Ridgemont’s international stakes winning stallion Canford Cliffs is enjoying a good season with his 2yo’s and his good-looking daughter Simply Majestic produced the goods at Turffontein on Saturday when running out a smart winner of the R250 000 TAB Gr3 Pretty Polly Stakes under Gavin Lerena.
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Simply Majestic (Gavin Lerena) withstand the late challenge of Famous Lady (S’manga Khumalo) to register her first stakes victory (Pic – JC Photos)
Trainer Johan Janse van Vuuren broke the Sean Tarry stranglehold on The Championships Finale day when he sent out the Ridgemont-bred Simply Majestic in fine fettle to register her first stakes success in the fashion of a precocious sort of filly that could make more noise this season.
Scratched at her last engagement as a result of a saddling issue, Simply Majestic (2-1) returned after a 14 week break and with Montana Lights and Bosum Busy showing the way early, Lerena had the bay relaxed in running .
At the 300m, Simply Majestic looked the one to beat and she duly ran on courageously to withstand the late challenge of Famous Lady (14-1) by three quarters of a length in a time of 63,5 secs for the 1100m.
Fanie Bronkhorst’s recent maiden winer Stars And Bra’s was beaten 4,50 lengths further back in third.
Raced by the Tanzania-based Stonebridge family, who were on course to enjoy the victory, Simply Majestic was bred by Ridgemont from their five-time Gr1 winning stallion Canford Cliffs.
She is out of the three-time winning Great Britain speedster Queen Laurie, and took her stakes bank to R255 750, with her second victory from four starts with two places.
This season, Canford Cliffs two-year-olds, which include the impressive Listed Wilgerbosdrift Ruffian Stakes winner Almond Sea, have earned close on R1 million R 827,450 in stakes, and the son of Tagula is in a top four position on South Africa’s Leading Sires of 2YOs premiership.
The big day carryover Pick 6 pool failed to meet muster and projection of R3 million, producing a R2 348 957. Maybe the rather small fields had something to with that?