Ciaron Maher took advantage of taking a small team of horses away from Cranbourne for gallops at Caulfield on Tuesday morning.
One of those horses was evergreen mare Pride Of Jenni who is building towards a start on Saturday week.
Maher indicated the Group 1 Australian Cup (2000m) at Flemington was the likely next assignment for Pride Of Jenni while the Group 1 Queen Of The Turf Stakes (1600m) at Randwick next month is also under consideration.
Pride Of Jenni resumed her autumn campaign finishing third to Tom Kitten in the All-Star Mile (1600m) at Flemington on March 7.
Maher said Pride Of Jenni had taken natural improvement from the run and galloped strongly on her own at Caulfield.
“Dec (Declan Bates) said she was wanting to pull him in half early in the gallop, so that’s always good to see,” Maher said.
“She had a nice blow after her first-up run where she ran pretty quick time, fresh up, so she will take natural improvement and she wasn’t here (this morning) to bring her on or anything, it was just a tick over gallop.
“I’m quite happy with how she came through her first-up run. Her weight is good, her action is good and she just had an easy time this morning.
“The Australian Cup or the Queen Of The Turf, is next, but at this stage the Australian Cup.
“You would think Flemington is more chance of being drier than Sydney, but the main thing is she came through it well and we’ll track towards the Australian Cup.”
Other horses to join Pride Of Jenni were Middle Earth and UK-import King Of The Sea.
Middle Earth is gearing for a late autumn – winer campaign in Queensland before being set for a Cups campaign in Melbourne while King Of The Sea is still acclimatising to Australian conditions having arrived at Maher’s stable earlier in the year.
