Ben Mispelhorn hot favourite to take out Bay Sheffield Gift at Colley Reserve Queenslander Ben Mispelhorn is hot favourite. QUEENSLANDER Ben Mispelhorn - the man punters plunged heavily on yesterday - has set the cat among the pigeons with a scorching heat win at the Bay Sheffield Gift at Colley Reserve. Mispelhorn, off 6.75m, eased down 10m from the line to win Heat 13 of the 120m Gift at Colley Reserve in 12.56sec, .25sec faster than any other heat winner. The Kurrawa Surf Life Saving Club ace is now likely to be an unbackable favourite ahead of this afternoon's semi finals. Local hope Tjimarri Sanderson-Milera was the next most impressive of the 15 heat winners, cruising through in 12.81sec in Heat 14, as runners battled head winds of up to 50kph at the Bay. Victorian Adam Coote notched a win in the opening heat in 12.82sec before the wind picked up for many of the subsequent heats. West Aussies Aaron Breslan and David Panizza also ran eye catching heats, Breslan easily beating local hope Neil Thomas in Heat 9. Another of the local chances James Cibich cruised to a 12.96 sec win in Heat 12 where he was guaranteed to progress to the semis after a series of scratchings. He has been heavily backed through out the carnival and is now among the favourites with bookmakers. In the women's 120m Gift heats, Sandgroper Kiara Reddinguis (10m) bolted into favouritism after blitzing Heat 4 in 14.32sec. Fellow West Aussie Brittany Bymer and Victorian Cara Boustead also impressed in their heats, to round out a trio of interstate favourites heading into the semi finals. Natasha Inglis was the most impressive of the local winners, taking out Heat 7 in 14.53sec off 12m.