Varsfontein Stud’s champion resident sire Gimmethegreenlight came up with a fifth G1 winner when his progressive son Gimme A Prince scored a thrilling win in Saturday’s G1 Pongracz Cape Flying Championship (1000m) run at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth.
A smart winner of the G2 Cape Merchants last time out, four-year-old Gimme A Prince defied a drop back in trip with a courageous win in Saturday’s R1 250 000 sprint.
Under a beautifully timed ride from Keagan De Melo, the lightly raced gelding powered home down the inside of the track to hit the front 100m from home.
The Dean Kannemeyer trained Gimme A Prince kept finding more to hold off a challenge from former Equus Champion Rio Querari and win gamely by a long neck.
Bred and owned by Khaya Stables, Gimme A Prince has now won five of just seven starts for earnings of R1 217 887.
Out of the G1 winning Trippi mare Real Princess, Gimme A Prince is bred on the same Gimmethegreenlight/Trippi cross as G1 Brentford FC Garden Province Stakes queen She’s A Keeper.
His sire Gimmethegreenlight, South Africa’s Champion Sire of 2020-2021, is also responsible for the G1 winners Gunner, Yulong Prince and multiple Equus Champion Got The Greenlight.
Currently the sire of 49 stakes winners, Gimmethegreenlight is currently heading the General Sires List, by stakes, for the 2022-2023 South African season.