Well-known breeder and former ATC chairman John Cornish may have another standout filly in his ranks with Stardom, who landed the Woodlands Stakes (1100m) in gritty style at Scone on Saturday.

Stardom, a daughter of P J Bell Stakes winner Diddums—also raced by Cornish—showed tremendous heart to land the feature, adding to a strong pedigree that includes Torryburn-bred stars Hot King Prawn and Voyage Bubble.

“I think we’ve deserved it. A few drinks have gone past since we’ve had a good filly,” Cornish said.

“I thought she might have been beaten two, three times but (she put her) head down and she kept coming. That’s a good sign in a baby, isn’t it.”

Trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, Stardom had placed on debut behind Akaysha and Beadman at Kembla Grange before going on to score over 1200m at Wagga.

Jockey Adam Hyeronimus praised her tactical speed and the Tulloch Lodge stable’s ability to successfully freshen her for a shorter trip.

“Horses that come from the stable, they’re so sharp out of the gates and it puts them in a really good position to be dominant like she was today,” he said.

“It was a very good training performance from Gai and Adrian because generally the horses from the stable will always progress out over further once they’ve started racing but for them to bring her back to 1100 metres in a stakes race, although she won well at Wagga, it was always going to be difficult and that goes to Gai and Adrian.”

Stardom ($3.60) hit the front early in the straight and fended off all challengers to win by a long neck from Wollzeile ($26), with favourite Akaysha ($2.40) a length further back in third.

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