Richard Fourie and trainer Sean Tarry built further on their successful partnership this term, grabbing a Gr1, Gr2 and Gr3 success at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday.
The cherry on top saw Wilgerbosdrift stallion Flower Alley enjoy yet more feature race success when his outstanding daughter Princess Calla won the R1 250 000 Gr1 Ridgemont Garden Province Stakes.
Richard Fourie salutes as Princess Calla storms to victory ahead of Desert Miracle (Pic – Candiese Lenferna)
In the process, the five-year-old claimed the third G1 victory of her career, having previously triumphed in the 2022 Gr1 HSH Princess Charlene Empress Club Stakes and this year’s Gr1 South African Fillies Sprint.
Under Richard Fourie, Princess Calla (14-10) powered into the lead someway out and kept going strongly to win by just over a length and three-quarters.
She beat her arch-rival Desert Miracle (18-10) in a time of 96,74 secs.
The gallant pacesetting Humdinger (20-1) ran her usual big-hearted race to finish third,
Another daughter of Flower Alley, the winner’s paternal half-sister and consistent three-year-old Feather Boa (17-2), finished fourth.
Princess Calla is likely to stay in training as a six-year-old next season.
She was bred by Maine Chance Farms, and has now won ten of 22 starts for earnings of R3 803 475.
Out of the Captain Al mare Princess Royal, Princess Calla’s tally of wins includes nine graded stakes, with the five-year-old now having won all of the Gr1 Ridgemont Garden Province Stakes, G1 South African Fillies Sprint, Gr2 Senor Santa Stakes, Gr2 Cartier Sceptre Stakes and Gr2 wsb. co.za Southern Cross Stakes this season.
She is one of six stakes winners representing Flower Alley in South Africa this season, with others including Gr2 Wilgerbosdrift Bridget Oppenheimer Oaks/Gr2 Track And Ball Oaks queen None Other, Gr2 WSB Gerald Rosenberg Stakes heroine Gilded Butterfly, and Gr3 Acacia Stakes victress Clafoutis.
Flower Alley runners have earned over R10,4 million in South Africa this season.
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