Questioning is led in by Gina Bortz and Laurence Wernars after his dominant win in the Gr 2 Khaya Stables Diadem Stakes over 1200m at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday, a victory that saw him confirming the legitimacy of his high merit rating of 127 (Picture: Wayne Marks)
Maine Chance Farms not only have the privilege of standing the phenomenal Vercingetorix but one of their other sires, Querari, is also having a fine season.
Querari lies in third place on the national log so far this season and he is leading the two-year-old standings.
Querari has already had seven two-year-old winners this season, which is two more than second-placed Gimmethegreenlight has in this statistic to date.
Querari has had three stakes winners of four races to date this season.
His chief flag-bearer is Questioning, who could well bring more stakes success.
The Vaughan Marshall-trained five-year-old gelding has had just four runs this season and they include defending his Gr 3 Matchem Stakes crown over 1400m at Hollywoodbets Durbanville, a short-head runner up finish in the prestigious Gr 1 wfa L’Ormarins King’s Plate and an easy 2,50 length win in the Gr 2 Khaya Stables Diadem Stakes over 1200m at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday.
The last Saturday of September has yielded a Gr 3 win for Questioning for the last three seasons, because on Matchem Stakes day he won the Gr 3 Cape Classic as a three-year-old.
Alec and the Honourable Gillian Foster bred Questioning and he is owned by Greg & Gina Bortz, Mukund Gujadhur and the Wernars Family.
The way he won the Diadem puts him in fine stead for the Gr 1 Mercury Sprint and on the way there he can take in races like the Gr 2 IOS Drill Hall Stakes over 1400m and the Gr 1 Hollywoodbets Gold Challenge over 1600m, all three of those races being at Hollywoodbets Greyville.
Another smart Querari gelding, I Am Giant, will also have a chance in the Mercury Sprint.
Querari’s other black type winners this season are Star Major, who won the Gr 3 Politician Stakes over 1800m at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth, and Quantum Theory, who won the Listed Betway Spring Spree Stakes over 1200m at Turffontein Inside.
There are others who have shown a lot of promise and to mention just two there is the scopey Lucky Houdalakis-trained Quickfreeze and the Mike Azzie-trained two-year-old filly Twilight.
Querari was fifth in the national standings last season and third in the standings the season before that.
The German-bred son of Oasis Dream is becoming a permanent fixture in the top five stallions.
