Despite being seven years of age, the Ciaron Maher-trained mare has turned in career peak after career peak in 2024, having won four races, including The Everest, Tatt’s Tiara and Doomben 10,000 at Group 1 level, plus the $3m Russell Balding Stakes, to lift her earnings beyond $20m.
But this Saturday’s $3m Group 1 Darley Champions Sprint (1200m) presents possibly her biggest challenge of the year.
The daughter of Pride Of Dubai is backing up after winning the Russell Balding Stakes (1300m) at Rosehill for the second year in a row, with the Darley Champions Sprint to be her first start in Melbourne start since finishing fourth in the Group 1 William Reid Stakes (1200m) in March.
Her only unplaced run since then was also a fourth placing, in The Quokka (1200m), with her worst finish in eight starts since that Perth race being a third placing in the Group 2 Premiere Stakes (1200m) at Randwick.
Those eight most recent runs races were all run the clockwise direction.
Her William Reid fourth followed a fifth in the Yulong Newmarket Handicap (1200m) and a fourth placing in the Black Caviar Lightning (1000m), which were her first starts since a fifth placing in last year’s Darley Champions Stakes.