The fabulous Silvano mare Marina, a 2023 WSB Cape Town Met entry, capped a glorious day for the Candice Bass-Robinson team when she finished with a flourish to win the R250 000 Hollywoodbets Gr3 Victress Stakes at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday.
A disappointing omission for her connections from the Hollywoodbets Durban July field earlier this year, Marina has vindicated the decision to keep her in training another season and after winning the Gr2 Gold Bracelet at the end of last term, she bounced back strongly to win Saturday’s Gr3 contest with some authority.
Aldo Domeyer has Marina in full stride to win well (Pic – Chase Liebenberg)
Regular pilot Aldo Domeyer, still on a high after his glory ride on Charles Dickens earlier, rode a confident race on the even money favourite as he produced the chestnut down the inside to beat her 40-1 pacesetting stablemate Do Angels Cry by 1,25 lengths in a time of 113,33 secs.
Silver Darling, who took the outside strip home with the pacemaker, was a further head back in third.
The disappointment was Chansonette, who spoilt her consistent formline – probably not staying the 1800m.
Marina is by deceased multiple SA Champion sire Silvano (Lomitas) out of the twice-winning Fort Wood mare, Gay Fortuna.
She is now a winner of 10 races with 6 places from 21 starts for stakes of R996 600.
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