Gimme A Nother had become the new darling of the SA turf (JC Photos)
The unbeaten Mike de Kock-trained Gimmethegreenlight filly Gimme A Nother has been scratched from the Hollywoodbets Durban July.
De Kock said on his website: “After consulting with Gimme A Nother’s owners, Jessica and Steven Jell, a decision was made to plan a campaign for her in the United States. I will be flying to the US this week to explore our best racing options for her. If all goes well, we’ll be sending a couple of other runners with her to continue their careers in the US, and hopefully we can attract other top South African runners to race there.”
Mike said that it was unlikely that Gimme A Nother would race in South Africa again. “We’ll be shipping her as soon as we have an agreed course of action,” he noted.
Gimme A Nother, a three-year-old by Gimmethegreenlight out of Nother Russia, is unbeaten in seven career starts. Her wins include the Gr 1 Wilgerbosdrift SA Fillies Classic, the Gr 1 TAB Empress Club Stakes, the Gr 2 Wilgerbosdrift Gauteng Fillies Classic , the Gr 2 Mike de Kock Ipi Tombe Stakes and the Gr 3 Betway Fillies Mille.
The South African record for number of successive wins for an unbeaten horse is held by the 1965-born SA-bred Home Guard (Pent House II (GB)), who won his first eleven starts before being defeated for the first time in the 1969 July, in which he ran a 0,75 length second to Naval Escort.
However, that record will remain intact if the plan to take Gimme A Nother to the USA comes to fruition.
