The Highveld season finale at Turffontein on Saturday got off to a good start for favourite players when Sean Tarry produced the What A Winter filly One Fine Winter in fabulous fettle to win the R250 000 TAB Gr3 Pretty Polly Stakes.
One Fine Winter (Richard Fourie) produces an effortless debut win (Pic – JC Photos)
After Glastonbury and Red Caramel had led the charge, Fourie pressed the button on One Fine Winter (11-10) and she drew away effortlessly to debut winner Jingleberry (15-2) by 4,50 lengths in a time of 64,92 secs for the 1100m straight.
The winner’s stablemate Tina Lovelace (25-1) was a neck back in third, with Malibu (4-1) in fourth.
Ridgemont rider Richard Fourie said that the fast pace suited his mount and that she won very well. He confirmed the ground as ‘soft’.
Trainer Sean Tarry added that he was disappointed to get beaten last time as easily as she had, and that One Fine Winter could be headed for the Alan Robertson Championship at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on 31 May.
Raced and bred by Drakenstein Stud, One Fine Winter is by former champion sprinter What A Winter (Western Winter) out of the three-time winning Trippi mare, One Fine Day.
She registered her first stakes success here, taking her stats to 2 wins with 2 places from her 4 starts for stakes of R347 500.
One Fine Winter looks like one to follow.
