She was backed from 4-1 to 16-10 favourite, raced in the first two throughout and drew away from over a furlong out to win easing up and complete a Glen Kotzen-Greg Cheyne treble. Cheyne said: “When I asked her to quicken it was instantaneous. She could be anything but she gives you a classic feel.”

Kotzen , who had complained to Matthew Lips about her 88 rating, added: “The handicapper is probably laughing at me now! She has done hardly any work but she is a super filly and we hope to have her for the good races this season. She looks like a sprinter but we think she will be at least a miler and we are going to look at the Diana Stakes next.”

De Kock, who beat Vodacom Durban July winner Legislate in last year’s Selangor, is on the way back after fracturing his near-fore knee in the Grand Parade Cape Guineas and has been entered for an allowance plate at Kenilworth on Saturday. Brett Crawford said: “He is doing very well but I want to find something a bit nearer the Kuda Insurance Matchem on 4 October. I will see what there is but if the worst comes to the worst we will run on Saturday and treat it as a gallop.”

Blarney Bay definitely sidesteps the race with Mike Robinson explaining: “He has too much weight and he will run instead in a mile handicap at Durbanville on 10 September as he is drawn three. If the ground is a bit firmer by then it will help him to see out the trip but I’m still upset that last Wednesday’s race had to be cancelled because that was his best chance of winning.”

Heartland, Jackson’s full brother who was so impressive on last month’s debut, is one of seven  Justin Snaith entries for the Sophomore Sprint but he will wait for the six week Durbanville stint to end before running again. Snaith said: “We have had too much rain and at the moment the ground is too soft. I will use the interim to school him round the turn.”

Picture: Liesl King