Maine Chance Farms’ star stallion Vercingetorix increased his lead on the South African General Sires premiership when his star daughter Double Grand Slam won the G1 Maine Chance Farms Majorca Stakes (1600m) at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday.

In the process, the Justin Snaith trained five-year-old provided jockey Andrew Fortune with his third success on the card.
Racing just off the pace, Double Grand Slam hit the front just after the field turned for home, and Fortune kept the Vercingetorix mare going strongly to win by a long neck.

Bred by Varsfontein Stud, Double Grand Slam was the Equus Champion Older Female of 2024-2025.
Saturday’s win pushed the mare’s tally to ten wins from 21 starts, with Double Grand Slam’s past victories including the 2025 G1 Cartier Paddock Stakes and 2025 G1 Ridgemont Garden Province Stakes.

Owned by Drakenstein Stud, Messrs Dave MacLean & Gary Player Stud Farm (Pty) Ltd,  Double Grand Slam is out of the Captain Al mare Princess Peach.

The mare, who has won six graded races, was a R1 000 000 buy from the 2022 National Yearling Sale.

Double Grand Slam was one of three runners in this year’s Majorca Stakes for her champion sire Vercingetorix.
The latter is also the sire of Holding Thumbs, who ran third in Saturday’s G3 New Turf Carriers Western Cape Stayers.