Varsfontein’s rich haul of five individual stakes winners during the Gauteng season earned the farm a richly-deserved Breeder accolade at the recent Racing Association award ceremony … East Cape Derby hero Captain Splendid too good in the Gr.3 Lonsdale Stirrup Cup...
Varsfontein Stud were honoured at the recent Highveld Awards, hosted by the Racing Association at Emperors Palace. The farm was named Breeder Of The Season, after a season in which Varsfontein breds accumulated a string of victories in Gauteng. Varsfontein were...
Article courtesy of Sporting Post: Piere Strydom and Justin Snaith teamed up with the enigmatic Captain Splendid to grab top honours in the R300Â 000 Gr3 Lonsdale Stirrup Cup at Greyville on Saturday. The staying ranks are not littered with any standout stars and...
Article courtesy of Sporting Post: Astute acquisition of the best of blood and the fostering of equine dynasties has served Varsfontein Stud admirably over the years. Their beautifully bred Caesour filly Alexa returns to her home paddocks in Paarl at the end of...
Gimmethegreenlight's statistics are measuring up rather favorably at the moment as he is showing his mettle against the country's top sires. With only two crops to race he has already produced 13 stakes horses. Below we review some of his strengths in the sires...
This past month has been a momentous one for Varsfontein, both on the racetrack and in the sales ring. A Var filly from our celebrated female family of Promisefrommyheart and Master Of My Fate nudged the National Sales record to a new high of R5-million, while...
Varsfontein's 2017 National Yearling Sale draft includes 3 siblings to GR 1 winners and all 3 are by resident sire Judpot. The aptly named Perfect Peter (lot 98), is a colt out of the Model Man mare Perfect Polly. He is a full brother to champion 2YO filly...
Article courtesy of Sporting Post: The Piere Strydom genius has been the catalyst to getting the talented Judpot filly Polyphonic back into the winner’s enclosure. The Varsfontein bred 4yo showed her class when registering a smart win in the R250 000 Listed...
