That Vercingetorix has seamlessly taken over the mantle of his illustrious sire at Maine Chance is best illustrated by the fact that he currently leads the General Sires List, with his late sire in second place
Following his spectacular breakthrough into the elite stallion ranks, one can safely say that Vercingetorix is fast filling the void left by his recently-deceased sire Silvano
With South African racing at a standstill for the foreseeable future, it is perhaps a good time to take a look at which stallions have been enjoying a good season
Mike de Kock and Callan Murray got punters off to a happy start in the R1,57 million Turffontein Pick 6 on Saturday
The Vercingetorix colt Ikigai ran out a facile winner of the R200 000 Gr3 Tony Ruffel Stakes at Turffontein on Saturday
Jumping from the widest draw on Saturday, African Warrior, winner of the Gr3 Godolphin Barb earlier this season, proved that he as a bright future
Maine Chance Farms multiple Gr1 winning stallion Vercingetorix continued with his exceptional first season when he produced a third stakes winner at Fairview on Friday.
Punters took a few body blows early on in both regional Bipot bets on Saturday, with the red hot odds-on favourite General Franco running a dismal last in the Kenilworth opener.
Just a week after his stakes strike with a 1-2 in the Listed East Cape Nursery, Maine Chance stallion Vercingetorix produced his first graded winner
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