Ridgemont’s Triple Crown winning sire Malmoos gained another boost to his pedigree page when his half-sister Mascherina won at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday.
A three-year-old daughter of Gimmethegreenlight, the Peter Muscutt trained Mascherina was a well backed favourite for Saturday’s WSB Aviator takes off FM 82 Handicap (F and M) (1600m) and duly obliged.
Under the record chasing Richard Fourie, Mascherina hit the front full of running and stayed on strongly to win by just under a length and three-quarters.
Out of the Fort Wood mare Justthewayyouare, Mascherina has now won twice from five starts with the three-year-old having also finished second twice.
Mascherina is one of six winners for her Listed Spook Express Handicap winning dam, with Justthewayyouare herself a half-sister to top sire Master Of My Fate.
Justthewayyouare, who won four times from 1600m to 2600m, is best known as the dam of G3 East Cape Derby/G3 Lonsdale Stirrup Cup winner Captain Splendid and the latter’s full-brother Malmoos.
The latter, who shares his champion sire Captain Al with current sire sensation One World and more than 100 other black type winners, won seven of 12 starts and earned more than R1.4 million.
Malmoos stormed home to land the South African Triple Crown in 2021 when victorious in all of the G1 World Sports Betting SA Derby, G1 World Sports Betting SA Classic and G2 WSB Gauteng Guineas.