After a drubbing at the hands of the Cape big guns a week earlier, the Summerveld locals celebrated a 50% feature strike-rate at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Sunday, winning two of the four headline events.
And they rounded off a double as Drakenstein Stud’s rising star sire Futura produced his sixth first crop stakes winner when his 3yo daughter Vihaan’s Pie (25-1) won the R150 000 Gr3 Poinsettia Stakes run over 1200m.
Warren Kennedy drives Vihaan’s Pie to a smart win over Grant van Niekerk and Favorita (Pic – Candiese Lenferna)
Trained by Kumaran Naidoo, Vihaan’s Pie had finished fifth in the Gr3 Umzimkhulu Stakes last time out and appeared to relish the drop back in trip to 1200m in the sprint for fillies and mares.
The daughter of Futura received a superb ride from reigning champion jockey Warren Kennedy, who extricated more out of his mount to score a half length win in a time of 69,71 secs.
The Snaiths registered a rare blank scorecard on the day, but had some consolation as they saddled runner-up Favorita (3-1) and third placed Keep The Lights On (6-1).
In the process, the Millstream Farm bred Vihaan’s Pie accounted for some top-class fillies, including graded stakes winners Singforafa, and four other black type winners.
Vihaan’s Pie now looks a potential contender for the Gr1 SA Fillies Sprint.
Now a two time winner from eight starts for stakes of R171 250, Vihaan’s Pie was a R110 000 buy from the 2019 Cape Yearling Sale. She is out of the Trippi two-time winner Yellow Card.
Vihaan’s Pie is the sixth stakes winner to have emerged from Futura’s smashing first crop, which also includes the exported Nourbese (Gr2 Durban Golden Horseshoe) and Warrior (Gr3 Variety Club Mile), as well as the likes of Dindingwe, Diesel And Dust and Bauhinia Handicap victress, Sweet Future.
South Africa’s Horse Of The Year in 2014-2015, Futura has a single lot on offer at the inaugural CTS Farm Yearling Sale – a filly (Lot 84), whose dam is a three-parts sister to international Gr1 winning fillies Irridescence and Perfect Promise.
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