On a sizzling afternoon into evening at Turffontein on Saturday for Drakenstein’s Equus Award-winning champion sire What A Winter, Cold Fact went gun to tape to win the weather-delayed R300 000 World Sports Betting Gr2 Camellia Stakes.
What A Winter, a 2013 Computaform Sprint Champion, sired the winner of the speed Gr1 a few hours earlier courtesy of Isivunguvungu, and then followed up with a Gr2 success under the lights.
Denis Schwarz drives Cold Fact to a peak career win (Pic – JC Photos)
Bounced out by Denis Schwarz, the Rex Stud-bred Cold Fact (17-2)was too quick for her opposition and simply ran them off their feet to beat Kiss Me Captain (15-10) by 1,50 lengths in a time of 66, 83 secs.
The visiting duo of Whoa Whoa Whoa and Stiptelik completed the quartet.
The winner is a daughter of What A Winter (Western Winter) out of the thrice-winning Dynasty mare, Indaba.
A winner of 6 races with 5 places from 16 starts, Cold Fact took her stakes earnings to R548 625.
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