The Shane Nichols-trained Iffuwish turned in a good performance to win on debut over 1100m at Wangaratta on Tuesday and the $150,000 Karaka Book 1 purchase shapes as a three-year-old filly worth following.
Iffuwish returns to scale a winner - image David Thorpe / Racing Photos
The daughter of Iffraaj put her head down where it mattered under a straight forward ride from Jamie Mott.
“She is a filly that I have got a lot of time for,” Mott said.
“All of her work and her trials have been really nice without being super impressive. I haven’t really asked her but she has been really honest and I have loved what she has been able to do at the jumpouts.
“I was really confident today that from a good draw we would get a good run and if she was good enough, she’d be able to win.
“The second horse made us really fight hard, but my girl was in for the fight.”
Nichols purchased Iffuwish from the draft of Jamieson Park at the 2020 New Zealand Bloodstock Book 1 Yearling Sale for $150,000.
The filly is out of the Redoute’s Choice mare Starwish, who in turn is a daughter of Group One winner Stella Cadente.
