A few months too late for those ?'s
The potential has always been there, the excitement her race performances generate have always pointed to the superstar that she could be.
For a moment, forgetting the name, the hype, the buzz and the naysayers after the field fell away somewhat - a 3yo filly, returning from injury, taking on the older more seasoned and race-fit horses and the manner in which beat them, is huge (and no I didn't back her tonight, was never even tempted to at those odds).
Whilst in the grand Group 1 (here and abroad) scheme of things, she didn't beat much, it was in the manner she did it - which, considering the way the race was run, she had to win like that to justify the wraps on her.
She put paid to them in a stride and the race was 'over' in the blink of an eye and she'll take enormous benefit out of that. Her class won that. She needed the run, she needed the experience, she did enough wrong when the pressure went on to suggest her victory shouldn't have been quite that expansive and that her professionalism isn't 'there' yet - but she did it on her ear.
Here De Angels is no slouch - he simply had his pants pulled down and was harshly spanked by a genuine, up and coming G1 sprinting (at least) superstar.
Outstanding breeding and she's start-by-start proving to be the best of that generation - she is (will prove to be imo) quite better than Magnus..... the world is probably her oyster - but first, let's see her do it here against our best. Any chinks in her sprinting armour (barrier/starting manners of greatest note and she still races to her experience level) will be exposed by the likes of All Silent, Denman and co. But the day she puts it all together.... *shivers*.
Suitable targets this Autumn....? How far can she go? She'll run a mile easily imo. Should she be tested over further this prep? Can she go as well the opposite (Sydney) way?
All questions which will be thoroughly debated over the course of this season and her career - fingers crossed she just stays sound.
Gotta love this season for 3yos
How lucky is Peter Moody at the moment?! Typhoon Tracy, Black Caviar, Set For Fame, Wanted, Avenue, Headway, Tickets, Hanks, Salinas, Willow Creek..... all young, all with plenty of racing ahead of them, all looking to be quite talented - hopefully the stable keeps kicking goals