Placed behind Golden Slipper hero Capitalist at her career debut in the Wyong 2yo Classic 12 months ago, Foxwedge filly Aghna broke her maiden when making her seasonal debut for new trainers David and Ben Hayes and Tom Dabernig at Moonee Valley on Friday night.
Ridden by Mark Zahra, Aghna was among the best to begin and received a charmed run on the back of the pacesetting Sallybrook.
While Sallybrook gave a good kick for Jordan Turner, Aghna gradually wore her down to win by three-quarters of a length as the pair put a space on the field.
There is now a chance Aghna, will head to Magic Millions raceday on the Gold Coast, which comes two days after Vinery Stud will consign the Foxwedge filly’s full sister (Lot 245) to the Magic Millions Yearling sale.
“She’s done nothing but impress at home,” stable representative Bruno Rouge-Serret said.
“She’s eligible for the Magic Millions. There’s a 1400 metre race for her at the Gold Coast.
“David and Tom will sit down and work out if that is going to be the right option for her or not.
“The way she ran through the line today you would think, the way she settled, 1400 mightn’t be a problem to her.
Purchased for $50,000 by former trainer Gabrielle Englebrecht out of the Newgate Farm draft at the 2015 Magic Millions Yearling sale, Aghna is the fourth foal of the former talented racemare Moonboat, a stakes-placed daughter of Encosta de Lago.
Moonboat’s dam Moon Cha Cha is a three-quarter sister to Canny Miss, the dam of Group I Queensland Derby winner Camarena, dam of dual Group I winner Camarilla, who kept the family fortunes going by leaving multiple Group I winner Guelph.
It’s also the family of Golden Slipper winners Canny Lad and Sepoy.
Both the winning sire, Foxwedge, and the dam Moonboat were raced by the late Dr Edmund Bateman and wife Belinda.
Foxwedge enjoyed a two state metropolitan double as earlier in the day he sired three year-old filly Arizona Wildcat to win easily at Morphettville in Adelaide for the Lloyd Kennewell stable.
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