Ridgemont’s red hot sire Rafeef had a good day on Tuesday, producing three winners at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth.
Rafeef runners won the first, fifth and ninth races on Tuesday, with his daughters Hampstead Heath and Enchanting Choice running 1-3 in the fifth race on Tuesday.
Hampstead Heath (Grant van Niekerk) was one of three winners for Rafeef on Tuesday (Pic – Chase Liebenberg)
Rafeef gelding Rafa Bay justified favouritism when he won Tuesday’s Hollywoodbets Kenilworth Welcomes You Work Riders’ Maiden Plate (1100m).
Under Louis Burke, the Justin Snaith trained three-year-old flew out of the stalls and went on to make the running.
Rafa Bay fought off a challenge from runner-up Flying Finley and went on to win by nearly half a length.
Bred by Avontuur Thoroughbred Farm, the gelding is out of the Cape Cross mare Torra Bay.
Rafeef’s four-year-old daughter Hampstead Heath was well fancied to win Tuesday’s RaceCape Powered By Hollywoodbets Class 4 (F&M) (1600m) and duly obliged.
Under Grant Van Niekerk, the Adam Marcus trained filly powered home to win convincingly by a length and a half.
Now a two-time winner, Hampstead Heath, bred on the same Rafeef/Greys Inn cross as Gr2 winner Outlaw King, was bred by James Armitage.The filly is out of the Greys Inn mare Camden Borough.
Rafeef’s third and final winner on Tuesday came when his son Night Tiger won the ninth and final race.
The Candice Bass-Robinson trained five-year-old stuck his head down where it mattered most to win the Hollywoodbets Bright Future Class 4 (1000m) by nearly half a length.
Bred by Ridgemont Highlands, Night Tiger, who is out of the Doowaley mare Rei Rei, has won four times.
South Africa’s Leading First Season Sire of 2020-2021, Rafeef made headlines when his daughter Mon Petit Cherie won the recent Gr2 Western Cape Fillies Championship.
Mon Petit Cherie is one of two Rafeef fillies entered for the Gr1 World Sports Betting Cape Fillies Guineas.
