Little Ballerina (near side) runs on strongly to land the Gr 2 Wilgerbosdrift SA Fillies Nursery (Candiese Lenferna Photography)
Gavin Lerena scored an early treble at the Champions Day meeting at Turffontein Standside on Saturday.
He opened the meeting with victory on the hard-knocking Johan Janse van Vuuren-trained Vercingetorix filly So Seductive in a a maiden over 1160m.
He then caused an upset when getting the Candice Dawson-trained Vercingetorix filly Little Ballerina home in the Gr 2 Wilgerbosdrift SA Fillies Nursery at odds of 7/1, beating the 125/1 shot Just Reckless by 0,75 lengths with the 1/5 shot Almond Sea beaten 1,256 lengths into third.
The filly franked the Cape juvenile form as she had won the Cape Racing Sales Cape Slipper and had finished third in the Gr 3 Cape Of Good Hope Nursery.
Later, Lerena rode a patient race on the stalwart David Nieuwenhuizen-trained Gimmethegreenlight colt Sandringham Summit. The colt showed his usual turn of foot to win the Gr 2 TAB Hawaii Stakes over 1400m by 1,25 lengths from the classy Lucky Lad (Gimmethegreenlight) with the hard-knocking White Pearl beaten three lengths into third.
Sandringham Summit increased his career tally to five wins, including one Gr 1 and three Gr 2s.
