Wilgerbosdrift’s promising sire Fire Away continues to come up with eye-catching winners. The son of War Front was at it again when his son My Best Shot ran out a fluent winner of the TAB Telebet 0861 000 822 Guineas Plate (1600m) at Fairview on Friday.
Under Richard Fourie, the Alan Greeff trained three-year-old turned Friday’s race into a procession, with My Best Shot romping home to score as he liked by three and a quarter lengths.
The progressive My Best Shot, third in the recent Listed Racehorse Owners Association Stakes, has won five of 11 starts and he won’t stop here.
Bred by Varsfontein Stud, My Best Shot is out of the Fort Wood mare Gypsy Madonna.
The colt was a R120 000 buy from the 2023 Cape Yearling Sale.
His inform sire Fire Away also enjoyed success at the Vaal on Thursday where his son Confederate won a smart race. Trained by Fabian Habib, three-year-old Confederate caught the eye when winning Thursday’s For Hospitality Bookings Call 011 681 1796 MR 84 Handicap (1400m).
Under Piere Strydom, Confederate burst out of the pack 200m from home and stayed on well to score by a length.
Bred by Moutonshoek, the gelding, out of the Danehill Dancer mare Acquavella, has finished first or second in his five starts.
Fire Away is one of over 100 stakes winners for his sire War Front, whose son Omaha Beach is the Leading Second Crop Sire, by earnings, in North America.