When Fennec Fox became the first two-year-old to win in South Africa this season at Turffontein on Saturday, she once again highlighted the ability of her sire Querari to come up with a precocious juvenile.
Incidentally, Fennec Fox hails from the same female line as Caesour -broodmare sire of Saturday’s Gr3 Fillies Mile winner Follow Me.
Querari daughter Fennec Fox wins well on debut (Pic – JC Photos)
South Africa’s Leading Sire of 2yo’s in 2018-2019, Querari’s very first Gr1 winner came in the form of Querari Falcon, who landed her biggest win when victorious in one of South Africa’s premier events for two-year-old fillies, the Thekwini Stakes.
Querari Falcon was a member of Querari’s second crop, with the sire’s first crop including another graded stakes winning two-year-old in the form of Cosmic Light, as well as the stakes placed two-year-olds Champery and Dynamic Speed.
The Debutante winner Cosmic Light (Pic – Candiese Lenferna)
Since then, Querari has proved his ability to sire stakes winning two-year-olds, through the likes of graded stakes winners Cockney Pride and Maryah, as well as the stakes winning two-year-olds Caya Coco, Dagmar, Joking, and Maria Querol. Another daughter, Mill Queen, finished second in the Gr1 Thekwini Stakes at two -the same year Querari’s two-year-old son Liberty Hall finished second in the G1 Premiers Champion Stakes.
The son of Oasis Dream ended the 2020-2021 with 14 two-year-old winners to his name, with Querari sired two-year-olds winning 19 races in South Africa last season.
The majestic Querari at home. Pic- Freemanstallions
Daughters of Querari, Luna Wish, Herrin and Homely Girl, have won the last three runnings of the Listed Lady’s Slipper Stakes further underlining their sire’s success with his two-year-olds.
Querari’s own sire Oasis Dream, winner of the prestigious Gr1 Middle Park Stakes at two, is also well established as a source of top-class two-year-olds.
He has once again been in the news this year as a sire of a top-class two-year-old, with his unbeaten son Native Trail recently named the Cartier Champion 2YO Colt of 2021. Unbeaten in four starts this year, Native Trail captured all of the Gr1 Darley Dewhurst Stakes, Gr1 Goffs Vincent O’Brien National Stakes and Gr2 bet365 Superlative Stakes while stamping himself as the most accomplished two-year-old of his year.
Native Trail wins the Dewhurst Stakes
However, Native Trail is by no means the first top-class two-year-old sired by Oasis Dream. Native Trail is one of six Gr1 winning two-year-olds for his speedy sire thus far.
Arguably Oasis Dream’s best sire son to date, Showcasing, won the prestigious Gr2 Gimcrack Stakes at two, before going on to finish third in the Gr1 Middle Park Stakes that year. His progeny already include the Gr1 winning two-year-old Advertise as well as such group winning two-year-olds as Asymmetric, Soldier’s Call and Tropbeau.
Oasis Dream’s son Power, winner of the Gr1 National Stakes at two, has also made his mark at stud, as the sire of Gr1 winners Helvic Dream, Laws Of Indices and Sonnyboyliston, while Oasis Dream also ranks as the broodmare sire of Gr1 winning two-year-olds Siskin (First Defence) and Sioux Nation (Scat Daddy) -as well as last season’s emphatic Gr2 Zulu Kingdom Explorer Golden Slipper winner Desert Miracle (Dynasty). The latter won the Gr3 Graham Beck Stakes recently.
Querari has 3 fillies and a colt at Saturday’s BSA November 2yo Sale.
