Cameletta Vega upholds family honour with impressive debut
Daughter of the brilliant Quevega easily lands bumper victory at the Galway Festival.
Cameletta Vega was an poignant winner of the final race on the penultimate day of the Galway Festival. Trained by Willie Mullins, the five-year-old is a daughter of dual Derby hero Camelot out of the brilliant racemare Quevega, making her a half-sister to multiple Grade One-winning stablemate Facile Vega, who was fatally injured earlier this week. Quevega famously landed the Mares’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival on six occasions, while Facile Vega followed in her hoofprints by winning the 2022 Champion Bumper in the Cotswolds. With the champion trainer’s son Patrick doing the steering, Cameletta Vega was an 8-11 shot for the Salthill Hotel Irish EBF Mares INH Flat Race, which had gone to the all-conquering Closutton team five times in the last eight years.Now that’s a debut and a half! 🟥🟦
𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐠𝐚, by Camelot and out of the brilliant Quevega, makes just about all the running to end the 2024 @Galway_Races Festival on a high note.We’ll be hearing plenty more about her!@WillieMullinsNH pic.twitter.com/dpqYsBuyRE — Racing TV (@RacingTV) August 3, 2024
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