2012 SA Champion freshman Sire Trippi has another USA Stakes winner

Trippi is SA’s newest Champion Freshman sire. He has set a new record in SA for number of stake races won by a crop of 2yo’s. Well done to Drakenstein Stud and the syndicate that own Trippi who also scored another USA stakes win this week. He also had two more winners in USA last weekend and his Gr1 runner finished 5th. Extract of a report from USA follows:

"GOURMET DINNER WINS MAJESTIC LIGHT

Gourmet-Dinner-Aug12 Gourmet Dinner’s victory in Sunday's $100,000 Majestic Light is the first stakes race on Haskell Day at Monmouth. The 7-1 chance rallied beneath Javier Castellano to deny Ponzi Scheme by a neck.

Gourmet Dinner was out of action for nearly a year following his runner-up effort in the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth on February 26, 2011. His best effort this season was when third in the May 19 Elkwood Stakes on turf.

The Majestic Light was his first opportunity to travel two turns and he enjoyed it. The Trippi colt was held up rear of the field in the early stages.

In the far turn, Gourmet Dinner started his move four-wide move. As the field swung into the stretch, Ponzi Scheme took over from I'm Steppin' It Up with Gourmet Dinner in hot pursuit. Ponzi Scheme dug deep and fought back along the inside. Gourmet Dinner found more and finished 1 1/16 miles on the fast track in 1:44 1/5.

Gourmet Dinner’s record now stands at 14-5-2-2 for $1,067,277. The Florida-bred won his first three career starts for trainer Peter Gulyas, including the Dr. Fager Stakes and a division of the Florida Stallion Stakes. He changed stable and rallied for second in the In Reality division. He scored a career best in the lucrative Delta Jackpot and ended 2010 with a fourth in the Grade 1 Cash Call Futurity. He also placed in both the Grade 3 Holy Bull and Fountain of Youth.”

- Freeman Stallions