South Africa’s reigning champion sire Gimmethegreenlight had another good day on Saturday when the Varsfontein Stud resident supplied four winners.
The former G1 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate winner was responsible for three winners at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday, with his son Ready To Charge winning a good race at Turffontein on the same day.
Classy three-year-old Ready To Charge claimed his third win, from nine starts, when he won Saturday’s For Hospitality Bookings Call 011 681 1796 Graduation Plate over 1160 metres.
Under a strong ride from Muzi Yeni, the Michael and Adam Azzie trained gelding dug down deep to best runner up Mount Pilatus and score by a neck.
Bred by Drakenstein Stud, Ready To Charge showed plenty of promise at two when winning on debut and running second in the G2 Tabgold Umkhomazi Stakes.
The three-year-old is out of the Charge Forward mare San Fermin.
His sire Gimmethegreenlight dominated proceedings at Kenilworth on Saturday where offspring of Gimmethegreenlight won three of the eight races carded.
Gimmethegreenlight’s blue blooded daughter Three Coins got off the mark on Saturday when she won the Cape Turf Club Syndicates Open Maiden (F&M) over 1400 metres.
Trained, like both her sire and her champion dam Bela-Bela, the grey stormed home, under Sean Veale, to win a shade cosily by a length and three quarters.
Bred on similar lines to the Gimmethegreenlight sired G2 KZN Fillies Guineas winner Gimme Six, Three Coins is a full-sister to G2 Western Cape Fillies Championship winner Ciao Bella.
Gimmethegreenlight gelding Wecangoallnight picked up his fourth career when he flashed up late to land the Centenary Syndicate Cape A Stakes (1400m) for Eric Sands and Sean Veale.
Bred by Carl and Amanda De Vos, the 2022 G3 Cape Racing Cape Of Good Hope Nursery runner up Wecangoallnight is out of the Kahal mare Cousin Annie.
His paternal half-sister Distinction provided Gimmethegreenlight with his third winner at Kenilworth on Saturday when she landed the Taking The Reins Middle Stakes (1100m) going away
The Justin Snaith trained Distinction was given a superbly timed ride by Anthony Andrews, who bought his mount with a thrusting late run which saw the four-year-old get up in the shadow of the post to win by a short-head.
Bred and owned by Pippa Mickleburgh, Distinction has now won three times from 17 starts.
South Africa’s Champion Sire of 2020-2021 and 2022-2023, Gimmethegreenlight is again heading the General Sires List. At the time of writing progeny of Gimmethegreenlight have won ten black type races in South Africa this season, and they have already banked more than R15.986 million in prize money.