The Mauritzfontein-owned 3yo Landela is a galloping advert for the ‘move your horse to PE’ lobby.
Greg Cheyne has Landela in control as she shades Dancing Sally (Richard Fourie) to make it 4 on the trot (Pic – Pauline Herman Photography)
Arriving in the Windy City winless after four runs up North, she hasn’t stopped banking the first cheques since shedding her maiden on 16 October 2018.
She made it four on the trot for Alan Greeff and Greg Cheyne when winning an MR 66 Handicap at Fairview on Wednesday.
Landela, who races in the Mauritzfontein silks, got the better late in proceedings of the Cape raider, Dancing Sally.
She has now won 4 of her 8 starts with 1 place and stakes of just over R180 000.
An A$180,000 Inglis Premier purchase by Form Bloodstock from the Gilgai Farm draft, Landela is the second winner from Follow That Cat, a half-sister by Tale of the Cat (USA) to GrI winner Driefontein.
Rated the best juvenile by Fastnet Rock, her sire Smart Missile was unbeaten at two, winning the Breeder’s Plate and then the Gr2 Todman. He is now the sire of Gr1 winner Maid Of Heaven and G2 winners Smart Melody and I’ll Have A Bit.
Consistently in the Top 10 by winners and earnings, his yearlings averaged A$80,000 for 73 sold in 2018. He stands at Twin Hills Stud near Cootamundra in New South Wales.
