Team Valor International’s purchase late last year of star filly Quid Pro Quo has been finalized after a veterinary green light was given earlier this week.
“All completed. She ticks over in the Wilgerbosdrift Gr2 Gauteng Fillies Guineas at Turffontein on 1 February,” TVI’s Barry Irwin told the Sporting Post. First entries close on 20 January for both sex Guineas, which are the first legs of the SA Triple Tiara and SA Triple Crown.
The transaction was originally concluded late December subject to export blood tests clearance.
While Barry Irwin of Team Valor International confirmed that plans are in place to export the Equus champion to Europe and ready her for Dubai in 2026, flight logistics dictate that she will stay on in the Barend Botes yard for a run or two
When beating the boys in the Betway Gr2 Dingaans at her first start as a 3yo, Quid Pro Quo had some experts comparing her to the ‘Galloping Goldmine’ Empress Club.
Quid Pro Quo runs off a rating 115, which makes her the joint second highest rated fairer sex sophomore in the country behind VJ’s Angel (119), and alongside WSB Gr1 Cape Fillies Guineas winner Fatal Flaw (115).
The Equus 2YO Filly is a daughter of Heuningsfontein-based sire Lance (Jet Master) out of the five-time winning daughter of The Sheik, Delightfull Diva.
Already a dual Gr1 and Gr2 winner, the multiple award-winning filly has won 6 races with 2 places from 8 starts for earnings of R2 175 250.
She was bred and owned by Gerald and Karen Kalil and born and raised at Summerhill Equestrian. She was bought back at the Bloodstock South Africa KZN Yearling Sale for R60 000.
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