Mia Moo jumped from an unfavourable draw of one in the Listed Blue Voucher Carry On Alice Stakes over 1160m but that did not stop her winning it under Richard (Candiese Lenferna Photography)
Cape Breeders
South Africa’s reigning champion sire Vercingetorix had a notable treble at Turffontein on Saturday and with another winner on Sundat on the Hollywoodbets Greyville poly he had accumulated eleven winners in just six days of racing.
Vercingetorix sired runners won races two, three and four on Saturday, with Vercingetorix’s champion son Nebraas running second in Saturday’s Racehorse Owners Association Stakes.
Another son of Vercingetorix, The Ultimate King, finished a creditable third in the same day’s G1 Betway Summer Cup.
Exciting three-year-old Splittheeights got off the mark at just the second time of asking when he won Saturday’s R300 000 TAB Conditional Maiden Plate (1160m).
A close up fourth on debut, the Mathew and Mike De Kock trained colt turned Saturday’s race into a one-horse contest, with Splittheeights romping home to score by more than two and three quarter lengths.
Bred by Ridgemont Highlands, Splittheeights races for Mr Murugasa.
Out of the Trippi mare Massachusetts, Splittheeights was a R600 000 buy from the 2024 August Two Year Old Sale.
Vercingetorix mare Minogue provided her sire with a quick double when she won Saturday’s Betway Pinnacle Stakes (Open) (1400m).
Trained by Candice Cawson, the Muzi Yeni ridden five-year-old made the most of the 52kgs she had to carry to score a courageous win. Bred by Blue Sky Thoroughbreds, Minogue races for Itssa It & Business Solutions.
Out of the Go Deputy mare Kileigh, Minogue has won five of 18 starts.
Vercingetorix is also the sire of top-class five-year-old Mia Moo, winner of Saturday’s Listed Blu Voucher Carry On Alice Stakes (1160m). In the process, the Klawervlei Stud bred mare claimed the fourth black type win of her career, with Mia Moo having also won all of the G1 South African Fillies Sprint, G2 TAB Camellia Stakes and G3 4Racing Sycamore Sprint last season.
Under Richard Fourie, the Sean Tarry trained mare came from near the back of the field to claim Saturday’s R400 000 feature by nearly three-parts of a length.
Now racing for Drakenstein Stud, MIa Moo has won seven of 18 starts.
The mare, who is out of the Captain Al mare Leeward, is bred on the same cross as fellow G1 winners Double Grand Slam and Vernichey.
