Star
three-year-old filly Missisippi Burning continued a great weekend for
graduates of Bloodstock South Africa sales when she scored a courageous
victory in Sunday’s G2 World Sports Betting Fillies Guineas on Sunday.
The
Rathmor Stud bred filly made it four wins on the bounce when running on
strongly, under jockey Craig Zackey to land Sunday’s 1600m classic by a
neck over fellow BSA buy Mary O, who caught the eye with big effort
back in second place.
Missisippi
Burning has now won a pair of classics, with the Adam Marcus trained
filly having romped to victory, last time out, in December’s G1 World
Sports Betting Cape Fillies Guineas at Kenilworth.
The
filly was bought by owner Mario Ferreira for R380 000 at the 2018
Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale, and she has now won five of just
eight starts for prize money of R794 063.
Missisippi
Burning is one of 99 stakes winners for deceased champion sire Captain
Al, but is the first stakes winner for her Hussonet sired dam Spitfire
Lady. The latter won four times up to 1600m and was also runner up in
the Listed Flying Handicap.
She
was one of two BSA graduates to win feature races at Hollywoodbets
Greyville on Sunday, with exciting four-year-old Bunker Hunt putting up a
hugely impressive display when landing Sunday’s G2 Independent On
Saturday Drill Hall Stakes.
One
of two graded stakes winners for trainer Justin Snaith on Sunday, the
Varsfontein Stud bred gelding blew his opponents away when storming home
to land the Drill Hall Stakes by 1.6 lengths, while leaving G1 winners
Kasimir and Vardy in his wake.
A
son of champion, and former National Sale graduate, Dynasty, Bunker
Hunt now looks a likely July hope for owner Sabine Plattner.
The
gelding, who took his earnings to R567 500 with his win on
Saturday-with the promise of plenty more to come, was a R700 000 buy
from the 2017 National Yearling Sale.
Bunker
Hunt, a half-brother to G2 Wilgerbosdrift Gauteng Fillies Guineas
runner up Silver Thursday, is out of Captain Al’s high-class daughter
Secret Obsession, winner of the 2013 Syringa Handicap.
