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Japanese champion Danon Platina has made an excellent start with his first runners this season and the son of Deep Impact had another good day at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Saturday when Danon Platina was responsible for two eye catching winners.
His first success at Scottsville came when Danon Platina filly Knockout ran out an easy winner of the first race on the card, the Track And Ball -The Finishing Post Maiden Juvenile Plate (Fillies) over 1200 metres. Trained by Justin Snaith, Knockout powered home, under a confident JP Van Der Merwe, to shed her maiden by just over a length and a quarter.
Bred by Ridgemont Highlands, Knockout had finished fifth on debut before finishing second on her only previous appearance and she looks a progressive filly indeed.
Knockout is out of the Dylan Thomas mare For The Count.
Danon Platina struck again when another two-year-old daughter, Bitcoin Baby, captured the ninth and final race at Scottsville on Saturday. The Michael Miller trained filly sat in second for much of the running of Saturday’s Track And Ball -Umlazi Maiden Plate (F&M) (1600m), before hitting the front 250m from home. From there, the Tristan Godden ridden two-year-old bounded clear to win impressively by nearly three lengths.
Bred by Boland Stud, Bitcoin Baby had finished third last time out and was duly rewarded for consistency with her triumph on Saturday.
Bitcoin Baby, who is out of the Roderic O’Connor mare Parfait, was a R90 000 buy from the 2022 KZN Yearling Sale.
Her sire Danon Platina has now been responsible for 15 two-year-old winners from his first 29 runners, with his early winners including the hugely impressive Highveld Winter Juvenile Fillies Stakes winner White Pearl, a winner of two of her first three starts.
He shares his legendary sire Deep Impact with no fewer than 195 stakes winners including this year’s impressive G1 Betfred Derby winner Auguste Rodin.

Mauritzfontein’s exciting resident stallion Danon Platina dominated Sunday’s Highveld Winter Juvenile Fillies Stakes (1400m) at Turffontein, where his daughters White Pearl, Betula and Platina Princess finished first, second and third respectively.
Second on debut, the Mike de Kock trained White Pearl had impressed when she broke her maiden over 1450m last time out, and she duly made it back to back wins with a fluent display on Sunday.
Under log-leading jockey Keagan De Melo, the two-year-old filly produced an eye catching turn of foot which propelled White Pearl to the front 100m from home, and the filly stayed on strongly to score by nearly a length and a half, with her paternal half-sisters Betula and Platina Princess finishing second and third respectively.
Bred by Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein, White Pearl has now won twice from three starts and graded stakes surely await her!
Out of the Tiger Ridge mare Oyster Pond, White Pearl was a R450 000 purchase from the 2022 August Two Year Old Sale.
Her sire Danon Platina, Japan’s Champion 2YO Colt of 2014, had a good day at Hollywoodbets Greyville a day earlier, with the stallion’s son Kyomai breaking his maiden in open company, and another son of Danon Platina, Plaza Accord, finishing second on debut.
By the same sire as recent G1 Betfred Derby winner Auguste Rodin, Danon Platina has nine lots on offer at the 2023 KZN Yearling Sale.

Mauritzfontein’s inform young stallion Danon Platina had a memorable day at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday.
Not only did Danon Platina come up with a 13th first crop winner in the form of Kyomai, Danon Platina gelding Plaza Accord made a smashing debut to finish second in the first race at Greyville. Plaza Accord looks a winner in waiting and is yet another promising sort to have emerged from the first crop of his sire.
The Tony Peter trained Kyomai got off the mark when he won Saturday’s LaLiga Maiden Plate over 1400 metres.
Under Denis Schwarz, the Danon Platina colt powered home to win convincingly by just over three-parts of a length.
Bred by Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein, Kyomai, who began his career in Cape Town, had finished second on debut before, two starts later, finishing third in the Bloodstock SA Sales Cup (C&G) for then trainer Justin Snaith.
Out of the Tiger Ridge mare Folk Dance, Kyomai was a R425 000 buy from the 2022 National Yearling Sale.
His sire Danon Platina, himself a G1 winning champion at two, has nine lots on offer at this year’s KZN Yearling Sale including a filly (Lot 72) out of a half-sister to G1 winning filly Nightingale, a half-sister (Lot 99) to stakes placed pair of Smart Colleen and Troop The Colour, and a filly (Lot 127) out of a three-parts sister to champion filly Lady In Black.

