Aiming to emulate to famous dam

EXCEPTIONALLY-BRED youngster Frith In Flight will take another step towards emulating a feat of her famous dam this weekend.

By leading stallion Sweet Lou, Frith In Flight is from former top mare Frith.

A winner of eight Group Ones, Frith was retired with an outstanding record of 39 wins and 14 placings from 63 starts for breeding-owner Dianne Kelly.

Bankrolling $1,180,345, Frith was the fourth richest mare in Australasia.

Frith’s topshelf victories include the 2013 Breeders’ Challenge Final for three-year-old fillies and the 2014 Final for four-year-old mares.

Trained by Bruce Harpley, who also prepared her dam, Frith In Flight is working towards her own Breeders’ Challenge glory, with her path continuing at Club Menangle tomorrow night.

Successful in a Menangle-based heat on October 6, Frith In Flight is engaged in the first semi-final for two-year-old fillies.

Drawn barrier five, Frith In Flight is a $4.80 second elect TAB Fixed Odds.

“The draw could be a bit tricky, which is why you have Plan A and B,” Harpley said. “If she is handy enough in the run she will take some beating.

“She is feeling fantastic within herself, and as much as we’d like to win the heat, the main thing is to qualify for the Final.”

Exciting filly Birdsong heads the market at $1.33 for trainer KerryAnn Morris from gate eight.

Scoring at her two runs from a spell, taking her record to six wins and a second from eight outings, Birdsong captured the Group One Bathurst Gold Tiara last March.

“Birdsong has the record on the board and is clearly the one to beat,” Harpley said. “She’s drawn poorly, but what she has shown so far suggests she can overcome that.”