Varsfontein Stud’s outstanding stallion Gimmethegreenlight dominated feature race action at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday.
Not only did Gimmethegreenlight fillies Give Me Everything, Kinda Wonderful and Goodnessgraciousme run 1-2-3 in Saturday’s Listed Schweppes Cape Fillies Classic, but the Gimmethegreenlight full-brothers The Real Prince and Gimme A Prince won Saturday’s Listed City Of Cape Town Jet Master Stakes and G2 Khaya Stables Diadem Stakes respectively.
Both The Real Prince and Gimme A Prince were ridden to victory by Craig Zackey for trainer Dean Kannemeyer and owner-breeder Khaya Stables.
Progressive four-year-old The Real Prince became Gimmethegreenlight’s 74th stakes winner when he won Saturday’s Listed City Of Cape Town Jet Master Stakes over 1600m.
The Gimmethegreenlight gelding made a big impression as he stormed home to down a high-class field by five lengths.
Amongst those beaten by The Real Prince on Saturday were G1 winners Al Muthana and See It Again, Guineas winner Zapatillas, and G3 winner Billy Bowlegs.
Out of the Trippi mare Real Princess, The Real Prince has won four of eight starts.
His outstanding full-brother Gimme A Prince picked up his fifth graded victory when he ran out a comfortable winner of Saturday’s G2 Diadem Stakes over 1200m.
Six-year-old Gimme A Prince stamped himself as arguably the best sprinter currently in South Africa when he stormed home to land the Diadem Stakes by three parts of a length.
A two-time winner of the G1 Cape Flying Championship, the brilliant Gimme A Prince has won eight of 17 starts.
Gimmethegreenlight had four winners at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday, with his son Green Garnet victorious in the second race on the card.
The champion also dominated proceedings at Saturday’s Cape Breeders’ Awards ceremony. Not only was Gimmethegreenlight crowned Stallion Of The Year, but his offspring Proceed (2 Year Old Colt), VJ’s Angel (2 Year Old Filly), Green With Envy (3 Year Old Colt) and Gimme A Nother (3 Year Old Filly) all picked up awards.
South Africa’s Champion Sire, Leading Sire of 2YOs and Leading Sire of 3YOs last season has 26 yearlings on offer at the Premier Yearling Sale.