The stable of Tony and Calvin McEvoy has an abundance of choices with the exciting filly Natural Fling, who recorded a comprehensive first-up win at Caulfield.
The father-and-son training combination may well earmark a Group 1 sprint in the upcoming weeks for the daughter of Home Affairs, following her victory in the Group Quezette Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday.
Sent off as the $2.40 favourite under Damian Lane, Natural Fling powered to a four-length win from Scintillation ($16), with Oh Yes She Did ($14) a further three-quarters-of-a-length adrift in third. Punters searching for the best betting sites saw the well-backed favourite deliver an emphatic performance.
Natural Fling’s winning time was 1:03.91, a margin just shy of 0.5 seconds quicker than Hard Kick’s time in winning the colts’ equivalent, the Group 3 Vain Stakes (1100m), run one race prior.
Making only her third career start, Natural Fling was successful on debut at Caulfield in May before securing a second-place finish in the Magic Millions 2YO National at the Gold Coast later that month.
Calvin McEvoy expressed his excitement, noting Natural Fling as a filly of considerable talent.
“We had to pay good money for her at the sales, but we have really good owners in her and they stumped up the cash to buy into a Home Affairs filly,” McEvoy said.
“These colours are famous within our stables and we’ve always had her at the front of the bus in our team of two-year-olds and now three-year-olds, and her trial was fantastic and for her to come here and back it up in a great race, it’s so pleasing.”
McEvoy indicated that the stable had worked on harnessing the filly’s speed, observing that while she was running fast, the pace was controlled.
“She’s grown up this preparation, and she was impressive and put a gap on a quality field,” McEvoy commented.
“We won this race with a filly that carried the same colours, who was very good, and this filly may be like her.”
That filly was Sunlight, who triumphed in the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) at Flemington in 2018.
It is a race the McEvoy’s will consider for Natural Fling, though a more immediate target may be the Group 1 Moir Stakes (1000m) at Sandown on September 5.
“There is the Cap D’antibes Stakes (a week later) which comes up, there is the Coolmore which would be a great race to win, and we may even consider the Moir with no weight,” McEvoy stated.
“They are all good options. She is a Group winner which is so important for the pedigree, and I don’t think that is the end for her.”
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