Zac Bloch’s Yuppie Syndicate continued their dream summer season when the Querari filly Rainbow Lorikeet registered her second Grade 3 success in the space of six weeks as she ran on well to win the R225 000 Tsogo Sun Gr3 Summer Fling Stakes at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Met day.
A swashbuckling victory from Rainbow Lorikeet (Aldo Domeyer) as Time For Love (Gavin Lerena) holds on for second (Pic – Chase Liebenberg)
A filly leased by a group of enthusiastic young professionals, Rainbow Lorikeet’s swashbuckling victory on the big day was a great advertisement for a sport crying out for new generational support, even if Zac Bloch’s shouting was not exactly music to the ears of some of the paying customers around him!
In an open looking fillies and mares contest, Gavin Lerena took Time For Love out to lead the way ahead of Saartjie and Indian Ocean.
The order stayed much the same for a long way before Aldo Domeyer shook Rainbow Lorikeet up.
Gliding forward at the 300m, Rainbow Lorikeet (5-1) had plenty in hand but got a fright with the persistence of long-time leader Time For Love (16-1), who gamely kept finding and ensured the Bass-Robinson filly was honest.
Just 0,30 lengths separated the two at the line, with Rainbow Lorikeet clocking 123,56 secs for the 2000m.
Saartjie (4-1) was 3,75 lengths back in third, with Mano Pandaram’s maiden feature representative Indian Ocean (10-1) rounding off the quartet.
Rainbow Lorikeet was bred by Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein and is by Maine Chance resident Querari (Oasis Dream) out of the Silvano mare Nightingale. The latter coincidentally gave trainer Candice Bass-Robinson her maiden Grade 1 success in the 2017 Klawervlei Majorca Stakes, when ridden by present day Hollywood Racing manager Anthony Delpech.
Rainbow Lorikeet has won 5 races with 7 places from her 16 starts for stakes of R823 901.
Will Zach Bloch be jetting back to London on Sunday? Chances are we will see him at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth for the next racemeeting on Saturday 1 February.
