Laurence Wernars’ homebred Gimmethegreenlight filly Gimmefabulous is led in after winning the Gr 3 Mother Russia Stakes. (JC Photos).
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South Africa’s reigning Champion Sire Gimmethegreenlight came up with his 71st stakes winner on Saturday. His progressive daughter Gimmefabulous picked up her first black type win when she won the G3 Betway Mother Russia Stakes at Turffontein.
In the process, the three-year-old provided Gimmethegreenlight with a second consecutive winner of the Mother Russia Stakes, with Gimmethegreenlight daughter Let’s Go Now having won the race in 2024.
Trained by Michael and Adam Azzie, three-year-old Gimmefabulous did well to win the Mother Russia Stakes, with her jockey, Raymond Danielson, losing his whip in running.
Under a strong, hands and heels ride, however, the Gimmethegreenlight filly stuck her head down where it mattered most to win by a neck.
Bred by part-owner Laurence Wernars, Gimmefabulous has won three of seven starts.
The filly is out of the High Chaparral mare Being Fabulous. Gimmefabulous joins an increasingly long list of graded stakes winning daughters of Gimmethegreenlight, with this tally including Equus Champions Bless My Stars and Gimme A Nother, and fellow G1 winners She’s A Keeper and VJ’s Angel.
Gimmefabulous was one of two winners at Turffontein on Saturday for her multiple champion sire Gimmethegreenlight. The latter is also responsible for top-class gelding Barbaresco, who impressed when winning on Saturday.
Racing over a trip (1160m) considered well short of his best, the grey four-year-old showed his class to land the Racehorse Owners Association Pinnacle Stakes for Gavin Lerena and Johan Janse Van Vuuren.
Coming from last, the gelding, who had 62kgs on his back, switched out to the inside and stayed on smartly to win convincingly by nearly three parts of a length.
Bred by his part-owner Laurence Wernars, Barbaresco, winning for a fifth time on Saturday, had finished third in the G2 Allied Steelrode -Onamission Charity Mile two starts back.
The gelding, who is being aimed at the G1 Horse Chestnut Stakes, is out of the Fort Wood mare Negroamaro and is thus bred on the same cross as graded stakes winners Eye Of The Prophet, Green Pepper, Hack Green, and Second Base.
