Hopes And Dreams Stud is home to one of the best-bred stallions in South Africa. Frantastic, who showed promise in a brief racing career, is a son of unbeaten superstar Frankel, one of the world’s great stallions.
Future champions at Hopes And Dreams (Pic – Hopes And Dreams on FB)
Among Frankel’s numerous star performers are Arc winner Alpinista, Gr1 winners Adayar, Hurricane Lane, Chaldean, Logician, Soul Sister, Anapurna, Inspiral, Lake Victoria and Cracksman.
The latter, a full-brother to Frantastic, was an outstanding performer who won eight of 11 starts, with six group victories including back to back runnings of the Gr1 Champion Stakes. As a Champion Sire in France in 2003, he made waves when his unbeaten son Ace Impact, of his first crop, won the 2003 Gr1 Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.
Hopes And Dreams Stud will be bringing a six-strong draft at the CRS 2025 Premier Yearling Sale, made up of yearlings sired by Hawwaam, Legislate, Malmoos and Rafeef.
Lot 13 – Unnamed (f) by Rafeef ex Happy Archer
Lot 13
By a Gr1 winning son of Redoute’s Choice, out of a dual Gr1 winning daughter of Dubawi, she has plenty to recommend her. Shares her sire with such high-class fillies as Frances Ethel, Mon Petit Cherie, Beating Wings, Mrs Browning and Chasing Happiness, among others. Dam was a top-class racemare, a broodmare sire of more than 80 stakes winners, won a trio of graded races, notably the Gr1 Thekwini Stakes and Gr1 Garden Province Stakes, earned more than R1.3 million in stakes. Already dam of four winners, herself a half-sister to high-class Australian stakes-winner Femina Fashion.
Lot 71 – Unnamed (c) by Malmoos ex Ruby And Roses
Lot 71
A son of champion sire Captain Al (as is One World), South African Triple Crown winner Malmoos has his first yearlings this year. Out of a mare who won four times, granddam, Rahy Cashmere, a daughter of outstanding sire and broodmare sire Rahy, who in turn, is a winning half-sister to US stakes winner Knit One Purr Too; whose dam is a Danzig half-sister to a pair of US graded stakes winners. Same female line as outstanding milers Intikhab, Polish Precedent and Zilzal, and Gr1 Preakness Stakes winner Seize The Grey.
Lot 200 – Unnamed (c) by Hawwaam ex Quepid
Lot 200
Champion Sire has made a fine start with his two-year-olds, with his first two runners including the smart debut winner Read All About It.
The five-time Gr1 winner shares his sire Silvano with current star sire Vercingetorix.
Dam a twice-winning daughter of Querari, whose daughters have already produced the likes of Chansonette and Peach Daiquiri. A half-sister to the six-time winning dam of the very speedy Chocolate Soldier, out of Flowing Stars, a daughter of Western Winter and Gr3 Champagne Stakes winner Waterwise.
Lot 204 – Unnamed (f) by Legislate ex Russet Savannah
Lot 204
Daughter of Horse Of The Year and four-time Gr1 winner Legislate, a stallion who sports some outstanding statistics. Dam by world leading broodmare sire Spectrum, already produced five winners. The well-bred dam is a winning half-sister to Gr1 Allan Robertson Fillies Championship/Gr2 KZN Fillies Guineas winner On Her Toes, her dam a thrice winning half to Gr1 winners Follow The Falcon and Savannah Queen.
Lot 213 – Unnamed (c) by Malmoos ex Silver Tiara
Lot 213
Out of the useful racemare, a daughter of Listed Sun Classique Handicap runner up Satin Silver. The latter was sired high-class Australian sire Commands, the broodmare sire of more than 50 stakes winners including multiple Equus Champion Got The Greenlight. Satin Silver, a half-sister to the dam of Listed Breeders Guineas winner Europeana, is out of the Rainbow Quest mare Bow Street, half to Gr3 winners Love Everlasting and Baron Ferdinand. A female line of such outstanding international performers as Shirley Heights, Pentire and Divine Proportions among others.
Lot 233 – Unnamed (c) by Malmoos ex Zagara
Twice-winning dam by Malmoos’ close relative Master Of My Fate, a half-sister to Surcharge, aka Yulong Prince, winner of the Gr1 Daily News 2000 in South Africa and the Gr1 Cantala Stakes in Australia. Granddam also the granddam of Mauritian star Walls Of Dubrovnik , a three-parts sister to Gr3 Queen’s Vase winner Endorsement, second dam a five-time winning daughter of the highly influential sire and broodmare sire Shirley Heights.
A family of numerous top-class performers including champion racehorses and top-class sires Kris and Diesis.
- For more information on Hopes And Dreams Stud and their Premier Sale draft, interested parties can contact Suzette Viljoen on 082 773 3811.
