South Africa’s reigning champion sire Vercingetorix dominated Friday’s Listed Flamboyant Stakes.
Vercingetorix daughters filled five of the first six placings, with the race being won by Vercingetorix’s four-year-old daughter Ladyofdistinction.
The latter, a full-sister to 2025 G1 HKJC Champions Cup winner Gladatorian, is the 64th stakes winner for Vercingetorix.
Trained by Michael Roberts, Ladyofdistinction was given a well judged ride by Rachel Venniker in Friday’s R300 000 contest.
Venniker bought the progressive filly with a strong late run, and Ladyofdistinction kept going strongly in the closing stages to post a neck victory at the expense of fellow Vercingetorix daughter, Amelia’s Legacy.
Both Ladyofdistinction and Amelia’s Legacy were sired by Vercingetorix and both are out of daughters of Dynasty.
Bred by Erasmus Thoroughbreds CC, the blue blooded Ladyofdistinction races for Al Khayl Breeders.
A winner of four of seven starts, the 2025 Flamboyant Stakes winner is out of the Dynasty mare Harvard Crimson.
Ladyofdistinction was a R1 500 000 buy from the 2023 November Two Year Old Sale.
Her champion sire Vercingetorix is enjoying another wonderful season in 2025-2026, with his flagbearers including such graded stakes winners as Quickstepgal, Callmegetrix, The Ultimate King, and Princess Of Gaul.