Ridgemont rider Richard Fourie and trainer Alan Greeff made it four winners, all tote favourites, from the first four races on the rain-impacted Fairview card on Friday when the top-rated My Best Shot stamped his authority in style to win the R175 000 Listed Ibhayi Stakes.
Top-rated My Best Shot (Richard Fourie) stamped his authority in style to win the Listed Ibhayi Stakes (Pic – Pauline Herman)
Having won on both surfaces the connections of the son of Fire Away would not have whinged when a jockey request – we don’t call it a ‘protest’ in the woke world anymore – led to a switch from the turf to the all-weather after the running of the opener on the card.
Looking well in at the weights, My Best Shot went off at 3-10 and drew clear really impressively to beat Golden Link by 2,25 lengths in a time of 82,01 secs.
Gavin Smith’s pacesetter Cool Cat (20-1) stayed on doggedly for third a further 1,50 lengths back.
Raced in partnership by Nick & Val McFall, Greg Blank, Gary Piha, Hilton Yutar, Darryl Yutar, and the trainer and his wife, Glennifer, the winner is registered his 7th victory with 5 places from 13 starts for stakes of R475 475.
A R120 000 Cape Yearling Sale graduate, the My Best Shot was bred by Varsfontein Stud and is a recently gelded son of Wilgerbosdrift’s War Front stallion Fire Away out of the twice-winning Fort Wood mare, Gypsy Madonna.
