Wilgerbosdrift Stud Farm - South Africa

Wilgerbosdrift Stud Farm - South Africa The farm known today as Wilgerbosdrift, was purchased in 1997 and the building of stables and the creation of paddocks and camps commenced in 1998.

Having previously operated as a “hobby breeder”, boarding a few mares at her parents Mauritzfontein Stud, Mary Slack decided to establish her own farm and to enter the world of the “commercial breeder”. The original 5 mares transferred from Mauritzfontein in May 1998. The first ever yearling draft consigned by Wilgerbosdrift were sent to the 1999 National Yearling Sales. The draft comprised just t

hree yearlings, two c**ts and a filly. Both c**ts proved more than useful, getting the new operation off to a flying start. In each of the 6 subsequent years, the Wilgerbosdrift draft has increased, in terms of both quantity and quality. This is evidenced by Wilgerbosdrift’s rapid rise to the top of the vendors lists. Leading consignors by average in both 2004 and 2005, Wilgerbosdrift’s WONDER LAWN became the highest priced yearling in South African history when he was knocked down for R3,3 million at the 2005 NYS.

Six in a row for Fire Away sonWilgerbosdrift’s inform stallion Fire Away has a cracking crop of three-year-olds this sea...
07/06/2025

Six in a row for Fire Away son
Wilgerbosdrift’s inform stallion Fire Away has a cracking crop of three-year-olds this season.
This crop includes the classy gelding My Best Shot, who made it six wins in a row when winning at Fairview on Friday.
Trained by Alan Greeff, the three-year-old came into Friday’s race off a clean sweep in the EC sophomore challenge.

Under Richard Fourie, My Best Shot was sent off a hot favourite for the TAB 4Racing App Pinnacle Stakes (2000m) and he duly obliged.
Hitting the front 200m from home, the gelding kept going strongly to score by a length and three quarters.

Bred by Varsfontein Stud, My Best Shot races for Nick & Val McFall, Messrs G L Blank, G Piha, H N Yutar, D Yutar, Mr & Mrs A C Greeff.

The gelding, who holds an entry for the 2025 G1 Hollywoodbets Durban July, has won ten of 16 starts and eight of his last nine starts.
My Best Shot, who is out of the Fort Wood mare Gypsy Madonna, was a R120 000 buy from the 2023 Cape Yearling Sale.

His sire Fire Away, also responsible for this season’s G1 winning three-year-olds Confederate and Fire Attack, went close to having a double on Friday with his daughter Luna Halo running second in the ninth race.

Buffalo Bill Cody son makes it three in a rowWilgerbosdrift’s well bred sire Buffalo Bill Cody looks to have a smart son...
04/06/2025

Buffalo Bill Cody son makes it three in a row
Wilgerbosdrift’s well bred sire Buffalo Bill Cody looks to have a smart son to his name in the form of Buffalo Storm Cody.
The latter made it three wins in a row when he won the eighth race at Turffontein on Tuesday.
Trained by Tony Peter, three-year-old Buffalo Storm Cody showed plenty of heart in winning the Champion Sprinter (1000-1200m): William Robertson Pinnacle Stakes (1160m).

Under Gavin Lerena, the Buffalo Bill Cody gelding dug down deep to best runner up Quantum Theory by a long head.
A tilt at the G3 Post Merchants could be next for the progressive Buffalo Storm Cody, who has won four of ten starts including the Mythical Flight Sprint (Non-Black Type).

Bred by Narrow Creek Stud, Buffalo Storm Cody (unplaced just once thus far) is out of the Trippi mare Musical Romance.
He hails from the first crop of his sire Buffalo Bill Cody, with this crop also producing G3 Betway Lebelo Sprint winner Pistol Pete and G3 Betway Graham Beck Stakes runner up Wolf Mountain.

Buffalo Bill Cody is also the sire of exciting two-year-old Rachel Wall, who runs in Sunday’s Highveld Winter Juvenile Fillies Stakes.

Flower Alley gelding wins Pocket Power StakesWilgerbosdrift’s evergreen sire Flower Alley enjoyed feature race success a...
26/05/2025

Flower Alley gelding wins Pocket Power Stakes
Wilgerbosdrift’s evergreen sire Flower Alley enjoyed feature race success at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Sunday.
His son Otto Luyken showed tremendous courage to win the Listed Pocket Power Stakes (1950m) on Sunday.
In landing Sunday’s Listed feature, Otto Luyken, who had finished fourth in the 2024 Pocket Power Stakes, became his G1 Travers Stakes winning sire’s 39th stakes winner.
Hailing from the Crawford yard, five-year-old Otto Luyken was given a superb ride by Luyolo Mxothwa to land Sunday’s R350 000 contest.
Mxothwa bought his mount with a perfectly timed challenge which saw Otto Luyken just get up to beat favourite Garrix by a short-head.

