Varsfontein Stud’s top-class sire Master Of My Fate came up with his 35th stakes winner on Saturday.
Master Of My Fate gelding Okavango showed his class when he made all to win the G2 Anthonij Rupert Premier Trophy at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday.
In the process, Okavango emulated his sire, with Master Of My Fate victorious in the 2013 G2 Premier Trophy.
One of six winners on the day for trainer Justin Snaith, four-year-old Okavango was given a superb ride by champion jockey Oisin Murphy in Saturday’s R500 000 contest.
Murphy quickly took his mount to the front and there they stayed, with Okavango powering home to score impressively by two lengths.
One of two runners in the race for his sire, Okavango (third in last season’s G1 Daily News 2000) took his tally of wins to four from 12 starts.
Bred by Michael de Broglio, Okavango races for Nick Jonsson.
The gelding, who is out of the Sportsworld mare Sabina Park and is a three-parts brother to dual G1 Summer Cup winner Master Sabina, was a R420 000 buy from the 2023 August Two Year Old Sale.
His inform sire Master Of My Fate is enjoying another fine season in 2025-2026, with his flagbearers including G1 Hollywoodbets Cape Guineas winner Jan Van Goyen and G2 Allied Steelrode -Onamission Charity Mile winner Atticus Finch.