The entry for Snitzel filly Sing Your Song in this year’s Cox Plate was a big indicator of the high regard in which she is held by the Chris Waller stable and she opened her account at Warwick Farm on Wednesday in a $100,000 Super Maiden (1400m) that has a reputation for being won by ‘super’ winners.
In the past three years this maiden has been won by Attica, El Castello and Ceolwulf, who have all gone on to be Group I winners with connections hoping Sing Your Song will keep the winning run alive.
Second on debut last season and then third when resuming from a spell at Canterbury last month, Sing Your Song was given a more positive ride this time from a wide gate to take up a position and then forged clear to win by half a length over promising first starter Waiheke Rose.
"She hasn't had much luck so far (in her career) and it was a day to probably ask the question," Waller said.
"She was probably a little bit lost there but she's a very nice filly. Class horse. I was hoping she could be a Flight Stakes (G1) filly.
"Obviously, there's still a long way to go but we've probably got a little bit of time now to back off, regroup and time our run.”
Sing Your Song was bred by John and Stuart Ramsey of Turangga Farm and was a $450,000 Inglis Easter purchase from Davali Thoroughbreds and now runs in the colours of Stuart Ramsay.
She is a full sister to handy middle distance horse Mathias, who won the Group III ATC Frank Packer Plate and BRC Grand Prix at 2000m and she is the second foal from Never Listen, who second in the Group I VRC Oaks.
It’s a strong female family that can deliver a very good filly with grand-dam Rose O’War being a Group II winner that was also second in a G1 VRC Oaks and third dam Savana City won the Group I AJC Australian Oaks.
Never Listen had a colt by Hitotsu last year and was covered last year by The Autumn Sun.
