A new No 3 haircut was displayed when Mark Du Plessis removed his skullcap when returning on Recite at Awapuni on Saturday.
It was nothing compared with the haircut he and Recite had just dealt out to the others in the $225,000 The Oaks Stud's Stallions Sire Produce.
"That was her most impressive performance," said Du Plessis, who has said after each of the previous three unbeaten performances she is the best filly he's ridden.
Recite is so good Du Plessis admitted later his only worry had been pilot error. "I was a bit anxious because I knew I was the only one that could get her beaten."
There was no way that was happening.