By Neil Evans
The grand campaigner of Canberra racing, Keith Dryden, unveils his latest promising filly at the Wagga meeting on Sunday’s, and there is plenty to suggest she will hit the ground running.
Forty Four Cubits, which is a three-year-old daughter of group 1 winner Bon Hoffa out of a Street Cry mare, makes her debut for the Dryden stable in a maiden over 1000m for the fillies and mares.
Veteran Canberra trainer Keith Dryden brings Forty Four Cubits to the track for the first time.Credit:Getty
The meeting is a strong lead-up to the two-day Wagga Cup carnival next month, and Forty Four Cubits served notice of what may lie ahead with a dominant trial win on soft going at Goulburn two weeks ago.
With plenty in hand, the filly surged clear to win by well over two lengths, running a tick over 34 seconds for her closing sectionals.
She has been quietly earmarked for bigger races in late autumn and early winter provided the Wagga raid all goes to plan. And the stable will not have to look far for some of the better opposition.
The neighbouring Joseph and Jones stable at Thoroughbred Park has Shalaa filly Flying Shalaa making her debut in the same race off two much quieter trials.
Fellow Canberra trainer Gratz Vella has improving three-year-old Prophet Time second up after just missing in the Lickety Split back home, and former Canberra-based trainers Neil Osborne with five-year-old Falreine, and Joseph Ible with lightly raced Miss Patrika, can also command market support.
The meeting also heralds the return of exciting Albury five-year-old Magmetric in a benchmark 58 over 1200m to close the card.
A powerfully built son of Magnus trained by Ron Stubbs, Magmetric has no raced since a dominant front-running win as a hot favourite at home six weeks ago.
Magmetric was given a very quiet trial over the border and will take aim at a bigger race over the Wagga carnival, and potentially a Highway in the city, if he puts this opposition to the sword here.
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