DANCE ON AIR

Moutonshoek’s Galileo stallion The United States is enjoying a purple patch and his Boland Stud-bred daughter The Charleston showed that she is on the up with an excellent postmaiden effort to take top honours in the Bloodstock SA Sales Cup (2yo Fillies) at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday.

Cleverly ridden by the mercurial Grant van Niekerk, who had earlier steered Saartjie to victory in the Schweppes Listed Cape Oaks, The Charleston came from some way off and burst clear down the inside to go on strongly to win the 1200m contest at 17-2 and beat her stablemate and favourite Kyalami Girl (18-10) by over a length in a time of 73,2 secs. Golden Sickle (7-2) showed a lot of speed and stayed on for third, ahead of Gqeberha raider Luna Halo (7-2) and the 50-1 Ticket To Vegas, who ran fifth and banked the final stake cheque.

The race was restricted to eligible fairer sex graduates of the 2022 BSA Sales.

A R140 000 BSA Cape Yearling Sale purchase, The Charleston races for Barry Irwin’s Team Valor International and Brian Riley, and has won 2 races with 2 places from 4 starts for stakes of R351 213.

Bred by Boland Stud, the winner is a daughter of Galileo sire The United States out of the one-time winning Oratorio mare, Swift Dancer.