Moutonshoek’s inform stallion The United States dominated proceedings at Fairview on Friday. Runners by The United States won four of the eight races carded including Friday’s feature, the Glendore Sprint.
His speedy four-year-old daughter Symbol Of Love defied her 25-1 starting price when running out a convincing winner of the Glendore Sprint (Non-Black Type) over 1000m.
Trained by Emmanuel Kaknis, Symbol Of Love was partnered by Jason Gates in Friday’s R175 000 sprint, with the pair digging down deep to score by a neck.
Bred by Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein, the filly, who has won three of her last five starts, was winning for a sixth time on Friday.
Symbol Of Love, out of the French Deputy mare Malmaison, was originally bought for R160 000 at the 2022 Cape Yearling Sale before being sold to her current connections via an online sale.
Her G1 Ranvet Stakes winning sire The United States, who had a 100% strike rate at Fairview on Friday, was also responsible for the winners of the third, fifth and sixth races on Friday.
His daughter Red Sash made a big impression when she won Friday’s 4Racing.TV Conditions Plate (F and M) over 1600 metres. Under Chase Maujean, the Tara Laing trained five-year-old hit the front 300m from home and she powered away to win impressively by three and a half lengths.
Bred by Wilgerbosdrift and Mauritzfontein, Red Sash, now a five-time winner, is out of the Western Winter mare Dashing Scarlet. The inform mare has won or finished second in her last four starts.
Her sire The United States had two more daughters win on Friday, with Jambo Sana victorious in the fifth race and Montelena landing the sixth race.
Four-year-old Jambo Sana, a winner of four of her last five starts, made it three wins in a row when she won Friday’s TAB Telebet 0861 000 822 FM 66 Handicap (1200m), while her paternal half-sister Montelena justified favouritism with a game win in the same day’s Racing240 For Racing. For You Graduation Plate.
The United States, bred on similar lines to the Galileo sired dam of recent G2 Western Cape Fillies Championship winner Mon Petit Cherie, hails from one of the hottest families in the studbook. Not only do his relatives include recent G1 Prevagen Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf winner Henri Matisse, but they also include the likes of Trinity College, Wingspan, and Whirl.