Harry Coffey knows the road ahead won’t be easy for Jennivamoose, but the jockey believes the mare has earned her chance to test herself against stronger company this spring after another Valley success.

Jennivamoose made it back-to-back Moonee Valley victories when she fought hard to land the Simpson Construction Handicap (2500m) on Saturday. It was her third win from her past four outings and further proof she is trending in the right direction.

Coffey, who also partnered her to victory at The Valley on August 9, compared her to a familiar stayer from the Ciaron Maher stable. “I’ve had a lot to do with Ciaron’s stable and a lot of his stayers, and she is showing some similar traits as what High Emocean was, you could say,” Coffey said. “I won a Bendigo Cup on her before she went on to place in the Melbourne Cup.”

He acknowledged the challenge of stepping up in class at this time of year. “It’s very hard at this time of year to go up in grade when you play against this level and they look like they can go to the next level, but time and time again they get found out. But at the moment she is doing everything right and I can’t shy away from that just yet.”

Sent out $2.70 favourite, Jennivamoose held off Muktamil ($4.60) by a short neck, with Bold Soul ($6.50) another half-length away. Her next likely test will come in the Group 3 The Archer (2500m) at Flemington on September 13, which carries a coveted ballot exemption into the Melbourne Cup (3200m).

“The race everyone wants to have a throw at is The Archer, so we’ll see where she fits in and with today’s win, I assume she will get in,” Coffey said. “She did give me a good feel today, although it was a little bit closer than I thought. When she quickened, she quickened like the winner and quickened like she was going to round them up easily. Maybe the battle we got in was a mixture of the horses meeting her better at the weights and it might be difficult today to do what I did on her, loop the field, with the rail placement and chasing better horses.”