Ridgemont rider Richard Fourie and his Gqeberha boss Alan Greeff registered a hat-trick of East Cape Fillies Nursery successes when the unbeaten Varsfontein-bred Master Of My Fate filly Anotherdanceforme romped home in the 2025 renewal at Fairview on Friday.
Fourie and Greeff hammered home four winners on the afternoon, and besides the fact that Peter Moor’s Anotherdanceforme looks progressive and special at this stage, there are some remarkable similarities in this year’s Nursery victress and the combination’s 2024 winner, Splicethemainbrace.
Anotherdanceforme and Richard Fourie are out front in style (Pic – Pauline Herman)
Both are daughters of Master Of My Fate bred at Varsfontein, and both maintained their unbeaten records at their third start.
The Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein Stud – bred Fire Away filly Luna Halo provide the combination with their 2023 East Cape Fillies Nursery winner, Luna Halo.
While both Luna Halo and Splicethemainbrace have gone on with distinction, there looks to be something extra special about Anotherdanceforme, who simply lengthened her gigantic stride from the 450m and drew clear at 5-4 to beat Fiery Countess (25-1) by 5,25 lengths in a time of 67,13 secs for the 1200m.
On her return run after a meritorious effort at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Cape Town Met day, Instaworthy (5-1) looked dangerous late and just failed to go on with it, running a further three quarters of a length back in third.
4Racing’s Gail Rieder, Alan Greeff, Richard Fourie and Halo Stables patron Chad Matthews pose on the podium (Pic – Pauline Herman)
A very pleased Ridgemont-sponsored Richard Fourie said of the long-striding Master Of My Fate filly.
“She’s a top shelf filly. She wasn’t a cheap buy. She’s not a 6 furlong horse either! She has a bright future. She’s actually got wings,” quipped the happy jockey.
Trainer Alan Greeff labelled the winner ‘a very nice filly’.
“She won the 1000m races on pure class. She is going to be better over further. Well done to Varsfontein and to Mr Moor. He paid a lot of money for her and he is going to have a lot of fun with her.”
Now unbeaten in three starts, Anotherdanceforme has banked R194 375 in stakes.
Anotherdanceforme, who is out of the unraced What A Winter mare Destiny Dancer, is a full-sister to Listed Sweet Chestnut Stakes winner Princess Izzy.
She was a R650 000 buy from the 2024 National Yearling Sale and looks a serious black-booker.
