The filly Scintillation’s connections, impressed by her pedigree, are weighing up a wide draw entry into the Lonhro Plate against opting for a milder midweek target.
Bred from superstar sire I Am Invincible and out of stakes mare Minhaaj, she has trialled effectively on two occasions in the lead-up to her race debut, potentially now shifted due to copping the outside gate 13 in Saturday’s Listed feature.
“I’m not sure if she will run yet. There are a couple of options next week we want to think about,” co-trained Tom Charlton said.
“She’s a very sharp filly. Not the biggest but very strong and her trials have been sharp so we will look for her running well whenever she does.”
Her dam dominated her first pair of starts at two, highlighted by success in the Group 3 Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) on Flemington’s track, later collecting additional elite honours with John O’Shea.
Charlton, then part of his co-trainer’s team, highlighted likenesses between the filly and her parent.
“Minhaaj probably had a little bit more size, but she has thrown a very good first foal,” he said.
“There are a lot of similarities in the sense of their strength.
“We’d obviously love to achieve some black type for connections. She is a valuable proposition. We’re still learning about her, but her trials are indicative that she could do that.”
Intent on debuting their exciting three-year-old Napoleonic in the Eskimo Prince Stakes (1200m), the stable faces quality rivals but Charlton looks forward to testing him.
“Tempted is arguably the best 1200-metre three-year-old and she brings extremely good form, and Wodeton has good form and gets in very well at the weights getting two-and-a-half kilos off us,” he said.
“But we couldn’t be happier with our fellow. He is a really nice horse and I’m sure he will run very well.”
The racing betting markets are heating up ahead of the Eskimo Prince Stakes showdown.
A field of eight has been accepted for the Eskimo Prince with Everest runner-up Tempted an odds-on favourite.
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