Today (12 December) the Varsfontein team welcomed little legend, Emannuel Teunissen, to the farm for a special visit. The main goal of his visit was to see his favorite horse Bela-Bela. Emannuel followed Bela's racing career with great interest and since then she has...
NOTHING boosts a young stallion's stud career like a classic winner, hence there are high hopes for Master Of My Fate's first-crop son Twist Of Fate, who cemented his Guineas claims with a bloodless gun-to-tape victory in the Gr.3 Cape Classic. READ STORY HERE
TWO months into the new racing season and Gimmethegreenlight is making plenty of noise, to the extent that he is currently in second spot on the General Sires List, behind only Var and in front of reigning champion Silvano. Read story here.
The month of August means the start of a busy foaling season and at the time of writing, we have already welcomed more than 30 young thoroughbreds. Read full story here
A winning recipe breeds success and Varsfontein Stud is very proud of our winning recipe when raising young thoroughbreds. During the past season the farm produced a total of 31 individual stakes horses, most bred by Varsfontein and some bred by our clients here on...
FOLLOWING a decorated career spanning six seasons and 35 starts for R6.112,925 in earnings, Varsfontein-bred Captain America has been retired from racing. Fittingly, the strapping son of Captain Al went out in a blaze of glory when he stormed to victory in the Gr.1...
To say that JUDPOT's fortunes have been on an upward trajectory this past month would be an understatement. Already sire of Gr.1 Premiers Champions Challenge winner Coral Fever, our stalwart added another Graded stakes winner to his tally, while two European Classic...
Article courtesy of Sporting Post: Trainer Paul Lafferty pulled a feature ace out of the hat for the SA Champions Season host province when the Judpot 3yo Sniper Shot built on smart seconds in the Byerley Turk and Daisy Guineas to win the R400Â 000 Gr2 Post Merchants...