When Danon Platina’s son Honshu won at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Wednesday, he became the 12th winner to emerge from his sire’s first crop. Making his third start, the Stuart Ferrie-trained Honshu made the most of his experience to land Wednesday’s Diya Valves Maiden Juvenile Plate (1000m) a shade cosily by nearly half a length.
Under a good ride from Sean Veale, the Danon Platina gelding found more in the closing stages to withstand promising first-timer Plinian and break his maiden convincingly.
Bred by Ridgemont Highlands, Honshu is out of the Var mare Baltia.
Honshu joins an ever-growing list of promising winners sired by Danon Platina, with this list including the likes of Romance In Rome, White Pearl, Platina Princess, Oriental Bouquet and Lady Lacewing.
His daughter Oriental Bouquet is a runner in Saturday’s Listed Hollywoodbets Super League Devon Air Stakes, while Danon Platina gelding Romance In Rome is set to contest the same day’s Listed The Sharks Gatecrasher Stakes.
At the time of writing, Danon Platina sired juveniles had won 13 races in 2022-2023 and earned more than R1.161 million in stakes, which certainly bodes well for their sire’s future!
Danon Platina has now had more two-year-old winners in South Africa this season than the likes of What A Winter, Vercingetorix, Querari, Rafeef and Var, to name but a few.
The handsome grey also gained a notable boost with the running of Saturday’s G1Betfred Derby, with the impressive winner Auguste Rodin, sired, like Danon Platina, by the mighty Deep Impact.
Danon Platina has nine lots on offer at this year’s KZN Yearling Sale, including a full-brother (Lot 37) to promising filly Unconquerable Lady, and a filly (Lot 74) from the immediate family of breed shaping stallion Seeking The Gold among many others.

Mauritzfontein’s red hot young sire Danon Platina came up with his 11th first crop winner when his handsome son Rapidash won at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday.
Fourth on his only previous start, the Justin Snaith trained Rapidash overcame greenness in running when running out an eye catching winner of Saturday’s Independent Media Maiden Juvenile Plate (1200 metres).

Under a good ride from Richard Fourie, Rapidash raced erratically down the straight, but Fourie straightened the colt up well and managed to produce a late burst from his mount which saw Rapidash fly up late and break his maiden by a long neck.

Bred by Kilimanjaro Bloodstock, Rapidash is out of the War Pass mare My Lovely.

The colt’s win continued the great run of late enjoyed by his G1 winning sire Danon Platina.
Rapidash is his sire’s third winner from his last three runners, with Danon Platina having also supplied a pair of winners at Turffontein on Tuesday.

Currently South Africa’s Leading First Season Sire by Winners, Danon Platina is second Leading First Season Sire by stakes for the 2022-2023 racing season thus far.

The champion son of legendary racehorse and sire Deep Impact has nine lots on offer at the 2023 KZN Yearling Sale, including a full-brother (Lot 37) to promising filly Unconquerable Lady. The latter has been entered for all of the Listed Lady’s Slipper Stakes, Listed Perfect Promise Sprint and Listed Somerset 1200.

