhof accounted for classy fillies Gimme What I Want (second) and Quickstepgal (third).

Bred by Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein, Friday night’s winner races for Mesdames D L Erasmus & L Huntingford & Mr H W Leyenaar.

The progressive Keukenhof, a winner of two of 11 starts, is out of the Trippi mare Dawn Calling and is thus bred on the same cross as classy G2 winner Sheela.

Her sire The United States has enjoyed tremendous success this season, with his flagbearers including such stars as Kingdundee (G1 World Pool Cape Flying Championship), Tin Pan Alley (G1 Wilgerbosdrift HF Oppenheimer Horse Chestnut Stakes), and Rodeo Drive (G2 Mike De Kock Ipi Tombe Challenge).

The inform sire has 18 lots on offer at the National Yearling Sale, including a full-sister (Lot 363) to Keukenhof!

Multiple champion sire Gimmethegreenlight looks to have come up with another bright prospect in the form of Gimme Some Luck.
That two-year-old made the perfect start to his career when he romped home to win on debut at the Vaal on Thursday.
Under Blaine Marx-Jacobson, the Fabian Habib trained Gimme Some Luck got away quickly and went out to make the running in Thursday’s 4Racing Welcomes You Maiden Juvenile Plate (1000m).

The Gimmethegreenlight colt quickened up smartly in the closing stages, with Gimme Some Luck drawing off to win by eight lengths at the first time of asking.

Bred by Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein, Gimme Some Luck races for TKP Racing, Messrs G J Nassif, J Nassif & Tri-Deal Sixteen CC.

The colt, who is out of the Shamardal mare Shauntrel, was an R800 000 purchase from the 2025 National Yearling Sale.

Gimme Some Luck is the sixth two-year-old winner this season for his champion sire, with Gimmethegreenlight’s juveniles this season also including G2 TAB SA Nursery entrant Gimme A Vodka.

The son of More Than Ready has 29 lots on offer at the National Yearling Sale, with Gimmethegreenlight’s National draft including yearlings out of such G1 winning mares as Silvano’s Pride, Silver Mountain, and Summer Pudding.

Moutonshoek’s red hot sire The United States struck again at the mid-week meeting, when the son of Galileo supplied two winners, from just three runners, at Hollywoodbets Durbanville on Wednesday.

The United States’ first success on Wednesday came when his Ricky Maingard trained daughter Red State won the Race Coast Incentives Powered By Hollywoodbets D Stakes (1800m). Under Varun Jodhee, the four-year-old filly ran on strongly from off the pace, to get up and win by a length.
Bred by Moutonshoek, Red State is owned by Messrs D K Bundhoo & Ricky Maingard & Mrs M M M Bundhoo.
Out of the Mambo In Seattle mare Always Red, Red State has won two of her last four starts.

The United States’ second success on Wednesday came when his son Prairie Dawn ran out a convincing winner of the seventh and final race. The Justin Snaith trained three-year-old appeared unlikely to get a clear run in the Hollywoodbets Bright Future Class 4 (1600m) but dug down deep to get up and win by a neck.
Bred by Dr Thomson, Prairie Dawn has won two of six starts and has been unplaced just once.
Owned by Nick Jonsson, the gelding is out of the Miesque’s Approval mare Break Of Dawn.

The United States is having a wonderful season in 2025-2026, with his flagbearers including such G1 winners as Kingdundee (World Pool Cape Flying Championship) and Tin Pan Alley (Wilgerbosdrift HF Oppenheimer Horse Chestnut Stakes).
The United States looks poised for further big race success in the coming days. Kingdundee looks to be a leading player in the upcoming G1 TAB Computaform Sprint, while daughter Teo Torriatte is a runner in the Listed Wilgerbosdrift Caradoc Gold Cup. Another son of The United States, Texas Red, is due to contest the G2 TAB Hawaii Stakes with The United States filly Rodeo Drive a contender for the G1 TAB Empress Club Stakes.

Ridgemont’s blue blooded young sire Real Gone Kid came up with his third first-crop winner on Wednesday.
His Candice Bass trained two-year-old daughter Preacher Man made much of the running to land the Hollywoodbets Durbanville Welcomes You Maiden Juvenile Plate (Fillies) (1000m).

Under Callan Murray, Preacher Man kicked on strongly in the closing stages and drew off to win Wednesday’s contest by a length and three quarters.

Bred by Narrow Creek Stud, the Real Gone Kid filly was making her third racecourse appearance on Wednesday.
Owned by Messrs Mark Bass, Wehann Smith & Jacques van Niekerk, Mrs Roberta Jansch & Mr A & Mrs E Stokes, Preacher Man was an R80 000 from the 2025 Race Coast Two Year Old Sale. She could now have a tilt at the R3 000 000 Race Coast Slipper

Wednesday’s winner is out of the Querari mare Angel’s Trumpet. Preacher Man joins the unbeaten Master Mtoto and the promising filly Lady Jean as early winners for Real Gone Kid.

A high-class sprinter, who won six of just 13 starts, Real Gone Kid shares his four time Australian champion sire Snitzel with no fewer than 26 G1 winners.

Paardeberg Stud’s well performed stallion Expert Eye enjoyed Listed success in Ireland on Sunday.
His five-year-old daughter Beset showed her well being when she romped home to a facile success in the Listed Irish Stallion Farms EBF Devoy Stakes at Naas.

The Joseph O’Brien-trained mare had scored at the same level on her final start of last season at the Curragh and went to post an 11/4 shot in today’s ten furlong contest.

Declan McDonogh was soon in front on the Expert Eye mare, who was pressed from before halfway by Iowa City

She was asked for an effort passing the two pole and asserted inside the final furlong as stablemate Lemsairbat ran on to take the runner-up spot, three lengths behind.

O’Brien said:- “She’s a tough filly. She finished off the year great last year and she’s picked up where she left off.

“She’ll probably go for a group race somewhere now. There is a race in Newbury over a mile-and-a-half. She’d have options in France. In Ireland the Munster Oaks in Cork is probably the obvious race for her if the ground was soft.”

Beset, who is out of the Galileo mare Beshayer, has won four of 14 starts with her wins including the 2025 Listed Guinness 0.0 Finale Stakes.

Her G1 Breeders’ Cup Mile winning sire Expert Eye was a superb racehorse and group/graded stakes winner at both two and three.

A son of the breed shaping sire Acclamation, Expert Eye is out of a winning Dansili half-sister to dual Classic winner Special Duty.