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Daughter of Choisir out to add first Group 1 to CV

Trainer Mark Newnham is confident Every Rose (Choisir) can prove herself a genuine Group 1 filly when she tackles the Surround Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) at Randwick on Saturday. 

Last seen resuming with an impressive victory in the Light Fingers Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) on February 13, the daughter of Choisir (Danehill Dancer) will be having her first start at elite level and she will be ridden by Tom Sherry, who will be riding in a Group 1 for the first time. 

"Her first three starts were fantastic and then she didn't have much luck in the Magic Millions. In her two short preps after that she had maturity issues which weren't anything significant bar she needed time,” Newnham said. 

"This time she has come up well right from the start. We went there with a fair degree of confidence that she would run top three and she did that and did it well.

"Obviously the question mark is the 1400 metres but she'll find herself in front, if she can conserve energy she's every chance to run it out.

"Tom will give her a nice positive ride and it will be a matter of how well she relaxes in front.

"She will find the front, that's her natural pattern. She's a filly that likes to get out and gallop and we won't be getting in her way.

"She's drawn wide again but she showed she could handle soft ground the other day."