Drakenstein Stud’s long established resident Trippi claimed his second Listed Somerset 1200 win in two years when his classy son Charles Dickens ran out an impressive winner of the TAB sponsored Kenilworth feature on Sunday.
Trippi’s top-class son, and subsequent Gr3 Cape Classic winner, Trip Of Fortune had captured the Listed Somerset 1200 in 2021.
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Bred and owned by Drakenstein Stud, Charles Dickens provided trainer Candice Bass-Robinson and jockey Aldo Domeyer with a second Listed win on Sunday when he ran out a facile winner.
Always up with the pace, the handsome chestnut hit the front some way from home before powering away to score by a length and a half.
Now unbeaten in two starts (the Trippi colt had won over 1000m on debut), Charles Dickens is out of the Dynasty mare Demanding Lady.
Bred on the same Trippi/Dynasty cross as graded stakes winning siblings Amanzimtoti and Wild Coast, Charles Dickens is a full-brother to Gr1 Gbets Cape Derby runner-up Charles and 2021 Gr3 WSB Legal Eagle Stakes third placegetter Somerset Maugham.
The 87th stakes winner for his outstanding sire, Charles Dickens was the second stakes winning two-year-old for Trippi over the past weekend – the other being Saturday’s impressive Gr1 Allan Robertson Championship winner Sweet Pepper.
South Africa’s Champion Sire in 2015-2016, Trippi has had an outstanding season in 2021-2022 with his other flagbearers including repeat Gr1 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate winner Jet Dark – a big runner in Saturday’s Gr1 Hollywoodbets Gold Challenge.
