Princess Calla gives Richard Fourie and Sean Tarry their first Gr 1 win of the season. It was the six-year-old mare’s fifth career Gr 1 victory (Picture: Wayne Marks)
The Sean Tarry-trained Flower Alley mare was rumoured to be working very well ahead of the City of Cape Town Majorca Stakes (WFA) G1 over 1600m and she bounced back to her best to notch her 12th win in a stellar 27 start career which has yielded six Gr 1 wins from distances of 1200m up to 1800m.
The Glen Kotzen-trained three-year-old front-runner Rascova made a bold bid and recorded her third Gr 1 place, despite starting odds of 40/1.
However, she was no match for Princess Calla who swept past her to win by 3,25 lengths.
Rascova just held on for second ahead of Double Grand Slam with Golden Hostess and Red Palace next best.
The dual Gr 1-winning three-year-old Beach Bomb failed to make inroads from behind and was beaten ten lengths into eleventh place in what was clearly a flat run.
Tarry’s season is gaining momentum in the same way as it did last season.
It was both his and Richard Fourie’s first Gr 1 win of the season.
The wonder-mare started at 15/10.