Having missed her entire autumn three-year-old season, Magenta Skies is primed to make up for lost time as she prepares for her first race day appearance in ten months.

The daughter of Frankel displayed enough early promise in her initial two starts to earn a spot in last year’s Group 1 Flight Stakes (1600m), finishing seventh behind her Michael Freedman-trained stablemate Apocalyptic.

Following that effort, she underwent surgery for bone chips in a knee, a recovery process that kept her out of action for the autumn.

Magenta Skies has been accepted for Saturday’s Precise Air Handicap (1400m) at Randwick, with a benchmark race at Kembla Grange also under consideration. Freedman has expressed his satisfaction with her home-based preparations.

“Unfortunately, after she ran in the Flight Stakes last year she pulled up with a knee that required surgery,” Freedman stated.

“She had that and had a nice break. She’s had a steady, long build up that has been going well thus far.”

“I’m looking forward to getting her back to the races on Saturday. Whether that’s at Randwick or Kembla, we’ll have a look at both options.”

“Hopefully we can have an uninterrupted ‘prep’ with her, and get her to her full potential.”

Godolphin mare Mareth is set to resume in the Toyota Forklifts Handicap (1200m) at Randwick and will carry 56.5kg, benefiting from apprentice William Stanley’s three-kilogram claim.

She concluded her autumn campaign with a close second to Beskar in the Listed South Pacific Classic (1400m). Freedman has earmarked next month’s Group 3 Mona Lisa Stakes (1350m) at Wyong as her immediate target.

“We thought we’d kick her off on Saturday and look at a race like the Mona Lisa at Wyong in a couple of weeks’ time,” he said.

“The 1350 around there, I thought would really suit.”

“The three kilos (off on Saturday) will certainly be advantageous to her to drop in the weights a bit. She’s a very genuine sort of mare so it looks like a nice option for her.”

Mareth has undergone only one trial in preparation for her return, but Freedman indicated this would not be an impediment.

“She’s not an overly big, robust sort of mare so looking at her, I didn’t feel a second trial was going to be of any real benefit,” he stated.

“I’m happy for her to go to the races off the back of one.”

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