Just one day after his first winner, the Varsfontein Stud-bred and based Erik The Red produced a second winner.
Erik The Red filly Polar Light got off the mark when she won the Download The Race Card Online www.goldcircle.co.za Maiden Juvenile Plate (Fillies) (1100m) at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Sunday.
The two-year-old, making just her second start, defied her starting price of 80-1 with a convincing display.
Under Jacey Botes, the Paul Lafferty-trained filly stormed home to get up and win by over a length and a half.
Bred by Varsfontein, Polar Light is out of the Gimmethegreenlight mare Different Light.
Sunday’s winner was a R120 000 buy from the 2024 Cape Yearling Sale.
Multiple graded stakes winner Erik The Red had come up with his first winner just one day earlier when his first-crop son Tenjiku won the first race at Turffontein.
To date, Erik The Red has had three runners either win or finish in the money.