Drakenstein Stud’s outstanding stallion Trippi, South Africa’s Champion Sire of 2015-2016, enjoyed yet another big weekend this past week.
Trippi was responsible for a trio of South African winners this weekend, with his trio of wins dominated by his promising 3yo son Tristful’s impressive victory in Sunday’s G3 Byerley Turk.
Bred by the Gary Player Stud, the Tony Rivalland trained Tristful made it win number three from just five outings when running on strongly to claim the R250 000 Byerley Turk by a 1.1 lengths under jockey Sean Veale.
In the process, the lightly raced Trippi gelding stamped himself a likely contender for both the G2 KZN Guineas and G1 Daily News 2000.
Trisful has now won three of his last four starts, and he is Trippi’s 74th indivdual stakes winner.
Trippi really made his mark in the Byerley Turk, as he is also broodmare sire of third place finisher Triple Fate Line.
A day earlier, Trippi’s top-class son Trip To Heaven picked up his ninth win when accounting for some top class sprinters to land a pinnacle stakes over 1000m at Turffontein for trainer Sean Tarry. Bred by Highlands, the classy seven-year-old powered home to account for 2018 G1 Computaform Sprint winner Attenborough by 1.3 lengths.
The four time graded stakes winning Trip To Heaven, who is likely to start next in the 2019 G1 Computaform Sprint, took his earnings to R2 495 000 with his impressive win, despite once again being slow away, on Saturday.
Trip To Heaven’s paternal half-sister African Sunbird provided Trippi with a Saturday double when winning her second race at Turffontein on Saturday.
The son of End Sweep is also damsire of talented US 3yo Signalman, who ran third in Saturday’s G2 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes and who has earned over $550 000 in prize money.
Trippi has enjoyed another good season in 2018-2019, with his other notable performers including the graded stakes winners Chimichuri Run and Love To Boogie, G1 Cape Derby runner up Charles, as well as the very exciting two-year-old Vandah’s Spirit. The champion has ten lots on offer at the National Sale this month, including a colt (Lot 119) out of G3 Magnolia Handicap winner Kwinta, a half-sister (Lot 167) to exported Equus Champion Edict Of Nantes, and a half-sister (Lot 171) to G3 Kenilworth Fillies Nursery winner Wheredowego.