The Klawervlei Stud bred I’M A FIREBALL (Vercingetorix) confirmed the promise he had shown earlier in his career when he won the March Stakes at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Sunday.
Trained by Mike and Mathew de Kock (Mike having trained both of I’m A Fireball’s parents), I’m A Fireball was given a superb ride by Callan Murray in Sunday’s feature race.
Murray quickly took his mount to the front, and kept I’m A Fireball going strongly for the pair to hold off ROLAND GARROS (Vercingetorix) and win by nearly half a length.
Owned by Hollywood Racing, the classy I’m A Fireball has won two of his last three starts and looks to be well above average.
The gelding is certainly bred to be good. A son of the Klawervlei Stud bred champion and champion sire Vercingetorix, I’m A Fireball is out of the top-class racemare GIBRALTAR BLUE (Rock Of Gibraltar), whose seven wins (four of which came in graded stakes races) including the G2 KRA Fillies Guineas. To date, Gibraltar Blue has produced seven winners including I’m A Fireball and his full-sister CULLINAN BLUE (Vercingetorix). The latter was beaten less than a length when finishing third in the 2024 Listed Betway Swallow Stakes.
This is also the family of promising three-year-old THESECRETADVERSARY (St Mark’s Basilica), who holds an entry for the 2026 G1 Betfred Derby.
Klawervlei Stud will be offering a Vercingetorix full-sister to I’m A Fireball and Cullinan Blue at the Premier Yearling Sale later this month, and she promises to attract plenty of attention!
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