Leading owner and breeder Laurence Wernars enjoyed a rewarding day at Turffontein on Saturday and the victory of his homebred Gimmefabulous, who followed up her Betway Gr3 Mother Russia Stakes victory with a courageous win in the R250 000 Wilgerbosdrift Listed Acacia Stakes, was an encouraging one.
Gimmefabulous (Kabelo Matsunyane) digs deep to grab her second fabulous win (Pic – JC Photos)
Trained by the father-son Azzie Racing Team, the well-backed Gimmefabulous set up the double as she hit the front from a few lengths off after Tried And True had led.
Showing resolve amid challenges from a flying Let’s Go Now (4-1) and Lady Fallon (10-1), Gimmefabulous (9-2) dug deep under Winning Form-sponsored Kabelo Matsunyane to score a 1,75 length victory in a time of 99,80 secs for the mile.
The consistent Let’s Go Now ran second, with Lady Fallon overcoming her awkward draw with a top effort from some lengths off for third.
The winner’s stablemate Francine (25-2) was led all the way to the start by Gavin Lerena, and ran a decent fourth in the circumstances.
The tote favourite Minogue (5-1) ran out of the money.
Bred by Laurence Wernars, Gimmefabulous is a daughter of champion sire Gimmethegreenlight (More Than Ready) out of the five-time winning Aussie-bred High Chaparral mare Being Fabulous.
Now a winner of 4 races with 2 places from her 8 starts, Gimmefabulous took her stakes to R514 213.
