Virginia Bluebell (2023) Horse

Foal Date

25-Oct-23

Colour

bay

Sire

What A Winter

Dam

Cape Bluebell

Owners

Greg & Gina Bortz

About

Virginia Bluebell is a 3yo bay horse trained by James Crawford. It is by the stallion What A Winter out of Cape Bluebell. The horse has not yet broken its maiden, failing to win in two starts. In its latest race at Kenilworth on 31st Jan 2026, ridden by J V'd Merwe, Virginia Bluebell finished 11th, behind the winner Red Spice.

Raced At

Kenilworth

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Kenilworth 31-Jan-26 1100m GOOD R1 JC Le Roux Summer Juvenile Stakes (Listed) (of $570,017) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:06.620, SP: 41.00 1st Red Spice ( K D Melo 130 ) 2nd St Harry ( C Zackey 132 ) 0.30L 3rd Roskilde ( C Habib 130 ) 1.30L 11th Virginia Bluebell ( J V Merwe 125 ) 6.70L See full resultsJ V Merwe 56.7kg 6.70L11 (13)
Kenilworth 10-Jan-26 1000m GOOD R1 Charles Dickens Stakes (2yo) (of $379,972) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 00:58.280, SP: 17.00 1st Champagne Castle ( R Fourie 127 ) 2nd Red Spice ( S Khumalo 130 ) 2.75L 3rd Catwalk King ( K D Melo 132 ) 3.25L 6th Virginia Bluebell ( J V Merwe 125 ) 9.75L See full resultsJ V Merwe 56.7kg 9.75L6 (13)