Mauritzfontein’s inform stallion Danon Platina has been churning out the winners of late.
The champion son of Deep Impact was at it again when Danon Platina came up with two smart winners at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday.
Danon Platina gelding Great Plains, winner of last season’s G3 Cape Classic, showed his class when he defeated a high-class field to win Saturday’s Lucky Fish Mystic Dash Conditions Plate (1400m).
Under a well judged ride from Andrew Fortune, the Justin Snaith trained four-year-old came with a late rattle to get up and win by half a length.
In the process, Great Plains accounted for last season’s G2 World Sports Guineas winner Sail The Seas as well as 2023 G1 Hollywoodbets Cape Guineas winner Snow Pilot.
Bred by Drakenstein Stud, the Nick Jonsson owned Great Plains has won five of 14 starts, with the gelding having also finished third in both last season’s G1 Hollywoodbets Cape Guineas and G2 Independent On Saturday Drill Hall Stakes.
Great Plains, who is out of the Var mare Mara, was a R700 000 buy from the 2023 Cape Premier Yearling Sale.
Danon Platina is also the sire of promising three-year-old Pomp It Up. The latter made it two wins from just four starts when he won Saturday’s Hollywoodbets Bright Future Class 4 (1200m).
Under JP Van Der Merwe, the Justin Snaith trained colt stormed home to score by half a length.
Bred by Maine Chance Farms, Pomp It Up races for Greg Bortz, Etienne Braun, Gina Goldsmith, and the Greenacres Trust.
Pomp It Up is out of the Silvano mare Possibility.
Japanese Champion Danon Platina, whose son Landoftherisingsun won the recent Listed Settlers Trophy, is set to be represented by his son Whispering Death in Saturday’s G2 Jackpot City Dingaans.
