Previous Winners Of The G1 Allan Robertson Championship
Read about the horses from our stable who have been victorious in the G1 Allan Robertson Championship.
MRS GERIATRIX
Owner: Magical Lady Syndicate
Breeder: Clifton Stud
Pedigree: Vercingetorix - Velvet Glove
Mrs Geriatrix enjoyed an outstanding campaign as a two-year-old, which saw the daughter of Vercingetorix crowned as Equus Champion 2YO Filly of 2022-2023. The filly went unbeaten in five starts at two, with Mrs Geriatrix claiming no fewer than four black-type races. Her crowning glory came when Mrs Geriatrix won the G1 Allan Robertson Championship. Under Richard Fourie, the star filly showed her class when romping home to win as she liked by more than two and a quarter lengths.
Mrs Geriatrix, who had previously won both the G2 World Sports Betting SA Fillies Nursery and Listed Ruffian Stakes, would go on to claim the G2 Zulu Kingdom Explorer Golden Slipper.
SWEET PEPPER
Owner: Drakenstein Stud
Breeder: Drakenstein Stud
Pedigree: Trippi - Green Pepper
The regally bred Sweet Pepper, whose Gimmethegreenlight sired dam won five times, including the G3 Magnolia Handicap, made a superb start to her racing career. After winning impressively over 800m on debut, Sweet Pepper went on to make it two wins from two starts with a half-length defeat of subsequent G3 HSH Princess Charlene Starling Stakes winner Miss Daisy at the Vaal.
Sweet Pepper would claim her biggest career win when she scored a hard-fought win in the 2022 Allan Robertson Championship. In landing the Allan Robertson, Sweet Pepper accounted for such high-class fillies as River Queraress, Ameena, and Miss Cool.
UNDER YOUR SPELL
Owner: OTI Management (Pty) Ltd (Nom: Mr T F Henderson), Mrs B M A Lahoud, Messrs M A Currie, C N Francis, A Lahoud, Jarryd Lahoud, Allen F. Peters, & Larry Pogir
Breeder: Summerhill Stud
Pedigree: Capetown Noir - Deceptive Charm
Under Your Spell was a top-class filly who won graded races at two, three and four.
She showed her class early on, with Under Your Spell winning four of five starts at two, including the Listed Ruffian Stakes, G3 Protea Stakes and G1 Allan Robertson Championship. In landing the Allan Robertson, Under Your Spell made a big impression when running out a near four-length winner at the expense of her high-class stablemate Sound Of Warning.
The following season, Under Your Spell went on to win the G2 World Sports Betting Fillies Guineas and finish second to subsequent Horse Of The Year Princess Calla in the G1 HSH Princess Charlene Empress Club Stakes.
She would confirm her class the following season, when Under Your Spell won the 2023 G2 Hawaii Stakes, accounting for such G1 winners as Red Saxon, Humdinger, William Robertson, MK’s Pride and Puerto Manzano.
GIVE ME FIVE
Owner: Messrs L M Michael, D J Michael, & M A Michael.
Breeder: Mr & Mrs L J Jaffee
Pedigree: Goldkeeper - Dance Celebre
Give Me Five was a precocious sort who won her first two races. After making a winning debut over 1160m at Turffontein, the filly went on to claim the biggest win of her career when she won the G1 Allan Robertson Fillies Championship. Under Johnny Geroudis, Give Me Five stayed on gamely to best Fairy Queen by a neck.
Give Me Five would go on to win twice more, namely the 2011 G2 Camellia Stakes and the 2011 G3 Sycamore Sprint. At stud, the daughter of Goldkeeper produced three winners, notably G3 Sycamore Sprint winner Myfunnyvalentine (by Captain Al).