Bred by Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein, Otto Luyken has won four of 26 outings for R691 224.
Otto Luyken, who had finished runner up in the G3 Legal Eagle Stakes prior to his latest win, is out of the Ideal World mare Laurel Cherry.
His sire Flower Alley has had another good season in 2024-2025 with the son of Distorted Humor also responsible for this season’s Listed Betway Algoa Cup winner Firealley and Listed Allied Steelrode Golden Loom Handicap hero Chyavana.
Famed as the sire of both G1 Kentucky Derby winning champion I’ll Have Another and South African Horse Of The Year Princess Calla, Flower Alley has sired more than 500 winners and his offspring have earned in excess of $48 000 000 in prize money.

Second winner for HawwaamWilgerbosdrift’s well performed young stallion Hawwaam came up with his second first-crop winne...
21/05/2025

Second winner for Hawwaam
Wilgerbosdrift’s well performed young stallion Hawwaam came up with his second first-crop winner on Wednesday.
Hawwaam’s two-year-old daughter Take It As Red became her sire’s second winner from four runners when she won the second race at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth.
Trained by Piet Steyn, the filly was given a fine ride by Chad Little in the Klawervlei Stud Maiden Juvenile Plate (Fillies) (1400m).
She hit the front a long way out, and kept going gamely to break her maiden by nearly half a length.
Bred by Hemel ‘N Aarde Stud, Take It As Red had finished fourth in each of her four previous starts.
The filly, who is out of the High Chaparral mare Santiburi, was a R150 000 buy from the 2024 Cape Racing Winter Yearling Sale.
She is from the first crop of Hawwaam, the Equus Champion 3YO C**t of 2018-2019, whose ten wins, from 13 starts, included five G1 triumphs.
By the same sire as outstanding stallion Vercingetorix, Hawwaam has four lots on offer at the KZN Yearling Sale.

Fire Away c**t dominates Highveld awardsWilgerbosdrift’s exciting sire Fire Away is the sire of top-class three-year-old...
18/05/2025

Fire Away c**t dominates Highveld awards
Wilgerbosdrift’s exciting sire Fire Away is the sire of top-class three-year-old Fire Attack.
The latter dominated proceedings at Saturday night’s Highveld Feature Season Awards which took place at Turffontein.
Not only was Fire Attack named Horse Of The Season, but the Alec Laird trained c**t was also crowned Champion 3YO C**t/Gelding and Champion Middle Distance 1800-2000m horse.
Bred by Ndoro Stud, Fire Attack, winner of the 2024 G2 TAB SA Nursery, has finished first or second in four graded stakes races this season.
The son of Fire Away scored his biggest win when downing older rivals to land the 2025 G1 HKJC World Pool Premier’s Champions Challenge.
Fire Attack, who has earned more than R2.1 million in prize money, also showed his class when finishing second, to fellow Fire Away son Confederate, in the G1 TAB SA Classic.
His G3 Dixie Stakes winning sire Fire Away looks to have another potentially promising sort in the form of Radio Star. The latter made a promising debut when finishing a close up second at Turffontein on Saturday.

Fire Away gelding romps to World Sports Betting East Cape Derby gloryWilgerbosdrift’s increasingly successful stallion F...
09/05/2025

Fire Away gelding romps to World Sports Betting East Cape Derby glory
Wilgerbosdrift’s increasingly successful stallion Fire Away had another good payday at Fairview on Friday.
Fire Away’s classy three-year-old son My Best Shot made it a clean sweep of the EC Sophomore Challenge when he romped home to a facile win in Friday’s Listed World Sports Betting East Cape Derby (2400m).
Trained by Alan Greeff, My Best Shot had captured the Listed Ibhayi Stakes (1400m) and Listed Bryanston Auctioneers East Cape Guineas (1600m) in his two starts prior to Friday’s 2400m contest. Under Richard Fourie, My Best Shot was always travelling well, and hit the front 200m from home in the Derby.
From there, the Fire Away gelding pulled clear to score by an emphatic five and a quarter lengths.
In landing the East Cape Derby, My Best Shot made it five wins on the bounce.
Bred by Varsfontein Stud, the gelding has won nine of 15 outings.
My Best Shot is out of the Fort Wood mare Gypsy Madonna and is bred on the same Fire Away/Fort Wood cross as exported G3 winner Egyptian Mau.
He is one of several high-class performers to have emerged from Fire Away’s second crop, now three, with this crop having also unleashed the G1 winners Confederate (TAB SA Classic) and Fire Attack (HKJC World Pool Premier’s Champions Challenge).
Remarkably, Confederate and Fire Attack ran first and second respectively in the 2025 SA Classic.

