Maine Chance Farms’ resident sire Vercingetorix had a great day on Saturday, and Silvano’s champion son’s good form continued on Monday when Vercingetorix supplied two more winners this time at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth.
Vercingetorix filly Dame Of Trix made the perfect start to her racing career when making a winning debut to land Monday’s Hollywoodbets Kenilworth Welcomes You Maiden Plate (F and M) (1000m).
Under Louis Mxothwa, the Brett Crawford trained three-year-old flew up late to get up and win a shade cosily by a long neck.
Bred by Rathmor Stud, Dame Of Trix was a R650 000 buy from the 2022 August Two Year Old Sale.
The filly is out of the Jet Master mare Mystery Dame, and is thus bred on the same Vercingetorix/Jet Master cross as G2 winning millionaire African Warrior and G1 Daily News 2000 runner up Padre Pio.
Vercingetorix’s second success on Monday came when his Vaughan Marshall trained son Slurricane ran out a convincing winner of the The Country Championship Class 5 (1400m) at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth.
Given a perfect ride by the inform Richard Fourie, the Klawervlei Stud bred gelding hit the front full of running and pulled clear in the closing stages to score by four lengths.
Lightly raced Slurricane, who has now won three of just eight starts and three of his last four, is out of the Casey Tibbs mare Caseys Moment and is thus bred on the same cross as champion Cousin Casey.
The sire of 30 stakes winners, eight of which are G1 winners, Vercingetorix has 15 lots on offer at next week’s Cape Racing Premier Yearling Sale Powered By Tattersalls.