\u201cShe is a top-class filly and I do think with some more time and a better surface we are going to see her do some special things in the future. <\/p>\n
\u201cEven in her maiden win, she won on the bridle, and it was good to see her with the blinkers on today as she travelled a lot better and with some more time and 2000m you might see her sweet spot. <\/p>\n
\u201cWaimea Bay had a little setback in the spring but has come back nicely and won really well at her last start. <\/p>\n
\u201cFor her to pick up some black-type is great as she is a well-bred Savabeel filly, owned by the Chittick family.\u201d <\/p>\n
Fairy Dream holds a nomination for the Group 1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at Ellerslie on February 21 and the Group 1 Trackside New Zealand Derby (2400m) a fortnight later, with the stable undecided on which event to target at this stage. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s hard to say where we will go with her although the Fillies Classic [Group 2, 2100m at Te Rapa on February 7] may be next and then you may see her in both an Oaks and a Derby,\u201d Wellwood said. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe will stick to the fillies path at this stage and the Oaks is just an hour-and-a-half up the road to Ellerslie this year, which makes it easier to head that way, but who knows and the way she has won today, she has opened a lot of doors.\u201d <\/p>\n
Owned by Colin and Helen Litt, who also raced superstar mare Orchestral from the stable, Fairy Dream was a $360,000 purchase from the Elsdon Park Book 1 draft at Karaka in 2024. <\/p>\n
She is out of the stakes-placed Viscount mare Fairygem and is from an extended family that includes Group 1 Captain Cook Stakes (1600m) winner Penny Gem. <\/p>\n
The victory earns her six points in the NZB Filly Of The Year series, which is currently headed by Well Written and Lollapalooza on 20 points apiece.<\/p>\n
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