Ciaron Maher says Pride Of Jenni (Pride Of Dubai) could not be going any better as she returns to the scene of her most devastating win this weekend.
The superstar mare heads to Randwick to contest the Gr.1 King Charles III Stakes (1600m), her first run in Sydney since her demolition win in the Gr.1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) at the course in autumn.
“It’s exciting,” trainer Ciaron Maher said.
“It doesn’t matter where you run her, it’s exciting every time you take her to the races.”
The seven-year-old daughter of Pride Of Dubai galloped at Cranbourne on Monday morning under regular hoop Declan Bates, who was once again pleased with the mare’s work at home.
“She worked this morning and worked really well, pretty similar to what she did leading into Moonee Valley (Feehan Stakes),” Maher said.
“She’ll travel up Wednesday. I’m pretty happy with her, she’s in a good spot, Dec (Bates) knows her really well and he was basically a passenger again today just holding her as quiet as he could.”
Maher confirmed Pride Of Jenni would still be a likely starter in the Cox Plate on the back-up.
“Wednesday and then Saturday. We’ll have a look at the Cox Plate after that,” Maher said.
“This has been her target right from the time she went out.”
A daughter of Pride Of Dubai, Pride Of Jenni was bred by Trelawney Stud and is out of the O’Reilly mare Sancerre.
