There is a strong catalogue of broodmares including Gr producing dams of Aslan, Easyjadeasy, Diana’s Choice and fillies for stud such as WayWest Goddess, In Like Flynn and Princess Alberta
It looks a foregone conclusion. Front running Franny made two starts to date, both in feature races. She won them at 8/10 and 3/10. What could go wrong?
Trippi’s first South African crop has had buyers clamouring for his progeny like they are the answer to everybody’s prayers and his daughter Franny justified odds of 3/10 to easily win the Pretty Polly Stakes for two-year-old fillies over 1000m.
Trippi is now leading sire of 2yo’s by stakes and by number of stakes winners as well as by % winners/runners
And he did it again – at 10! The South Africa bred, Tiza scored his 13th career win in France last week
If the 2012 Cape Sale Book Two is regarded as the equivalent of last year’s regional Cape Sale and Equimark Sale combined, then things are very much looking up.
R Holiday Mood, a two-time stakes winner, returned from seven months on the sidelines to deadheat in the Gr3 Ocala S.
William Woodward Sr.’s importation of the Sardanapale filly Sekhmet as a yearling in 1930 continued the pattern Woodward had followed almost from the beginning of his career as a breeder.
Buyers were bidding at the Cape Convention Centre as if the results of the next day’s J&B Met meeting were already known. Jet Master led the pack with three of the top-four prices..
Seven juvenile colts and four fillies make up the field for the first black type race for their age. Assessing their relative merit at this time of the season is hazardous to say the least.
Former USA sire Trippi has his first South African two-year-olds racing this season and was credited with his first winner with his first local runner when filly Agra made a successful debut over 900m at Kenilworth on Saturday.
The tongue-twistingly named sprinter was bred and is owned in South Africa, trained by a US-based Brit and will be ridden by a French-based Belgian
