Keeping it in the family, seems to be the secret recipe of racehorse breeders and owners, Ian and Nina Robertson, after winning the Dahlia Plate in Port Elizabeth.
Yoshie won the Dahlia Plate for two-year-olds at Fairview on Friday over 1 200m. “We were thrilled with the victory,” said Ian.
The winner is a home bred filly (Antonius Pius-Blushing Fairy) from the Robertson’s Milkwood Stud in Port Elizabeth.
“Her mother, Blushing Fairy, also won the Dahlia Plate and her grandmother, Tarn Fairy, ran second in this race,” Ian explained the keeping it in the family theory.
“Thanks to (trainer) Alan Greeff and his staff and to Glen Hatt for a professional ride,” he added.
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