Maine Chance Farms’ red hot sire Vercingetorix had another outstanding day on Saturday when the champion son of Silvano was responsible for five winners.
Vercingetorix also had a feature race double on Saturday with his daughter Little Ballerina landing the G2 Wilgerbosdrift SA Fillies Nursery and son Rascallion victorious in the G3 Variety Club Mile on the same day.
In addition, Vercingetorix filly Golden Sickle ran a close second in Saturday’s G1 Jonsson Workwear Computaform Sprint and another Vercingetorix daughter, Equus Champion Mrs Geriatrix, finished a creditable third in the G1 TAB Empress Club Stakes.
Classy two-year-old Little Ballerina, victorious in January 27th’s Cape Racing Sales Cape Slipper, won her first black type win when she won Saturday’s SA Fillies Nursery.
Under Gavin Lerena, the Candice Dawson trained filly stormed home to get up and win the 2024 Wilgerbosdrift SA Fillies Nursery by three parts of a length.
Bred by Maine Chance Farms, P&R Doyle and Silver Ripples (Pty) Ltd, Little Ballerina has won twice from four starts with the filly having finished third in the G3 City Of Cape Town Cape Of Good Hope Nursery.
Little Ballerina, who is out of the Fastnet Rock mare Little Fastnet, is one of 34 stakes winners for her sire.
Vercingetorix gelding Rascallion, runner up in this year’s G1 World Sports Betting Cape Town Met, claimed his fifth career victory when victorious in Saturday’s G3 Variety Club Mile.
Under Morne Winaar, the Vaughan Marshall trained six-year-old pulled out more in the closing stages to land Saturday’s R350 000 by a length, despite having to lug 61kgs on his back.
Bred by Dr Veronique Kritzinger, Rascallion, who is out of the Jet Master mare Sofala, had shown top-class form earlier in his career with the gelding having also prevailed in the 2023 G2 Anthonij Rupert Wyne Premier Trophy.

The inform Vercingetorix is also the sire of Saturday’s winners So Seductive, Mauritius Kestrel, and Baton Rouge.