Author: Marc Weinberg

December 22 - Trippi was exported from the United States to stand at Drakenstein Stud in South Africa in 2008. His first crop of runners are now juveniles, and on Saturday at Kenilworth we were able to watch his very first runner, a filly named Agra. She was heavily supported to start deep in the red and she did not disappoint, waltzing home alone in a 900m (4 and a half furlongs) dash.

Agra is another promising Team Valor purchase, and is clearly a precocious sort. She is trained by Justin Snaith who has nothing but praise for Trippi's youngsters: "I have several of the progeny of this stallion in my yard, they all have great temperament, never take their heads out of the manger and are all progressive in their work."

Agra was purchased at the 2011 Cape Premier Yearling Sales, and her debut was also a great advertisement for this new sale. Barry Irwin wrote: "She won doing handsprings by 2 3/4 lengths, even though jockey Felix Coetzee barely let her extend her stride. She earned my highest conformation rating at the sale, where I bought her for $100,000. She will make her next start in a Listed stakes on January 28 over the same course."

That race will take place on the J&B Met race day, and she will be tough to oppose based on what she has shown so far.

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2012/04/02 09:28:58 PM