Gimmethegreenlight Beating Vercingetorix On The Track And At The Sales

This Gimmethegreenlight colt sold by Klawervlei Stud as agent was knocked down for R1,5 million to Greg Bortz (Wayne Marks).

Gimmethegreenlight is currently the country’s leading sire both on the race track and at the Sales and Vercingetorix is currently his bridesmaid in both arenas.

Gimmethegreenlight emerged as the leading sire at CPYS 2023 powered by Tattersalls.

His 15 lots fetched an aggregate of R11,575,000 at an average of R771,667.

He also had the highest priced lot at R3,8 million.

Vercingetorix’s ten lots fetched an aggregate of R6,825,000 at an average of R682,500.

The one statistic where Vercingetorix beat Gimmethegreenlight was he had four seven figure lots to Gimmethegreenlight’s three.

However, all four of Vercingetorix’s seven figure lots went for exactly R1 million whereas Gimmethegreenlight’s trio went for R3,8 million, R1,5 million and R1,2 million respectively.

Only Querari with a R2 million lot prevented Gimme from having the three highest lots.

On the race track Gimmethegreenlight leads the championship with stakes earnings by his progeny of R7,954,000 compared to Vercingetorix’s R6,695,863.