The rise in prominence of former Drakenstein linchpin Trippi as a broodmare sire continues unabated, to the point that he currently finds himself in third place on the SA Champion Broodmare Sires log.
Trippi – End Sweep ex Jealous Appeal by Valid Appeal (Pic – Drakenstein Stud)
That comes as no surprise, given that he made a lasting impact in his birth country, the USA, through his American-bred Gr3 winning daughter Miss Macy Sue.
She is the dam of two successful stallion sons in Not This Time and Liam’s Map, who between them have already sired four champions and a host of Gr1 winners.
Sadly, news reached us that Miss Macy Sue passed away last week at the age of 22 but rest assured, she will continue to shape the breed through her sons.
Now enjoying a well-earned retirement at Drakenstein, Trippi’s daughters are continuing their sire’s legacy.
This season alone, they have been responsible for 11 black type performers, amongst which five stakes winners, which equals that of logleader Captain Al, and is bettered only by second-placed Silvano on seven.
Heading the list is Gimmethegreenlight’s son Gimme A Prince, who added a third Gr1 success to his already glowing resume when he won the HKJC World Pool Cape Flying Championship for the second time on Met day.
Gimme A Prince on left with Mum Real Princess (Trippi) at Varsfontein – Lady Christine Laidlaw and her sister Patricia Woollett are alongside Dean Kannemeyer, with Khaya Racing Manager Jehan Malherbe at the rear (Pic – Supplied)
His dam, Gr1 SA Fillies Sprint winner Real Princess, has been a regular consort of the Varsfontein-based champion and has yielded a second stakes winner in Gimmie’s Countess.
She won the Gr3 Diana Stakes in September at the expense of Summer Lily, who by the way, is also by Gimmethegreenlight out of a Trippi mare, this the Gr3-placed Impala Lily.
The Met meeting proved a coup for Trippi as his daughters produced no less than three stakes winners.
Drakenstein homebred Wild Wild Green got the day off to a fine start when she added the opener, the Listed Heineken Summer Juvenile Stakes to an eye-catching debut win. Incidentally, she defeated Trippi’s daughter Clair De Lune.
Wild Wild Green too, is by Gimmethegreenlight, while her dam, the Swallow Stakes third Trip To India, had previously produced the excellent sprinter Sheela. She was the first stakes winner for Moutonshoek stallion The United States and made a sensational start to her racing career by defeating the boys in the Listed Storm Bird Stakes on debut, before adding the Gr2 SA Nursery and finishing third in the Gr1 Allan Robertson.
She is now a member of the Drakenstein broodmare band and gave birth to her first foal, a Danon Platina filly, last spring.
Some hours later, Wild Wild Green’s stable companion I’M So Pritti opened her stakes account with a cosy victory in the Listed SABC Olympic Duel Stakes.
A Vercingetorix full sister to the black type winner Phedra, their unraced dam Pritti is a half-sister to Silvano’s stakes winning son Plano. Trippi further stamped his authority on the race as the broodmare sire of third-placed Siddeley.
Trippi’s stakes winning quintet also includes the Var gelding Dance Variety, who joined the black type ranks with a fluent win in the Listed Southeaster Sprint. He too, is out of an unraced Trippi mare, Trippitango.
For those pedigree buffs interested in nicking patterns, the honours belong to fellow Drakenstein resident Futura. The son of Fort Wood is proving to be a perfect foil for his former barnmate, with six of his 18 stakes winners being out of Trippi mares.
To date, Trippi is broodmare sire of 25 local stakes winners. The best is yet to come, given that he has plenty of talented daughters to represent him, particularly at Drakenstein Stud, where he had access to a wonderful selection of mares.
To that end, another Drakenstein stallion, the sensational One World, has already sired the Gr2/3 performer All Out For Six from a Trippi mare. Bred at Drakenstein, the talented colt chased home star stable companion One Stripe in the Gr2 Cape Punters Cup and is out of Howl, a half-sister to the Gr1-placed, multiple stakes winner Fresnaye.
Lot 62 is a half-sister to Swallow Stakes winner Freed From Desire and Gr3-placed Buffalo Storm Cody, while Lot 84 is out of a winning Trippi daughter of Gr1 SA Fillies Guineas winner Saudies.
Completing the trio is Lot 32, a filly closely related to Var’s dual Gr2 winner Vars Vicky. Out of his unraced half-sister Flick Flack, she is by Var’s underrated son Talk Of The Town.
