On a memorable afternoon for the Maine Chance Farm team, Querari’s daughter Galla Vanting went all the way to win the R200 000 Gr3 Pretty Polly Stakes at Turffontein on Saturday.
After another Maine Chance stallion in Erupt had registered his first graded stakes success a half hour earlier, the Robertson nursery produced another stakes success for their well-established Oasis Dream sire Querari. And they bred this one themselves.
Craig Zackey steers Galla Vanting to win and stay unbeaten (Pic – JC Photos)
Craig Zackey rode a confident race for trainer Lucky Houdalakis and kept the recent debut winning Galla Vanting, who was easy to back at 5-1, at her task to score an easy 1,25 length win over the favourite Blindedbythelights (18-10) in a time of 64,16 secs.
Corrie Lensley’s Show Time (9-2) stayed on best of the balance for third.
Galla Vanting is a daughter of Querari (Oasis Dream) out of the one-time winning High Chaparral mare, Grande Roche.
A R150 000 BSA August 2yo Sale purchase by T&L Racing, Galla Vanting has won two from two for stakes of R193 750.
South Africa’s Leading Sire of 2yo’s in 2018/19, Querari has 25 lots on the BSA National Yearling Sale on 28 and 29 April.
