The unbeaten Ridgemont-bred Rafeef filly Reet Petite confirmed her enormous classic potential when winning her third start on the roll, with a sweeping victory in a fairer sex Class 4 over a mile at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Monday.
The unbeaten Ridgemont-bred Rafeef filly Reet Petite confirmed her enormous classic potential when winning her third start on the roll, with a sweeping victory in a fairer sex Class 4 over a mile at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Monday.
Having her first outing at the Southern Suburbs venue after two good victories at the tighter Hollywoodbets Durbanville circuit, Reet Petite was ridden prominently and confidently by Ridgemont rider Richard Fourie and won going away at short odds of 4-10 to beat the year older Hunga Tonga by 2,25 lengths in a time of 99,29 secs. The opposition included two classic contenders in Educator and Viva La Vida, who were both well beaten.
“She’s a very intelligent filly and looks at everything. She’s also growing fast and is fun to ride. Simply she’s a beautiful filly to be affiliated with and I’m looking forward to the long summer home run with her,” enthused Richard Fourie.
Reet Petite is a daughter of Ridgemont’s boom Redoute’s Choice sire Rafeef and is out of the Daylami grey Gr3 Diana Stakes & Gr3 Victress Stakes winner, Super Elegant, who was trained by Piet Steyn in her track career.
Super Elegant’s only two previous winning foals are full-sisters to Reet Petite, in five-time winner, Enchanting Choice and recent winner Exquisite.
Reet Petite, who races in the familiar white, green and blue of Ridgemont in partnership with Devin Heffer, is one of 19 first entries for the R1 250 000 World Sports Betting Gr1 Cape Fillies Guineas, to be run at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday 6 December on the summer course.
Past Ridgemont-bred winners of the timeless classic include Make It Snappy (2022) and Front And Centre (2018).
R1 250 000 1600m (Turf / Summer)
CAPE FILLIES GUINEAS (Grade 1)
| 4 | Act Of Grace | Glen Kotzen | 84 | |
| 16 | Augusta Rosso | Alan Greeff | 86 | |
| 19 | Beach Verse | Candice Bass | 85 | |
| 12 | Educator | Dean Kannemeyer | 93 | |
| 6 | Electromagnetism | Candice Bass | 94 | |
| 13 | Golden Palm | Alan Greeff | 115 | |
| 18 | Keukenhof | Dean Kannemeyer | 105 | |
| 9 | Lowveld Lily | Justin Snaith | 105 | |
| 10 | Midnight Lady | Glen Kotzen | 81 | |
| 1 | Ovation Star | Mike / Mathew de Kock | 94 | |
| 5 | Princess Of Gaul | Dean Kannemeyer | 110 | |
| 3 | Queen Braganza | Mike / Mathew de Kock | 89 | |
| 15 | Quickstepgal | Tienie Prinsloo | 109 | |
| 14 | Reet Petite | James Crawford | 86 | |
| 2 | Stormwatch | Eric Sands | 98 | |
| 7 | Tulip Fields | Dean Kannemeyer | 86 | |
| 8 | Ukuduma | Vaughan Marshall | 95 | |
| 11 | Viva La Vida | Vaughan Marshall | 92 | |
| 17 | Wish List | Justin Snaith | 103 | |
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Supplementary entries close at 11h00 on Friday 28 November.
Declarations are due by 11h00 on Tuesday 2 December.