With two consecutive stakes victories to her name, Sean Tarry’s beautifully-bred Full Velocity looks to have booked herself a berth in next month’s Gr1 SA Fillies Sprint.
On Sunday the Klawervlei-bred daughter of Philanthropist (Kris S) was a facile winner of the R175 000 Gr3 Poinsettia Stakes at Hollywoodbets Scottsville.
Full Velocity (Keagan de Melo) storms to her second consecutive feature win (Pic -Candiese Lenferna)
The Hollywood Syndicate race the smart 4yo and marked the occasion of their 300th winner – a momentous achievement since Splendid Night opened their account all of twenty years ago – with a double feature on the sunny afternoon, after Isivunguvungu won the Listed In Full Flight Handicap.
And the tempo of winners has certainly been upped, with Keagan de Melo booting Time To Roll home for the syndicate’s 250th winner just five months ago.
De Melo was again aboard at the 300m milestone on Sunday when Full Velocity (7-2) charged into the lead at the 200m and drew off to beat the well in Snaith trio of Favorita (9-2), Kwinta’s Light (9-2) and Keep The Lights On (16-1), in a time of 69 secs flat.
Full Velocity is a granddaughter of Sean Tarry’s champion and SA Horse Of The Year National Colour (the dam of fast rising star sire Rafeef), and followed up smartly here after her eyecatching victory in the the Listed KZN Fillies Sprint at her last start.
A winner of 6 races with 7 places from 13 starts, she took her stakes earnings to R511 225.
OFFICIAL RESULT:
| No. | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Distance | Betting | ||||
| 1st | 6 | FULL VELOCITY | K de Melo | S G Tarry | —- | 7/2 | |||
| 2nd | 2 | FAVORITA | C Zackey | J S Snaith | 2.00 | 2.00 | 9/2 | ||
| 3rd | 3 | KWINTA’S LIGHT | R Fourie | J S Snaith | 0.15 | 2.15 | 9/2 | ||
| 4th | 8 | KEEP THE LIGHTS ON | S Khumalo | J S Snaith | 2.50 | 4.65 | 16/1 | ||
| 5th | 10 | MERCURY RISING | W Kennedy | W Whitehead | 0.40 | 5.05 | 8/1 | ||
| Time of Race : 69.00s | |||||||||
| Tote Favourite:
FULL VELOCITY |
Distance : – Betting : 7/2 | ||||||||
