Prinsloo makes his mark

The crack Vercingetorix filly Quickstepgal has been sold by Rakesh Singh to Laurence Wernars and Harry Wilson, but the good news for Summerveld-based Tienie Prinsloo is he will continue to be the trainer.

- DAVID THISELTON

Tienie said the sale had not come as a surprise to him and revealed, "We all along knew what we were going to do, so we just sat back and relaxed and thought that is what we are going to do one day. When Laurence approached us we said, ‘Ok, let's do it.’ It was so quick, 1, 2,3 and it was all over."

Tienie was not surprised to stay on as trainer and explained, "I knew the filly would stay with me, because Laurence also sent me two babies. Very nice babies, a Trippi filly and a New Predator filly who is from the family of True To Life, Deo Juvente, Zebra Crossing, African Lion, Tecla Bluff etc. But just looking at both of them you can see there is class in them, they are not going to be running as maidens. They are very well put together. They came off the farm and they had a little bit of long hair, but now they have started shining and they are in work already."

Quickstepgal

Tienie is not sure of the route Quickstepgal will be taking yet, but he has eyed a nice reappearance opportunity.

He said, "At the end of October there is anice race over 1600m for her.”

He continued, "At the moment I am just playing with her, but Laurence said to me Justin Vermaak will phone me and then we will sit down and discuss what we are going to do and we'll take it from there.”