Kommetdieding’s deserved retirement to stud seemed likely to leave the Michelle Rix/Harold Crawford stable facing up to the reality of racing as an ultra tough game in which good horses for small yards are few and far between.
However, they look to have another classy customer in the Ridgemont Stud-bred Canford Cliffs filly Secret Identity and fittingly she races in the same Ashwin Reynolds blue and red colours which Kommetdieding made famous.
Sy het met die ding gekom on Saturday in the Listed Hollywoodbets Super League Devon Air Stakes over 1400m when Grant van NIekerk produced her with a storming finish from a long way back in the running to win impressively by half-a-length from the Robyn Klaasen-trained Dolcezza and the Paul Matchett-trained Tamil Tigress.
That added to her eyecatching Maiden Juvenile win over 1200m at Hollywoodbets Greyville in her previous start.
Michelle chose her at the BSA National Yearling Sale having liked the pedigree and the well balanced, athletic specimen.
It was not long later that, whilst not being as good as Kommetdieding, she was giving the trainer the feel of being a feature class horse.
Her Antonius Pius dam Dinesen was a Listed runner up and a half-sister to Gr 1 winner Divine Jury and to a host of other black type performers including the Jet Master sire Divine Jet.
Rix landed her on behalf of Reynolds for R130,000.
It has taken her just three races to earn bold black type and the Gr 2 Golden Slipper will likely be her next race.
