Summerveld trainer Gareth van Zyl crowned a glorious L’Ormarins King’s Plate day feature double at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday as the Duke Of Marmalade gelding King Pelles finished well to register a maiden graded stakes success in the R300 000 Glorious Goodwood Gr3 Chairman’s Cup.
Athandiwe Mgudlwa gets King Pelles home in the final feature of the day (Pic – Candiese Lenferna)
In a 1-2 for Sporting Post sponsored jockeys, Athandiwe Mgudlwa got the lightly weighted 4yo home to beat the more fancied Holding Thumbs, who was given every chance by the high-riding Sean Veale.
Something of a Pick 6 knockout on a day of favourites, King Pelles started at 20-1 and beat the 28-10 Holding Thumbs by 1,75 lengths to clock 155,25 secs for the 2500m.
The consistent Mucho Dinero (8-1) was a further 1,50 lengths back in third, with his pacesetting stablemate and favourite Daimyo fading late to round off the quartet.
Raced in partnership by Lucky Vest 12 CC (Nom: Mr Ravi Padayachee), Messrs D MacLean, G J Player & N V Parmanand, King Pelles is a R475 000 National Yearling Sale graduate.
Now a winner of 4 races with 6 places from 16 starts, King Pelles has earned R493 988.
Bred by Drakenstein Stud, the winner is a son of the champion farm’s late stallion Duke Of Marmalade out of the four-time winning Galileo mare, Grail Maiden (AUS).
