Lammerskraal Stud

Visionaire half brother nominated to Triple Crown

January 25, 2017 by Sarah Whitelaw

Sarah Whitelaw

Fireball Shot, a half brother to Lammerskraal’s exciting young sire Visionaire, has been nominated to the 2017 American Triple Crown. The Triple Crown, won most recently by American Pharoah in 2015, consists of the $2 million Kentucky Derby, the $1.5 million Preakness Stakes and the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes. A…

Cantabella in foal to Var

January 24, 2017 by Sarah Whitelaw

Sarah Whitelaw

Lammerskraal’s blue blooded mare Cantabella has been safely tested in foal to prominent speed sire Var. The daughter of Galileo was bought by the farm for R3.1 million at last year’s inaugural Emperors Palace Mare & Fillies For Stud Select Sale, where she was the second top lot sold. Cantabella…

Lammerskraal shine at Cape Premier Yearling Sale

January 23, 2017 by Sarah Whitelaw

Sarah Whitelaw

Lammerskraal enjoyed a truly magnificent session at the 2017 Cape Premier Yearling Sale, which took place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre this past Saturday and Sunday. The farm, which also purchased a beautifully bred daughter of Var and G1 Cape Fillies Guineas winner Captain’s Lover for R3.6 million,…

More success for Deputy’s Go Direct

January 17, 2017 by Sarah Whitelaw

Sarah Whitelaw

The classy Lammerskraal Stud bred Go Direct picked up his fourth win when scoring over 2000m at Turffontein on Saturday. Trained by Geoff Woodruff, the four-year-old gelding, one of three winners on the day for jockey Gavin Lerena, pushed his earnings to over R280 000 with Saturday’s win. Go Direct had…

Lammerskraal’s quality Premier Sale draft

January 16, 2017 by Sarah Whitelaw

Sarah Whitelaw

Lammerskraal Stud has a top class draft of yearlings entered for next month’s Cape Premier Yearling Sale, which is set to take place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, on January 21st and 22nd. Lammerskraal will offer six quality yearlings at the sale namely: [caption id="attachment_440" align="alignleft" width="300"] Lot…

Visionaire filly wins on LQP day

January 9, 2017 by Sarah Whitelaw

Sarah Whitelaw

Lammerskraal Stud’s promising young sire Visionaire had an impressive winner on L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate at Kenilworth last Saturday. The son of Grand Slam is the sire of the Mayfair Speculators owned filly Supercilious, who produced a dazzling turn of foot to fly up late to score over 1400m on Saturday.…

Impressive win for Red Ridge

January 6, 2017 by Sarah Whitelaw

Sarah Whitelaw

The Lammerskraal Stud bred and owned Red Ridge scored an impressive win at the Vaal on Thursday. Trained by Geoff Woodruff, the daughter of Silvano (who was making just her second racetrack appearance) simply outclassed her rivals to win as she liked by three and three quarter lengths. Red Ridge,…

Visionaire on fire!

December 28, 2016December 28, 2016 by Sarah Whitelaw

Sarah Whitelaw

Lammerskraal Stud’s sensational young sire Visionaire enjoyed a red letter spell during the final stages of the week before Christmas. Grand Slam’s G1 winning son was represented by no fewer than seven individual winners in a space of just four days, stamping himself as arguably the hottest stallion in South Africa.…

Visionaire’s Thursday treble

December 28, 2016 by Sarah Whitelaw

Sarah Whitelaw

Lammerskraal Stud’s red hot young sire Visionaire was represented by a trio of winners at the Vaal on Thursday afternoon. The former G1 King’s Bishop Stakes winner (whose G1 winning half-sister Tara’s Tango was recently retired to stud) had his first win on the card when lightly raced colt Crazy…

Sales topper impresses at Greyville

December 19, 2016 by Sarah Whitelaw

Sarah Whitelaw

Lammerskraal were responsible for the top lot sold at the 2015 National Yearling Sale, the filly Savannah Cat. Knocked down to Mike Rattray for R4.75 million, that well bred filly duly broke her maiden in eye catching fashion on Friday evening. Savannah Cat, who had been second and fourth on…

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