Wilgerbosdrift’s inform stallion Hawwaam enjoyed a fine spell of success on Friday and Saturday.
Hawwaam was responsible for five winners over those two days, with the highlight being Hawwaam filly Perfect Miracle’s success in the G3 World Sports Betting Sycamore Sprint (1160m).
Trained by Tony Peter, Perfect Miracle was given a fine ride by Marco Van Rensburg.
Always up with the pace in Saturday’s R225 000 contest, Perfect Miracle kept finding in the closing stages to land her biggest win to date by half a length.
It was a second week in a row that Hawwaam had been responsible for a feature race winner at Turffontein, with Hawwaam gelding Diogenes having won the recent Listed WSB Hawwaam Stakes.
Bred by Klawervlei Stud, the Suzette Viljoen owned Perfect Miracle has won three of eight starts.
The filly, who is out of the Tiger Ridge mare Freddy’s Sister, was a R425 000 buy from the 2024 National Yearling Sale.
Her five time G1 winning sire Hawwaam had also enjoyed a double at Hollywoodbets Durbanville on Saturday as well as at Fairview on Friday.
On Friday, Hawwaam daughters Obsidian Star and Homing Pigeon won races two and three respectively, while the following day saw Hawwaam fillies Lady Orbit and Miss Attitude victorious in races four and eight respectively.
Promising two-year-old Obsidian Star made a particuarly pleasing impression when she won the Narrow Creek/New Turf Carriers Maiden Juvenile Plate (1200m). The Sharon Kotzen trained filly showed plenty of courage when fighting back, under Luyolo Mxothwa, to break her maiden by half a length.
Bred by Volmoed Stud, the filly was making just her second start, with Obsidian Star having finished second, to the unbeaten Marchland, on debut.
Friday’s winner races for Messrs SP Mootien, K Jukhoop, Vikash Kandoo, M Christmas, BS Tobias, GM Kotzen, Sharon Kotzen Racing (Pty) Ltd & SA Punters Forum Syndicate (Pty) Ltd.
Obsidian Star is the fourth two-year-old winner this season for champion Hawwaam.
Champion Hawwaam, whose relatives include this season’s G1 World Pool Cape Flying Championship winner Kingdundee, has 16 lots on the National Yearling Sale.