Relishing a return to fillies grade after acquitting herself well against Sydney’s elite mares in the Millie Fox Stakes last week - Lotteria, Wild Queen et al - Regal Cheer proved she is one of the classiest sprinting females in the country with a terrific win after racing three-wide for the majority of the seven-furlong event. 

Sprinting clear at the top of the straight Regal Cheer had the race in her keeping with only star filly Mnemosyne posing any signs of danger as she stoked up ominously from the rear of the field. Launching one of her trademark surges down the extremities the multiple G1 winner absolutely flew to the line in the closing stages to go down by 1 ¼ lengths. She is now set to peak and will be enormously hard to beat in whatever race John Hawkes decides to place her in next. 

The Gai Waterhouse trained Star Mystic surprised with her excellent third a further ¾ of a length adrift. Regal Cheer’s win is just reward for her consistency and her trainer Joseph Pride was a very satisfied trainer post-race. 

“To see her win a race like this is just great,” he said with a sense of relief. 

“She just tries so hard all the time, she really deserves that,” he stressed. 

“Now we’ll see if we can get a Group One with her.” 

As an $85,000 yearling from the 2004 Magic Millions Yearling Sale from the draft of Lomar Park Stud, the addition of a Group 1 for the daughter of VRC Derby winner Arena and Regal Chamber would be immense. After matching her mother and father’s effort of snaring a Group 2 success – Regal Chamber was successful in the 1997 Magic Night Stakes while Arena saluted in the 1998 Hill Stakes and Gloaming Stakes and the Hobartville Stakes in 1999 at that level – a G1 would eclipse her mother’s feats as she could only manage a third placing in the Golden Slipper.

© Cyberhorse 2006 Peter Mullen Published 12/03/06