Just as the leading pair looked to have the finish to themselves, Ohope Wins hit overdrive and swept past them both to defeat Single Red by half a length, with Tajana a further neck back in third. <\/p>\n
Lance O\u2019Sullivan, who prepares the filly in partnership with Andrew Scott, reiterated that the main target for the filly is the New Zealand Oaks. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt was some performance as she has given them all a big start,\u201d O\u2019Sullivan said. <\/p>\n
\u201cComing to the corner I thought she was going to have to be pretty good, and when Joe got her to the outside and gave her clear air she showed she is a filly well above average. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe plan has always been to go to the Oaks and we certainly won\u2019t be changing that plan. <\/p>\n
\u201cShe looks like she will be very competitive in that and I\u2019m thrilled for Yulong who have come on board. <\/p>\n
\u201cShe is fit so it will be just maintenance work now as she is ready [for the Oaks]. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe have always thought she would come into her own over a middle distance and she has a beautiful action and one we have always liked.\u201d <\/p>\n
Doyle thought he might be running for minor money early in the run home but praised the filly for her tremendous will to win. <\/p>\n
\u201cI was thinking \u2018wow\u2019 all the way up the straight as they put the blinkers on her today and she travelled a lot better,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe still had an awful lot of ground to make up, and I did think she might run a nice third or fourth and we would be happy, but she just picked them up and she is a bit of a superstar. <\/p>\n
\u201cShe has the right attitude and is very brave. She had been lazy in the past and we knew we would just take our time and I didn\u2019t have to get serious until the last 100m, where she was always going to win.\u201d <\/p>\n
Ohope Wins has collected two victories from just five starts and more than $319,00 in prizemoney. She is now listed as the $2.20 fixed-odds favourite for the New Zealand Oaks at Ellerslie on February 21. <\/p>\n
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