Beach Verse wins cosily under Andrew Fortune (Picture: Wayne Marks)
Drakenstein Stud’s Equus Champion Broodmare of the 2023/2024 season, the five-time Gr 1-winning champion Beach Beauty (Dynasty), has an incredible stud record, having produced seven runners, six winners, four of them stakes winners and one of them stakes placed.
Her best progeny has been the dual Gr 1 winner Beach Bomb (Lancaster Bomber), who is excelling in the USA at present and has added two Gr 3s two her CV.
Beach Beauty’s seventh foal and sixth winner is the Candice Bass-Robinson-trained Vercingetorix filly Beach Verse, who is, like Beach Bomb, a Drakenstein homebred.
Today at Hollywoodbets Durbanville she had her fourth career start and was stepped up from sprints to 1500m.
Andrew Fortune was aboard in his first meeting since Hollywoodbets Durban July day and after breaking well he bustled the filly to find a position in midfield with cover in the 14 horse Maiden field.
She had quite a bit of work to do in the straight, but she clearly relished the extra distance and got up by 0,75 lengths to convert 13/10 odds.
On the downside her time of 94,41 seconds was the slowest of the three races over that distance on the day and was just over three seconds slower than the fastest of the three.
Nevertheless, she should still improve and whatever happens her wonderful pedigree has ensured she will be valuable at stud one day.
Beach Bomb’s success in the USA has boosted the stud value of her Trippi half-brother Wild Coast, who is standing at Gelykfontein Stud.
