Varsfontein Stud’s champion sire Gimmethegreenlight made it back to back winners of the G1 Gold Medallion when his two-year-old Proceed won the 2024 G1 Gold Medallion on Saturday.
Gimmethegreenlight’s son Lucky Lad, like Proceed trained by Sean Tarry and ridden by Richard Fourie, had won the 2023 G1 Gold Medallion by over five lengths.
The progressive Proceed is his sire’s 11th G1 winner.
Winner of the G3 TAB Protea Stakes last time out, Proceed unleashed a fine turn of foot to win Saturday’s 1200 contest.
Flying up late, Proceed stormed home to down stablemate Cosmic Speed and win by three parts of a length.
Bred by his part-owner Laurence Wernars, Proceed has now won three of just six starts.
The colt is out of the Captain Al mare Xplosive Kiss and is thus bred on the same cross as champion Sandringham Summit and fellow G1 winner Gunner.
Proceed is one of ten stakes winners for Gimmethegreenlight this season thus far, with Gimmethegreenlight sired runners having already banked more than R24.088 million in the 2023-2024 racing season.