The high-riding Justin Snaith team made it four winners at the halfway mark of the twelve-race WSB Cape Town Met day racemeeting at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday when the Vercingetorix filly I’m So Pritti rocked the boat with a career peak victory in the R225 000 SABC Listed Olympic Duel Stakes.
I’m So Pritti (Kabelo Matsunyane) wins the SABC Olympic Duel Stakes as Disting (Muzi Yeni) takes second-place (Pic – Candiese Lenferna)
The lightning-fast Candy Town let rip out front as she blazed a trail a few lengths ahead, stretching her 15 opponents and creating a ready-made platform for an upset result.
When Candy Town started coming up for air at the 250m marker, Kabelo Matsunyane pressed the launch button on the stalking I’m So Pritti (25-1) and the 3yo catapulted forward to hold fellow longshot Disting (66-1) to three quarters of a length in a time of 70,26 secs for the 1200m.
Snaith’s Siddeley (20-1) stayed on well into third, some 0,40 lengths back in third, with Highveld raider Mia Moo (20-1) rounding a healthy quartet that paid R152 138,50, with a carryover of R17 700,62.
A R225 000 Cape Premier Yearling Sale graduate, the winner is raced in partnership by Greg Bortz, Bjorn Nielsen and Friday’s birthday girl, Gina Goldsmith.
Bred by Maine Chance Farms, she is by Vercingetorix (Silvano) out of the unraced Trippi mare, Pritti.
Now a stakes winner of R316 975, I’m So Pritti has won 3 races with 3 places from 8 starts.
