Signature Scent (Written Tycoon), a winner on debut for trainer Ciaron Maher, stayed unbeaten with a one length victory at Caulfield for jockey Craig Williams over 1100 metres. Thanks Gorgeous (Peltzer) led for jockey Fred Kersley but couldn’t hold off the fast-finishing glamour filly with Signature Scent breezing past for the victory. Thanks Gorgeous held on for second for trainers Mark and Levi Kavanagh, with Luke Oliver-trained Teine Aulelei (Tagaloa) a half-length back in third.
She will be pushed up the grades into stakes company next. “There is the Quezette Stakes here in a month, but we’ll have a look to see what else is around for her as a 3-year-old, but at this stage it is likely to be the Quezette,” said stable representative Leigh Allen.
“Her physique herself, her mannerisms, she’s quite relaxed, she covers the ground really well, she feels very robust,” Williams said when asked what makes her special.
“Today, you saw a bit more of an option where, if she leads, she can break them in my opinion, and today, she was very relaxed off the speed. It gives them potential options for going out (longer in distance) if they choose to because she relaxed really well today.”
Written Tycoon | Standing at Yulong.
She made history as the first seven figure sale at the Inglis Ready-To-Race Sale, purchased by Yulong from Baystone Farm’s draft for $1 million, and is a daughter of dual Group 1 winner Soriano (NZ) (Savabeel), Champion Middle Distance Horse in NZ in 2014-15. Signature Scent was bred by Yulong and was sold by them for $200,000 at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale to Baystone Farm.
Soriano has produced four other winners including stakes placed Alsonso (Zoustar), and recent 3-year-old winning filly Therapist (Grunt (NZ)) who won at Seymour two weeks ago. Soriano is out of Group 3 winner Call Me Lily (NZ) (Just A Dancer (NZ)) who also produced Gr.3 winner Kaizer Franz (NZ) (Savabeel) and stakes placed Affairoftheheart (NZ) (Fusaichi Pegasus {USA}).
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