Signature Scent maintains perfect start
Inglis Ready2Race Sale-topper Signature Scent (Written Tycoon) continued to justify her price tag with a dominant victory at Caulfield on Saturday, extending her unbeaten record to two.
Trained by Ciaron Maher, the two-year-old filly followed up her eye-catching 4.25-length debut win at Bendigo on June 14 with another impressive performance in the Sportsbet Race Previews Handicap (1100m).
Maher stable representative Leigh Allen confirmed the filly will step up to black-type company next, with the Quezette Stakes (Gr 3, 1100m) at Caulfield in August a likely target.
“We’ve done a gene test on her and we’re waiting on that to come back, and that might give us a lead as to what other races it may lead to,” Allen said.
“But at this stage I would say we keep her around the same trip. 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 three-year-old, but at this stage it is likely to be the Quezette.”
Allen added the impressive part of the win was how the filly was able to take the sit and sprint at the end of the contest, saying: “It added a string to her bow in not having to lead in the end.
“She was caught in the coffin there and had to bide her time and the last 100 metres was probably her best.”
Bred and raced by Yulong, Signature Scent was purchased by Baystone Farm for $200,000 at the 2024 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, and was bought back by Yulong for $1,000,000 at the Inglis Ready2Race Sale later the same year.