Quid Pro Quo does her victory canter past after winning the Gr 1 Douglas Whyte Thekwini Stakes and thereby becoming the first in history to win all three of KZN’s biggest two-year-old fillies races. (Candiese Lenferna Photography)
The Barend Botes-trained champion filly Quid Pro Quo’s next race if all goes to plan might be the Gr 2 Jonsson Workwear Dingaans over 1600m on Betway Summer Cup day on November 30 at Turffontein Standside.
The Gerald Kalil-homebred Lance filly became the first in history to do the unofficial two-year-old Champions Season Triple Tiara, winning the Gr 1 Allan Robertson Championship over 1200m, the Gr 2 Zulu Kingdom Explorer Golden Slipper over 1400m and the Gr 1 Douglas Whyte Thekwini Stakes over 1600m.
She was subsequently named Equus Champion two-year-old and KZN Horse Of The Year.
She had a deserved rest straight after the Thekwini on a farm near Summerveld run by former jockey and former South African Jockey Academy riding instructor Laurence O’Donoghue.
She was there for a month before being taken back to Summerveld.
Botes then relocated with his horses to Turffontein.
He said, “She is doing well but is definitely short of a gallop. She will be having a gallop next week Thursday. She then might go for the Dingaans. There is no lead up race for it so she will go straight into it. In the other races she will get Gr 1 penalties, so the Dingaans would be the most suitable race for her.”
The Dingaans is a level weights race and Quid Pro Quo will receive a 2,5kg gender allowance.
Quid Pro Quo has built up a following and is currently the darling of the South African turf, so her return to action is eagerly antipated.
