Warm Reception cruises to an easy victory on debut (JC Photos)
Wilgerbosdrift Stud’s exciting young stallions Fire Away and Buffalo Bill Cody look to have a pair of good three-year-old prospects, Warm Reception and Rifle Queen respective, who both won at Turffontein’s Inside meeting on Sunday.
Cape Breeders wote the below article on them:
Warm Reception made a big impression when making a winning debut at Turffontein on Sunday.
Trained by Candice Dawson, three-year-old Warm Reception was allowed to jump a 25/2 shot in Sunday’s 4Racing Welcomes You Maiden Plate (3-year-olds) (1200m).
However, under Serino Moodley, the daughter of Fire Away turned the race into a one horse contest, with Warm Reception drawing off to score an emphatic four length win on debut.
Bred and owned by Wilgerbosdrift, Warm Reception is out of the Tiger Ridge mare Folk Dance and is thus a half-sister to the unfortunately ill-fated Heather’s Boy, a Rafeef colt who won his firs three starts impressively before disappointing as second favourite for the Gr 1 Hollywoodbets Cape Guineas.
The filly shares her G3 Dixie Stakes winning sire Fire Away with a growing list of exciting performers including G1 TAB SA Classic winner Confederate, G1 HKJC World Pool Premier’s Champions Challenge hero Fire Attack and the East Cape stars My Best Shot and Luna Halo.
Fire Away is also the sire of last season’s Cape Racing Sales Cape Slipper winner Military Command.
By the same sire as the likes of the much missed Lancaster Bomber as well as recent G1 Arlington Million winner Fort Washington, Fire Away has seven lots on offer at this week’s August Two Year Old Sale.
Rifle Queen made it two wins from two starts.
Trained by Tony Peter (also the handler of Buffalo Bill Cody’s top-class sons Buffalo Storm Cody and Pistol Pete), three-year-old Rifle Queen was quickly sent to the lead in the Racing Today FM 74 Divided Handicap.
Under Louis Nhlapo, Rifle Queen kept going and she powered away close home to win decisively by nearly three and a quarter lengths.
Bred by Narrow Creek Stud, the filly had made a big impression when she won on debut by a length and a half.
Owned by the Hyperpaint Syndicate, Rifle Queen is out of the Elusive Fort mare Elusive Force.
Her sire Buffalo Bill Cody, a son of the mighty Redoute’s Choice,made a bright start to his stud career when his small first crop unleashed the graded stakes winners Buffalo Storm Cody (G1 Mercury Sprint) and Pistol Pete (G3 Betway Lebelo Sprint).
Buffalo Bill Cody has two lots on offer at this week’s August Two Year Old Sale.
