She’s likely to be giving two of her main opposition this Friday night a big head start in the run, Deny Knowledge and Pride Of Jenni, but Miller says the two speed influences could actually enhance her chances. “When she gets into a fast tempo race you’ll see her at her best, because she can absorb pressure and quicken.” The Group 1 Charter Keck Cramer Moir Stakes is one of only two 1000-metre Group 1 races on the calendar, and headlining this year’s edition is New Zealand’s best horse Imperatriz. The daughter of I Am Invincible stopped the clock at 56.68 seconds in Mittys McEwen Stakes last start, shaving an incredible 0.16 off the previous fastest time. It was Victorian Assistant Trainer Ben Gleeson’s first winner for Te Akau, and the nature of the victory stunned him, as it did race caller Matt Hill who too was lost for words – a rare occurrence. “The way she zipped past him (Giga Kick), I was literally shellshocked, but also extremely excited by the fact she did that first up. “We still have three more assignments ahead of us, so hopefully she can reproduce that.” Those three assignments will be Friday night, followed by the Ladbrokes Manikato Stakes on Cox Plate Day and the Champions Sprint on the final day of the Flemington carnival. If successful in all three, she would take her Group 1 tally to eight. The planned preparation comes as a surprise to some, given the New Zealand-based camp are turning down slot holders in the $20 million Everest, but they say keeping her the Melbourne way of going and picking off more Group 1 races is more important to them than potential prizemoney gains.
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