Maine Chance Farms’ top stallion Vercingetorix had a very impressive debut winner at the Vaal on Thursday.
His blue-blooded daughter Spumante Dolce, a three-part sister to July-winning champion Sparkling Water, made a big impression first time out.
The three-year-old Mike de Kock trained filly hit the front full of running and powered away, under Gavin Lerena, to land Thursday’s 4Racing Welcomes You Maiden Plate (F and M) (1400m) by two lengths.
Bred and owned by Wilgerbosdrift, Spumante Dolce is out of the top-class Dansili mare Espumanti.
The latter, the dam of Silvano’s star daughter Sparkling Water and three other winners, won six times including the G2 Betting World 1900 and G2 Ipi Tombe Challenge.
Spumante Dolce’s inform sire Vercingetorix is set to be represented in all of the G3 World Sports Betting Southern Cross Stakes, G2 World Sports Betting Green Point Stakes, and Listed World Sports Betting Cape Summer Stayers this Saturday.
His daughter I’m So Pritti is a runner in the G3 World Sports Betting Southern Cross Stakes, while Vercingetorix’s G1 winning sons Oriental Charm and Surjay line up in the G2 World Sports Betting Green Point Stakes.
The Vercingetorix sired Listed Settlers Trophy winner Call To Unite joins his paternal half-brother Holding Thumbs in Saturday’s Listed World Sports Betting Cape Summer Stayers.