Champion Sire Vercingetorix enjoyed a remarkable result in the G1 TAB Empress Club Stakes (1600m), run at Turffontein on Saturday.
His daughters Double Grand Slam, Minogue, and Callmegetrix ran 1-2-3 in Saturday’s R1 000 000 contest to give their sire a memorable G1 clean sweep.

The Justin Snaith trained Double Grand Slam, last season’s Equus Champion Older Female, made it back to back G1 wins when she won the Empress Club Stakes. Victorious in the G1 Maine Chance Farms Majorca Stakes on her previous start, the five-year-old champion totally outclassed her rivals on Saturday.

Under superb-sub Craig Zackey, Double Grand Slam unwound from midfield to slice through her field and power to the front.
From there, the Vercingetorix mare stormed home to win as she liked by nearly five and a half lengths.

Bred by Varsfontein Stud, Double Grand Slam has won 11 of 21 starts, with her victorious including last season’s G1 Ridgemont Garden Province Stakes and G1 Cartier Paddock Stakes.

Double Grand Slam, who is out of the Captain Al mare Princess Peach, races for Drakenstein Stud (Nom: Mrs G A Rupert), Messrs D D MacLean & Gary Player Stud Farm (Pty) Ltd.

Bred on the same cross as G1 winners Mia Moo and Vernichey, as well as Saturday’s G2 Wilgerbosdrift SA Fillies Nursery winner Good Day Sunshine, Double Grand Slam was a R1 000 000 buy from the 2022 National Yearling Sale.

Double Grand Slam has a Gimmethegreenlight half-brother (Lot 150) on offer at the upcoming National Sale.

Remarkably, Vercingetorix enjoyed feature race success in three different provinces this weekend. Not only did the Maine Chance resident enjoy a graded stakes double at Turffontein on Saturday, but Vercingetorix gelding Bad Medicine won the Glenlair Trophy at Fairview on Friday. On Sunday, Vercingetorix’s four-year-old daughter Rahhabba won the World Sports Betting Scarlet Lady at Hollywoodbets Scottsville.