13 “We were pretty con dent with her. She has been running so well, and she is twice the horse that she was last prep,” Mugavin said. “It was make or break tonight.” Given a patient steer by Jye McNeil, the ve-year-old's previous two victories for the stable had come at benchmark 56 level in South Australia at Mount Gambier. The daughter of Churchill had remarkably never been tested at distances beyond 1600 metres before joining Mugavin midway through last year, with her three latest victories coming at 1800, 2050 and 2500 metres. Ideas of a potential jumping career might have been put on hold with a valuable black-type win now added to her CV. Mugavin has nine horses of her own in training and has learned alongside many of her fellow local horsemen in Symon Wilde, Matthew Williams, Aaron Purcell and Daniel Bowman. “We bought a place on-course and started training with one or two horses,” she said. “We have nine racehorses and all up 20 horses in work with pre-trainers and breakers.” With 13 winners, and now a stakes win in her short career, the Mugavin stable is sure not to get under punters' guard again in a hurry.
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