Placed in the first two legs of the Becoming Champions Cape Winter Series, Glen Kotzen’s Crimson King owned the third leg when he charged to a convincing victory in the R125 000 World Sports Betting Gr3 Pocket Power Stakes at Kenilworth on Saturday.
The son of Dynasty was Gr1 placed over a mile as a 2yo, and trying the 2400m for the first time on Saturday he showed that he could yet go on to better things when slamming a field that included second leg winner, Hoedspruit by an impressive 2,75 lengths.
Morne Winnaar is looking for the opposition as Crimson King cruises home (Pic – Chase Liebenberg)
Clocking a time of 162,29 secs, which was marginally quicker than Marina a half hour earlier, Crimson King in contention for much of the 2400m slog as PE raider Jaeger Moon led the charge.
Halfway down the straight, Morne Winnaar set the Woodhill Racing gelding alight and the son of Dynasty turned on the jets to grab a match-winning lead.
Kept balanced by Winnaar, Crimson King (6-1) won easily, with the connections rewarded for their loyalty to the Cape rider.
Snaith filled the places with Hoedspruit (5-2) and Somerset Maugham (7-2) completing the trifecta.
Bred by Ridgemont Highlands who enjoyed a good day after their offspring filled to the top two places in the Olympic Duel Stakes earlier on in the day, the winner is out of the three-time winning Mogok mare, Cup Of Rubies.
A R200 000 graduate of the 2019 BSA KZN Yearling Sale, Crimson King has won 2 races with 4 places from his 10 starts for stakes of R195 750.
Part owner Peter de Beyer also enjoyed a good afternoon. He bred and races Pretty Betty who won the Ladies Mile earlier and is a partner in Crimson King.
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