Alan Greeff boasts an abundance of juvenile firepower this season and his Master Of My Fate filly Golden Palm built on her Wilgerbosdrift Gr2 SA Nursery success at Turffontein early in March with a breathtaking victory in the R150 000 Listed Lady’s Slipper Stakes at Fairview on Friday.
There were two parts – the winner and the rest – to the Fairview Friday feature, with the Varsfontein Stud bred Golden Palm, waltzing home at cramped odds under Richard Fourie to beat her stablemate Silva City (66-1) by 10 lengths in a time of 85,52 secs for the 1400m.
Golden Palm (Richard Fourie) cruises to victory (Pic – Pauline Herman)
Kelly Mitchley’s Royal City Girl (25-1) was a quarter length away in third, but nothing could live with the impressive winner.
Bred by Varsfontein, the winner races for Peter Moor and is a daughter of the champion farm’s home-bred stallion Master Of My Fate (Jet Master) out of the twice winning Var mare, Croisette.
A R260 000 BSA National 2yo Sale purchase, Golden Palm has won 3 of 4 starts for a place and stakes of R369 550.
Golden Palm bred on the same Master Of My Fate/Var cross as champion Tempting Fate.
The victress is one of six two-year-old winners this season thus far for Master Of My Fate.
This tally also includes Listed East Cape Fillies Nursery/Listed Dahlia Plate winner Anotherdanceforme.
Golden Palm could yet make her next start on the East Coast in the SA Champions Season.
Alan Greeff and Richard Fourie racked up a three-timer on the day. Gavin Smith also enjoyed three winners – two ridden by Craig Zackey and the third by Yuzae Ramzan.
Cliffie Miller and Marco van Rensburg maintained their form with a double.
- The next Fairview racemeeting is on Friday 6 June.
