Maine Chance Farms’ Silvano stallion Vercingetorix, set to be crowned South Africa’s Champion Sire this term, was responsible for three of the four Hollywoodbets Scottsville Sunday feature winners – that after his daughter Mia Moo won a Gr2 feature at Turffontein 24 hours earlier.
Gavin Lerena drives Elegantrix to victory as Chad Little pulls an ace out of the hat in the shape of Good For You (Pic – Candiese Lenferna)
After Vercingetorix’ smart son O’Tenikwa squeaked home to win the Listed In Full Flight Handicap, his 2yo daughters, Quicktepgal and Elegantrix, both bred by seasoned Cape owner Marsh Shirtliff, won the Gr3 double of the Strelitzia Stakes and the Godolphin Barb.
The only filly in the seven horse Tote Gr3 Godolphin Barb line-up, Corne Spies’ Elegantrix (25-2) benefitted from a top notch ride by Gavin Lerena to get the better of recent Hollywoodbets Durbanville maiden winner Good For You (20-1) by 0,15 lengths in a time of 64,09s for the 1100m.
On a relatively quiet day for the Snaith-Fourie combination, Malmesbury Missile (8-1) ran a further 2,40 lengths back in third.
The tote favourite and CRS Cape Slipper winner Military Command (14-10) was never in it and finished a well-beaten 3,55 lengths into fourth.
Bred by the Greenacres Trust and Hemel ‘n Aarde Stud, Elegantrix is an R850 000 National 2yo Sale graduate. She is out of the once winning Danehill Dancer mare, Elegantes.
Now a winner of 2 races with a place from her 4 starts, she took her stakes earnings to R288 125.
The 2025 Gr1 Alan Robertson Championship on 31 May has the makings of a renewal for the ages.
