Jennivamoose continues to build her staying profile, with jockey Harry Coffey convinced the mare deserves her shot at higher honours after another tough victory at Moonee Valley.

The Ciaron Maher-trained stayer chalked up her third win in four starts when narrowly taking out Saturday’s Simpson Construction Handicap (2500m), adding to her earlier Valley win on August 9.

Coffey, who was again aboard, said her traits reminded him of one of Maher’s past Cup contenders. “I’ve had a lot to do with Ciaron’s stable and a lot of his stayers, and she is showing some similar traits as what High Emocean was, you could say,” Coffey said. “I won a Bendigo Cup on her before she went on to place in the Melbourne Cup.”

He knows the leap in class will be significant but is buoyed by her recent form. “It’s very hard at this time of year to go up in grade when you play against this level and they look like they can go to the next level, but time and time again they get found out. But at the moment she is doing everything right and I can’t shy away from that just yet.”

The $2.70 favourite, Jennivamoose edged out Muktamil ($4.60) by a short neck, with Bold Soul ($6.50) close behind in third. Her next assignment is expected to be the Group 3 The Archer (2500m) at Flemington on September 13 – a race that carries a golden ticket into the Melbourne Cup (3200m).

“The race everyone wants to have a throw at is The Archer, so we’ll see where she fits in and with today’s win, I assume she will get in,” Coffey said. “She did give me a good feel today, although it was a little bit closer than I thought. When she quickened, she quickened like the winner and quickened like she was going to round them up easily. Maybe the battle we got in was a mixture of the horses meeting her better at the weights and it might be difficult today to do what I did on her, loop the field, with the rail placement and chasing better horses.”