Hopes And Dreams Stud is a relatively new farm, and an exciting addition to the Cape stud farm ranks. Situated just outside Wellington, the farm is home to a top-class band of mares, and, more importantly perhaps, blue blooded stallion Frantastic.
Just another heavenly day at Hopes And Dreams Stud (Pic – Hopes And Dreams on FB)
A son of legendary racehorse and sire Frankel, the regally-bred Frantastic is a full-brother to four-time Gr1 winner Cracksman, the sire of unbeaten Arc winning champion Ace Impact, among others.
He won at 2 and 3 years of age and twice from seven runs, over 1600m and 2000m respectively, before incurring a career-ending injury. Winning on both all-weather turf surfaces, proving his versatility, he could have been anything had he stayed in training.
The lightly raced Frantastic, who also hails from the family of legendary sires Nasrullah and Royal Charger, proved popular in his first season at stud, when he covered a high-quality book. He certainly looks to be an exciting young sire in the making.
Hopes And Dreams Stud will be eight-strong at BSA’s 2025 Cape Yearling Sale on 23 February, with their draft made up of yearlings sired by Buffalo Bill Cody, Canford Cliffs, Erik The Red, Heavenly Blue, Horizon, Royal Mo and Talk Of The Town.
The only colt in this draft is by the son of Redoute’s Choice:
Lot 9 – Unnamed (c) by Buffalo Bill Cody ex Burnt Paper Sky
This sire has made a cracking start to his stud career, this lot is out of a winning daughter of Listed Betting World Laisserfaire Stakes winner Joshua’s Mistress. From a top-class family with numerous high-class relatives including the July winning champion Heavy Metal among others.
Talk Of The Town is already a sire of smart fillies Famous Lady and Miss Lia. He is represented in this draft by two lots:
Lot 32 – Unnamed (f) by Talk Of The Town ex Flick Flack
- Very closely related to Var’s high-class son Vars Vicky
Lot 36 – Unnamed (f) by Talk Of The Town ex Gallic Girl
- Dam a winning daughter of Vercingetorix
Other appealing lots to be found here include:
Lot 42 – Unnamed (f) by Erik The Red ex Just Judy
- From the family of Breeders’ Cup winning fillies Caledonia Road and Moira
Lot 97 – Unnamed (f) by Canford Cliffs ex Tallinn
- Dam is a three-time winning daughter of Vercingetorix
This draft can be found in Block B at the SARDA Centre.