Buffalo Bill Cody filly wows on debutWilgerbosdrift’s promising young stallion Buffalo Bill Cody looks to have a potenti...
08/05/2025

Buffalo Bill Cody filly wows on debut
Wilgerbosdrift’s promising young stallion Buffalo Bill Cody looks to have a potentially smart daughter on his hands in the form of Rachel Wall.
The latter made an impressive winning debut at Turffontein on Thursday when romping home to win the third race.
Trained by Tony Peter, Rachal Wall was always up with the pace in the Racing Today Maiden Plate (F and M) (1200m).
When Gavin Lerena asked the question, the two-year-old pulled clear to beat older rivals by a whopping six and three quarter lengths.
Bred by Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein, Rachel Wall is out of the High Chaparral mare Gypsy Pirate.
The filly was a R350 000 buy from the 2024 Cape Yearling Sale.
Her sire Buffalo Bill Cody made a bright start with his small first crop of 17 runners including 11 winners including G3 Betway Lebelo Sprint winner Pistol Pete and Mythical Flight Sprint Buffalo Storm Cody.
A winner of six of his ten starts, Buffalo Bill Cody shares his multiple champion sire Redoute’s Choice with such top-class stallions as Snitzel, Stratum, The Autumn Sun, Not A Single Doubt and Rafeef.

Hawwaam stars at National SaleWilgerbosdrift's homebred champion, and resident sire, Hawwaam, made a big impression at t...
13/04/2025

Hawwaam stars at National Sale
Wilgerbosdrift's homebred champion, and resident sire, Hawwaam, made a big impression at the recent National Yearling Sale.
The five time G1 winner ended the 2025 National Sale as the third Leading Sire by Aggregate. Hawwaam had all 20 of his yearlings on offer sell for a total of R13.1 million, with his yearlings averaging an impressive R655 000.
Hawwaam's yearlings averaged higher than such top-class stallions as Fire Away, What A Winter, Querari and One World, to name a few.
The champion son of Silvano had yearlings make up to R1 600 000, with his top lot at the National Sale being the Wilgerbosdrift consigned Columba Star (Lot 160), who was knocked down to Hollywood Racing.
Columba Star, a half-brother to two winners including the stakes placed Hope Is Power, is out of the Kahal sired G3 Starling Stakes winner Sarasota, whose relatives include, among others, the Silvano sired G1 Woolavington 2000 winner Do You Remember.
In total, Hawwaam had five yearlings make up R1 000 000 or more at the National Sale this year, with another six yearlings by the sire fetching R500 000 or more.
Hawwaam's full-sister In Limbo also made her mark at the 2025 National Yearling Sale. In Limbo's Rafeef c**t Waiting Game (Lot 136) was sold to Form Bloodstock for R2 200 000.
The second foal for his dam, who also numbers Listed Kings Cup runner up Celestial City as a full-brother, Waiting Game was consigned to the auction by Wilgerbosdrift.
By the same sire as outstanding stallion Vercingetorix, Hawwaam, who currently ranks as one of South Africa's Leading First Season Sires, was the Equus Champion 3YO C**t of 2018-2019.

Mythical Flight Sprint glory for Buffalo Bill CodyWilgerbosdrift's promising sire Buffalo Bill Cody had feature race suc...
13/04/2025

Mythical Flight Sprint glory for Buffalo Bill Cody
Wilgerbosdrift's promising sire Buffalo Bill Cody had feature race success at Turffontein on Saturday.
His progressive son Buffalo Storm Cody, a member of his sire's eye catching first crop, made it back to back wins when he won the Mythical Flight Sprint (Non-Black Type) over 1100 metres.
He provided his sire with a 100% strike rate on Saturday, with Buffalo Storm Cody being Buffalo Bill Cody's sole runner on the card.
Under Gavin Lerena, the Tony Peter trained three-year-old hit the front 450m from and Buffalo Storm Cody fought off his rivals to win convincingly by two lengths.
The gelding is now likely to be aimed at various KZN features later in the season.
Bred by Narrow Creek Stud, Buffalo Storm Cody has won three of just nine starts.
Out of the Trippi mare Musical Romance, Buffalo Storm Cody was a R410 000 purchase from the 2023 Cape Yearling Sale.
Buffalo Storm Cody is one of ten winners to have emerged from Buffalo Bill Cody's first 17 runners in his initial crop, with this crop also including G3 Betway Lebelo Sprint winner Pistol Pete.
A son of legendary sire Redoute's Choice (as are the likes of Rafeef and Snitzel), Buffalo Bill Cody had yearlings make up to R550 000 at the recent National Yearling Sale.

