Benedetta will begin her preparation for the season in the Group 1 Black Caviar Lightning Stakes (1000m) at Flemington on February 15.
The five-year-old daughter of Hellbent, who has won eight of her 16 career starts, secured her first elite-level win in last year’s Group 1 Goodwood (1200m) and has more top-level goals this campaign.
With less than a month until the Lightning, Benedetta will trial in the coming weeks as trainer Jason Warren intensifies her preparation.
“We’re really looking forward to her. At this stage we’re looking at running her in the Lightning,” the trainer told Racing.com.
“She will have a trial in a couple of weeks, she’s really building her fitness well.
“She’s furnished into a lovely mare now.”
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