The Andre-Nel/Sabine Plattner Racing Team put another cherry on top of one of their very best home seasons in recent memory when stablemates So Flawless and the year younger Young Love filled the exacta in the R200 000 Econorisk Gr3 Final Fling Stakes at a nippy Kenilworth on Saturday.
With an infectious buzz on course and Mother Nature playing ball by keeping the rain away, there was plenty of competitive racing – although the recent WSB Sign Up Now Listed Ladies Mile winner So Flawless (5-1) showed them a clean pair of heels when darting clear down the inside running rail under Corne Orffer to register an eyecatching victory by 3,50 lengths in a time of 116,17 secs.
The tote favourite and only 3yo in the field, Young Love (5-2) was not disgraced as she got the better of an extended duel with the hardknocking Snaith 4yo Rain In Newmarket (4-1) for second. The latter appeared to have been given a more forward ride than usual, and ran another honest race.
With only Chewbaca carrying the Nel-Plattner flag in the Marshalls World Of Sport Gr3 Gold Cup on Champions Cup day at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday 30 July, the So Flawless victory will be celebrated as a cracking end to the term.
Leased from breeder James Armitage, who will be thrilled that the chestnut has registered a second stakes victory so soon after her first, So Flawless is a daughter of former SA Horse Of The Year and Durban July winner Legislate (Dynasty) out of the Judpot mare Natural Beauty.
Legislate was singled out earlier this week as one of the underrated sires, deserving of a break. Read that editorial here.
So Flawless has won 5 races with 9 places from 18 starts for stakes of R407 725.