Flower Alley filly wins on debutWilgerbosdrift's high-class resident sire Flower Alley came up with an eye catching debu...
03/04/2025

Flower Alley filly wins on debut
Wilgerbosdrift's high-class resident sire Flower Alley came up with an eye catching debut winner on Thursday.
Flower Alley's two-year-old daughter Miss Novax made the perfect start to her career when she won at the Vaal.
The Lucky Houdalakis trained filly, who provided her jockey Craig Zackey with a 100% strike rate on Thursday, stormed home to win the 4Racing Welcomes You Maiden Juvenile Plate (1200m) by a neck.
Bred by Reed Valley Stud, Miss Novax is out of the Captain Al mare Leeway.
Thursday's winner is thus bred on the same Flower Alley/Captain Al cross as former South African Horse Of The Year Princess Calla.
Her G1 Travers Stakes winning sire Flower Alley is the sire of 38 stakes winners including champions I'll Have Another, Lukes Alley, My Wandy's Girl and the aforementioned Princess Calla.
To date, Flower Alley runners have earned more than $48 million in stakes.
A son of Distorted Humor and hailing from the same family as Lyphard, Flower Alley has a single lot on offer at the upcoming National Yearling Sale.

Fire Away c**t wins Champions ChallengeWilgerbosdrift’s top-class young sire Fire Away has enjoyed a purple patch this s...
29/03/2025

Fire Away c**t wins Champions Challenge
Wilgerbosdrift’s top-class young sire Fire Away has enjoyed a purple patch this season.
Fire Away came up with his second G1 winner in less than a month when his three-year-old son Fire Attack won the G1 HKJC World Pool Premier’s Champions Challenge (2000m) at Turffontein on Saturday.

Trained by Alec Laird, Fire Attack had finished second in three starts prior to Saturday’s victory and came into the Champions Challenge off a runner up finish, behind fellow Fire Away son Confederate in the G1 TAB SA Classic.

Under Richard Fourie, the chestnut was dropped out early on before moving up to sit just off the pace.
Fire Attack loomed up close home before digging down deep to best 2024 G1 World Pool Premier’s Champions Challenge winner Royal Victory by a neck.

The winner and runner up came together close home, bumping on two occasions but the subsequent race review was overruled.

Bred by Ndoro Stud, Fire Attack, winner of the 2024 G1 TAB SA Nursery, has won three of 11 starts for earnings of R2 140 750.

Out of the Mambo In Seattle mare Bonnie Beers, Fire Attack was a R450 000 buy from the 2023 National Sale.

Saturday’s Champions Challenge winner has a full-brother (Lot 33) on offer at the National Yearling Sale.

His red hot sire Fire Away is not only responsible for both Fire Attack and Confederate, but also this season’s Listed Ibhayi Stakes/Listed Bryanston Auctioneers East Cape Guineas winner My Best Shot and Cape Racing Sales Cape Slipper hero Military Command.
Fire Away went close to enjoying more feature race success on Saturday with his daughter Explosive Bond running second in the Listed 4Racing Caradoc Gold Cup.

The son of War Front has ten lots on offer at the National Yearling Sale.

Bryanston Auctioneers East Cape Guineas glory for Fire AwayWilgerbosdrift's red hot sire Fire Away has had an excellent ...
21/03/2025

Bryanston Auctioneers East Cape Guineas glory for Fire Away
Wilgerbosdrift's red hot sire Fire Away has had an excellent few weeks, and the son of War Front's great form continued on Friday.
Fire Away gelding My Best Shot made it four wins in a row when he won Friday's Listed Bryanston Auctioneers East Cape Guineas (1600m) at Fairview.
Under Richard Fourie, the Alan Greeff trained three-year-old made it back to back Listed wins with an impressive display on Friday.
My Best Shot romped home, going away, to win impressively by a length and a quarter.
Having won the first two legs of the Eastern Cape Triple Crown, My Best Show is being aimed at the final leg of the Crown, the Listed East Cape Derby.
Bred by Varsfontein Stud, My Best Shot has won eight of 14 starts, with the gelding's latest win taking his earnings to R631 725.
My Best Shot, who is out of the Fort Wood mare Gypsy Madonna, was a R120 000 buy from the 2023 Cape Yearling Sale.
His G3 Dixie Stakes winning sire has had a wonderful few weeks, with Fire Away responsible for the first two home in the G1 TAB SA Classic, as well as impressive recent Cape Racing Sale Cape Slipper winner Military Command.
The son of outstanding sire War Front has ten lots on offer at the National Yearling Sale including a filly (Lot 224) closely in**ed to War Front.

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