Former SA Champion trainer Sean Tarry registered his ninth victory in nineteen renewals of the Gr1 SA Fillies Sprint when the Klawervlei Stud-bred Vercingetorix filly Mia Moo prevailed in a thrilling blanket finish to the 1200m feature at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Saturday.
Callan Murray gets down low to keep Mia Moo at it for a peak career win. Third-placed Mrs Browning (Louis Mxothwa, red cap) is right there while Whistle The Tune (Calvin Habib) finished just out of the top four (Pic – Candiese Lenferna)
Now a winner of a Gr3, Gr2 and a now the R1 million Gr1 SA Fillies Sprint brought to you by The Witness, at her last three starts, the red-hot in-form 4yo Mia Moo showed heart and courage to dig deep and give recent Australia returnee Callan Murray the unexpected bonus of an early Grade 1 victory to mark his return home.
Raced by Sandy and Eugene Arundel’s Itssa It & Business Solutions (Pty) Ltd & World Sports Betting (Nominee: Warren Tannous), Mia Moo (7-1) never stopped fighting to hold off a flying Asiye Phambili (28-10) by a nose, with the winner’s stablemate Mrs Browning (20-1) in third and the tough as teak Chasing Happiness (20-1) in fourth.
The winner clocked 68,36 secs for the 1200m with just 0,30 lengths separating the top four!
The 28-10 tote favourite Double Grand Slam (28-10) was all dressed with nowhere to go, and did relatively well in the circumstances to find a 1,45 length sixth.
A R300 000 National Yearling Sale purchase, Mia Moo took her win tally to 6 with 8 places from her 16 starts. She has earned R1 300 825.
Bred by Klawervlei, Mia Moo is a daughter of Vercingetorix (Silvano) out of the four-time winning Captain Al mare, Leeward.
