Varsfontein Stud capped a treble at Fairview on Friday when the 3yo Greenlitealltheway finally registered an overdue second career victory with a smart win in the non black-type R150 000 Wedgewood Handicap.
Malesela Katjedi has Greenlitealltheway in full flight (Pic – Pauline Herman)
Clearly relishing the step up in trip and carrying a galloping weight of 52kgs, Greenlitealltheway (5-1) drew clear under Winning Form-sponsored Malesela Katjedi to beat the 5-4 favourite First Wish by 3,50 lengths in a time of 151,46 secs for the 2400m.
The Riverton-bred Chere For Me (10-1) stayed on best for the Jacques Strydom yard for third, a further 1,75 lengths back.
With their Gr1 Gold Medallion success the highlight last Saturday, Glen Kotzen’s yard has been in fine form recently and the feature victory – Juan Nel did the honours of saddling – crowned a double after Sweetie Darling won earlier.
The beautifully-bred winner is out of champion Gimmethegreenlight (More Than Ready) out of the four-time winning Jet Master mare, Touch The Sky. This is the Mystic Spring family and there will be serious efforts to get her some black-type credit in the next few months!
Greenlitealltheway has now won 2 races with 6 places from 13 starts for stakes of R197 513.
Training honours were shared at a double apiece by Glen Kotzen, Gavin Smith and Alan Greeff.
Earlier in the day, Alan Greeff’s Hollywoodbets Durban July entrants My Best Shot and Joy And Peace wound up their big-race preps. My Best Shot registered his tenth career victory and his sixth in a row in impressive fashion. Joy And Peace appeared to tire late.
Richard Fourie rode three winners, while Craig Zackey kept the national log chase pressure up with a double. It will be a big weekend for both, as well as Gavin Lerena.
The next Fairview racemeeting is on Friday 13 June (lucky for some?) on the Fairview polytrack.
