Gelykfontein Stud’s blue-blooded young sire Wild Coast got a handsome boost to his page on Saturday.
Wild Coast’s top-class half-sister Beach Bomb, winner of the 2023 G1 World Sports Betting Cape Fillies Guineas and 2024 G1 Cartier Paddock Stakes, added to her impressive resume when she made all to win the G3 The Very One Stakes at Gulfstream Park.
The daughter of Lancaster Bomber was given a beautifully rated steer from the front by Luis Saez and led past every pole in Saturday’s G3 feature.
A latest eighth, but not beaten far, in the GI Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf, Beach Bomb was ridden positively by Saez. Beach Bomb covered the opening three-quarters of a mile in 1:16.05, with Saez keeping his powder dry, waiting for the right moment to up the tempo. With a shake of the reins from Saez entering the last of three turns, Beach Bomb began to sprint, had a bit of a break on her rivals entering the final furlong and proved a comfortable winner.
Bred and owned by Drakenstein Stud, the blue-blooded Beach Bomb has won five of 12 starts. Prior to her Breeders Cup run, she had finished runner-up in the Violet Stakes and third in the G2 Rodeo Drive Stakes.
She is one of five black type performers produced by dual Equus Champion Beach Beauty, whose 17 victories included two runnings of the G1 Garden Province Stakes, two runnings of the G1 Paddock Stakes as well as the 2014 G1 Klawervlei Majorca Stakes.
Beach Beauty, who won 12 graded races during her remarkable career, has not only produced the dual G1 winning Beach Bomb, but also two other graded stakes winners in the form of Amanzimtoti (G2 Western Cape Fillies Championship) and the latter’s high-class full-brother Wild Coast.
The latter, who stood his first season at Gelykfontein in 2024, showed his class when he won the G2 World Sports Betting Guineas where Wild Coast, a son of former South African Champion sire Trippi, accounted for the likes of Golden Ducat, Sachdev and Frosted Gold.