South African champion Gimme A Nother made a big impression when she won the G2 John C. Mabee Stakes at Del Mar on Saturday. The 5-year-old bay was well-positioned throughout by leading rider Juan Hernandez, then fired in the lane to come away a length and a quarter winner in the nine-furlong turf test. She picked up a check for $150,000 from the gross purse of $252,000 to increase her career earnings to $425,773 with her eighth win in her 12th start.
“She (assistant Clapham) told me she’s a really nice filly. She told me she can run from behind the pace; you can do whatever you want with her,” said Hernandez.
“Around the turn she was getting out a little bit and the #4 (favorite Medoro) horse was getting a little close to me. So, I was just trying to get in a good position and save ground. As soon as the horse ahead of me stepped out a little bit, around the quarter pole, that’s when she took off.”
Prior to Saturday, Gimme A Nother, unbeaten in seven starts in South Africa, had finished runner up in all of the G2 Hillsborough Stakes, G3 Modesty Stakes and G2 Canadian Stakes.
The same day, another South African star, Beach Bomb, contested the G3 Light & Wonder Ladies Marathon Invitational Stakes at Kentucky Downs, but the dual G1 winner could only finish sixth.
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South African champion Gimme A Nother made a big impression when she won the G2 John C. Mabee Stakes at Del Mar on Saturday.The 5-year-old bay was well-positioned throughout by leading rider Juan Hernandez, then …
