Michael Freedman has announced that his Group 1-winning filly, Manaal, will compete against her own age group at the start of next season.
The Group 2 Silver Shadow Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on August 24 is likely to be her spring debut.
“There are options. The Princess Series is the obvious one with the Furious, the Tea Rose and the Flight, but there’s also the option of having a look at the Run To The Rose, Golden Rose as a pathway,” Freedman said.
“I think we’ll just see how she returns and make firmer decisions after that.”
The Group 1 Sires’ Produce (1400m) winner showed promise when finishing fourth in a trial behind Schwarz (Zoustar) over 900 metres at Warwick Farm last Friday, a performance that pleased Freedman.
“Really nice. She went around, had a really easy one, I’ll probably give her another one in a couple of weeks’ time with the view to running first up in the Silver Shadow,” Freedman said of the rising three-year-old.
“I thought she was pretty unlucky in the Golden Slipper from a horrible draw and you probably couldn’t read anything into the Champagne run, the track was so heavy which she didn’t handle.
“She gives me every indication that a mile is within her scope so that leaves the Princess Series as a possibility.”
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