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Trainer Garry Frazer had never laid an eye on Spright when she was sold for $100,000 at the Melbourne Premier sale, but he knew a bit about the family.
The daughter of Hinchbrook - a half-sibling to Way We Go and Mine Two - has impressed Frazer since arriving in his stable and earned high praise.
"I have the other two from the mare and they are both nice horses, I didn't go to Melbourne and look at her but the bloke who did liked her, obviously," Frazer said.
High hopes: Trainer Garry Frazer reckons Spright is ready to make a mark.Credit: Jenny Evans
"She has the best constitution and the best nature of any two-year-old I have had but that doesn't mean much unless she shows it on the track.
"There is an old saying that they are all cheap horses if they are winners and expensive if they not."
She might have done every thing right away from the track but a slow get away on debut at Randwick, cost her any chance when she ran into the sixth behind Honesty Prevails in the Widden Stakes.
"Had she stepped away with them, like she has at her trials, and got to the centre of the track like the rest of them did, I believe she would have been right up with the winner," Frazer said. "But she didn't.
"The thing about her is that she has improved from that and the experience is only going to help her.
"After that run she came home, ate up [her feed] in 30 minutes and then we gave her some hay and lucerne and that was gone in an hour. It is the way she is, she does everything right, you couldn't hope for a better horse."
Frazer resisted the temptation of heading to Melbourne for the Inglis Premier race last week as he is confident she can match it against the likes of Prized Icon, Telperion and Quick Feet in the Lonhro Plate where Ladbrokes keeping her safe in betting at $5.50, the third pick in betting.
"There are plenty of races for her in Sydney and she is up with the other two from the family. I would like to think she will get her win and we can go from there," Frazer said.
"If you look at the other two they have been good, Way We Go won his first two and is ready to trial soon and Mine Two is already group-placed and she will trial on Monday and be ready for the carnival.
"Spright has a bit to do to match them but I think she can."
