The powerfully built grey filly is by the top USA sire Tapit out of a USA mare and was bred to southern hemisphere time by Highlands Farm Stud.

She had finished a strong finishing fifth and sixth respectively in both the Gr 1 Durban Golden Horseshoe and the Gr 1 Thekwini at the end of last season, so came into yesterday’s race, a Novice Plate over 1600m for fillies and mare, with a merit rating of 101.
She started at odds of 8/10 and was slow away for the third time in succession.

She then raced wide around the final turn, but that proved to be of no consequence as she powered clear to beat a promising sort in Cousin Annie by 7,5 lengths.
Another horse to take out of the day is Go West McGraw, who was caught wide throughout in a 2000m handicap, but still only just failed in an exciting three-way finish that was won by the Jet Master gelding Roy’s Jet under Stuart Randolph.

Another progeny of reigning champion sire Jet Master, the Dennis Drier-trained filly Gathering Fame, won a maiden over 1600m with ease under Sean Cormack and should have more wins in her.

The Charles Laird-trained Bold Inspiration later proved that gelding has brought the best out of him when winning the highest rated race on the day, a MR 93 Handicap over 2000m, by a comfortable 2,75 lengths under Kevin Shea.

The Horse Chestnut gelding has now won four races in six starts and could take in a feature race soon.

Shea formed a lethal partnership with Dean Kannemeyer at this time last year and the pair are repeating the dose. They had a another winner together yesterday with the Argentinian-bred Equal Stripes colt Boyes Drive, a three-year-old who won a maiden over 1400m at the second time of asking.

Meanwhile at Deauville in France the sensational miler Kingman cruised to his fourth Gr 1 in succession in the Prix Jacques. The John Gosden-trained three-year-old colt by Invincible Spirit runs in the same Khalid Abdullah-owned colours that Frankel sported and was ridden by regular pilot James Doyle.

Picture: Nkosi Hlophe