After the knockout blow by Diamond Rock a half hour earlier, some sanity returned to the Hollywoodbets Kenilworth Saturday Pick 6 when the smart Querari gelding Un Bel Di justified favouritism to win the R200 000 Summer Country Championship 1000 Final in fluent fashion.
Aldo Domeyer has Un Bel Di in control as the obscured Bluff On Bluff (Ashton Arries) battles on (Pic – Chase Liebenberg)
A second winner on the afternoon for Aldo Domeyer and also the second leg of a double for SA champion trainer Justin Snaith, the 3yo Un Bel Di (9-4) tracked the pacesetter Casino Ace before asserting himself late to beat the gutsy 6yo Bluff On Bluff (11-2) by three quarters of a length in a time of 58,54 secs for the 1000m.
Piet Botha’s Go It Alone (40-1) ran an improved race for third under replacement Morne Winnaar, a half length back, with All About Al (13-2) in fourth.
Bred by Drakenstein Stud, and raced by L’Ormarins & Friends, Un Bel Di – named after a soprano aria from the Puccini opera Madama Butterfly – is a son of Querari (Oasis Dream) out of the thrice-winning Trippi-mare, One Fine Day, who was trained in her track career by Sean Tarry.
Now a stakes-placed winner of 2 races with 6 places from his 9 starts, Un Bel Di took his earnings to R311 151.
