Dean Kannemeyer saddled Varsfontein Stud’s promising and very progressive filly Give Me Everything who was a convincing winner in a Gimmethegreenlight 1-2-3 in the R250 000 Schweppes Listed Cape Fillies Classic at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday.
Gimme 1,2,3! Craig Zackey unleashes Give Me Everything as Kinda Winderful (Gavin Lerena) and Goodnessgraciousme (Richard Fourie) chase hard (Pic – Candiese Lenferna)
Only seven 3yo fillies lined up for the 1800m feature in what was the opening leg of a big day carryover Pick 6 that unfortunately failed to reach the target of R3 million, settling at R2 347 260.
Relaxed early as Omikami led WSB Cape Fillies Guineas runner-up Scarlet Macaw early, Craig Zackey took an easy path down the inside into the home run and despite hitting the front quite early, Give Me Everything (9-2) carried too many guns for her six opponents and went on strongly to beat Kinda Wonderful (6-1) by 1,50 lengths in a time of 112,88 secs.
Gimmethegreenlight sired the trifecta, with Goodnessgraciousme (7-2) staying on best of the rest, a further three quarters of a length back in third.
The tote favourite Scarlet Macaw (9-4) was thereabouts for a long way, but ran last and 14,70 lengths back. While she may have been flattered with the pace in her favour when runner-up to Fatal Flaw in the Cape Fillies Guineas in early December, she has to be better than this.
Jockey Craig Zackey said the impressive winner could only get even better over 2000m.
Trainer Dean Kannemeyer is in a rich vein of form and said that the penny is starting to drop with Give Me Everything.
Dean Kannemeyer gives breeder Susan Rowett a happy hug after Give Me Everything’s good win (Pic – Candiese Lenferna)
“She’s on the up. Varsfontein breed quality with wonderful pedigrees and wonderful mares. Congratulations to Susan and John (Kalmanson) and Carl de Vos and their teams. It’s a privilege to train horses of this quality,” added Kannemeyer.
Varsfontein’s Susan Rowett said that Give Me Everything just needed the trip and that the Varsfontein team was ‘very excited’.
Give Me Everything has now won 3 races with a place from 6 starts for stakes of R298 576.
A daughter of Varsfontein-based champion sire Gimmethegreenlight (More Than Ready) she is out of the unraced Dynasty mare My Everything.
She will be on the Kannemeyer KZN Champions Season bus at the end of March!