Mauritzfontein’s exciting young sire Danon Platina is showing strong signs of becoming a top-class stallion, with the champion son of Deep Impact having made a cracking start with his first two-year-olds this season.
At the time of writing, Danon Platina is South Africa’s Leading First Season Sire of 2022-2023 by both individual winners and by individual wins, and he is second, only to Lancaster Bomber, as Leading First Season Sire by stakes.
With a number of bigger two-year-old feature races yet to come this season, Danon Platina could well over take Lancaster Bomber as the season winds down.
Danon Platina also sports an impressive Average Earnings Per Runner with his first crop’s AEPR of R40 085 -and he is the Leading First Season this year by Average Earnings Per Runner. Currently, Danon Platina sports a higher AEPR than such top-class South African stallions as Vercingetorix, Trippi, Rafeef and Querari to name but a few.
His ten first winners include the exciting filly Platina Princess, Romance In Rome -winner of two of his first four starts, debut winner Oriental Bouquet, and the highly regarded White Pearl. The latter followed up a good second place finish on debut with an eye catching win at Turffontein on her only other appearance, and White Pearl looks destined for bigger and better things.
With a host of unraced two-year-olds yet to grace the tracks, and with a number of runners appearing to be winners in waiting, Danon Platina’s statistics look bound to improve still further come the end of the season.
Japan’s Champion 2YO Colt of 2014, Danon Platina is one of 195 stakes winners for his legendary sire Deep Impact, Champion Sire in Japan for 11 years running, and already sire of such proven G1 sires as Kizuna, Real Impact, Satono Aladdin and Saxon Warrior.
Deep Impact, Leading Sire of 2YOs in Japan on 11 occasions, has produced more than 1300 winners, with his stock having not only dominated Japanese racing but also capturing such major international races as the 2000 Guineas, Cazoo Oaks, French Derby, Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf, Dubai Sheema Classic, French 1000 Guineas, Makybe Diva Stakes, Irish Oaks, Prix d’Ispahan, Hong Kong Cup, and French Oaks.
At the time of writing, Deep Impact progeny have earned in excess of $976 000 000.

His son Danon Platina appears set to do his sire proud!

Mauritzfontein’s exciting young stallion Danon Platina has been firing on all cylinders of late, and Deep Impact’s champion son was at it again when Danon Platina supplied the first two winners on the card at Turffontein on Tuesday afternoon.
Danon Platina came up with his ninth first crop winner when his promising two-year-old daughter White Pearl downed a smart field to claim the first race on Tuesday, the 4Racing Welcomes You Juvenile Plate run over 1450 metres.
Under Craig Zackey, the Mike de Kock trained filly stayed on strongly to get up and win by neck, with some promising two-year-olds further back in running.
Runner up on her only previous outing, White Pearl was bred by Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein.
Tuesday’s winner is out of Tiger Ridge mare Oyster Pond, and was a R450 000 purchase from the 2022 August Two Year Old Sale.
Danon Platina made it ten first crop winners when his son French Impact won the very next race at Turffontein, the Play Soccer 6,10 and 13 Juvenile Plate (1450m), in eye catching fashion. Keen for much of Tuesday’s race, the Robbie Sage trained French Impact was bought with a sustained late run by Muzi Yeni with the pair powering away to score impressively by over a length and a half.
Out of the Frankel mare Avantgarde, French Impact had finished seventh on debut before filling the runner up berth in each of his two subsequent starts.
Bred by Laurence Wernars, the Danon Platina colt was a R260 000 buy from the 2022 August Two Year Old Sale.
Japan’s Champion 2YO Colt of 2014, Danon Platina has enjoyed a great patch of late, with the Mauritzfontein resident also the sire of Saturday’s eye catching winner Oni San.
Danon Platina, who shares his legendary sire with Coolmore’s very exciting young sire and G1 Qipco 2000 Guineas winner Saxon Warrior among many others, has now been responsible for 17 first-crop runners to either win or finish in the money.
Himself a G1 winner at two, Danon Platina has nine lots on offer at the 2023 KZN Yearling Sale.

Mauritzfontein’s impeccably bred sire, and Japanese champion, Danon Platina has made a very pleasing start to his stud career and the champion son Deep Impact came up with his eighth first crop winner when his daughter Oni San won at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday afternoon.
Trained by Vaughan Marshall, two-year-old Oni San had finished third last time out and she duly made amends for that defeat with a convincing display in Saturday’s Cape Turf Club Maiden Juvenile Plate (Fillies) over 1200 metres.
Always up with the pace, under Anthony Andrews, Oni San kicked away in the closing stages and stayed on nicely to win by a length.
Bred by Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein, Oni San is out of the Tiger Ridge mare Fortuny.
The filly was a R325 000 purchase from the 2022 Cape Yearling Sale.
Japan’s Champion 2YO Colt of 2014, Danon Platina has made a very smart start to his stud career, with his early winners including the promising filly Platina Princess, Romance In Rome –winner of two of his four starts, and debut winner Oriental Bouquet.
Another winning member of this first crop is Unconquerable Lady, who has been entered in the Listed Lady’s Slipper Stakes.