After a Gr1 double on Daily News day a week earlier, the Drakenstein Stud team maintained their momentum in grand style when Calvin Habib and Sean Tarry combined for a memorable double in the R500 000 Gr1 Allan Robertson Championship, delivering Trippi’s undefeated Sweet Pepper for a top-class victory.
After Under Your Spell’s win in the same race in 2021 marked Calvin Habib’s maiden Gr1 success, Sean Tarry saddled his 14th Gr1 winner at Hollywoodbets Scottsville as the progressive filly came from some way off the dazzling speed set by local hope Sabatini to record her third career victory.
Closer to last early on, Habib rode a confident race as he built up down the centre of the track.
At the 250m Sweet Pepper (7-1) found her best stride and grabbed the recent debut winner Glittering Girl (10-1) in the final 50m to win by a long head in a time of 69,01 secs.
Calvin Habib drives Sweet Pepper out as Muzi Yeni challenges on Glittering Girl (Pic – Candioese Lenfrena)
River Queraress (10-1) made it a Paul Peter 2-3, with PE challenger Ekoria (7-1) running a cracker to get fourth.
The favourite Miss Cool battled to find any fluency and was never a threat.
Bred and raced by Drakenstein, Sweet Pepper is by South Africa’s Champion Sire of 2015-2016, Trippi (End Sweep) out of the multiple stakes winner Green Pepper (Gimmethegreenlight).
She has won three from three, with stakes banked of R418 750.
On a tough day for exotic players, the carryover of R500 000 into the first Jackpot produced a healthy pool of R3 059 539.
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