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Star Witness mare Our Crown Mistress enhanced her Magic Millions prospects with a classy Listed win in the Just Now Quality at Doomben on Saturday.

The big grey showed she is in the right form for her target race at next month’s Magic Millions meeting at the Gold Coast when she recorded her first win since the 2017 Melbourne spring carnival.

Prepared by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, Our Crown Mistress has now won five of 10 starts and more than $280,000 prizemoney.

Purchased by McKeever Bloodstock for $200,000 at the 2016 Magic Millions, Our Crown Mistress is from the Fastnet Rock mare Barangaroo and was offered by Kitchwin Hills.

Barangaroo, a city winner, is the dam of one other winner from the unraced Marscay mare Bennelong Belle.

The grey influence in the family comes from the third dam, the Kenmare producer Sunset Beach who is also the dam of Group winner Mardi’s Magic (Keny’s Best Pal) and her sister Surrealist.

Surrealist’s foals include five time G1 winner Racing To Win (Encosta De Lago) and G3 winner Purrealist (Tale Of The Cat).

Our Crown Witness is one of 14 stakes-winners by Star Witness, also the sire of the Waterhouse/Bott-trained G1 winner Global Glamour.

Barangaroo has an unraced 3YO filly by Zoustar, a yearling filly by More Than Ready and a colt foal by Star Witness.

Saturday’s racing produced more Queensland qualifiers for the $2 million Magic Millions 2YO Classic with wins by Oh Five Glory and Mishani Spirit at Doomben and the Gold Coast.

Unencumbered filly Oh Five Glory won at Doomben at her second start after a debut second at the same course, earning $54,000 that should be sufficient to give the $25,000 bargain buy a place in the MM Classic on January 12.

Co-trainer Will Hulbert said Oh Five Glory, a descendant of the brilliant G1 winner Special, will have one more lead-up race before the Classic.

Oh Five Glory’s deceased sire Unencumbered, a son of Testa Rossa, won the MM Classic in 2014.

“I bought her at the sales and 10 minutes later it came through that Unencumbered had died. She has been doing him proud,” Hulbert said.

Jet Spur filly Mishani Spirit remained unbeaten with her second win at Gold Coast following her debut success at Toowoomba in October.

Trainer Ben Currie said Mishani Spirit would have her next start in the BJ McLachlan Stakes at Doomben on December 29.

A $17,500 yearling buy, Mishani Spirit has earned $53,000. She is related to the G2 winner and multiple G1 placegetter Fell Swoop (Not A Single Doubt).

Victorian-trained sprinter Illustrious Lad could find his way to the Gold Coast for the Magic Millions Sprint after ending his drought in the Listed City Of Marion Stakes at Morphettville in Adelaide.

The 7YO Illustrious Lad (I Am Invincible x Industrious by Zeditave) had not won since October of 2016 but has done much of his racing at Group One level.

The Peter Gelagotis-trained Illustrious Lad was a $40,000 purchase at the 2013 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale by owner Anthony Panozzo.

Kiwi stayer Our Big Mike became the 11th stakes winner for the Zabeel stallion Don Eduardo when he won Saturday’s $300,000 Pakenham Cup.

Our Big Mike (Don Eduardo x Landvetter by Felix The Cat) wil head home for a rest after a dominant two lengths win in track record time for the 2500m.

Classic winner Don Eduardo is now in virtual retirement at Gooree Park Stud in NSW. The one time Australian record priced yearling has covered only three mares in each of the last two seasons.

French-bred import Coldstone became the 13th stakes winner by his sire Gold Away with his his win in the Listed Brisbane Handicap at Doomben.

Gold Away, by Goldneyev, is best known as the sire champion European mare Alexander Goldrun.

Coldstone is now with leading Brisbane trainer Tony Golan after starting off in Australia with Mick Kent in Victoria.

Former shuttler Medaglia d’Oro sired his 119th stakes winner when the 6YO gelding Cappo d’Oro led throughout in the Listed GA Towton Stakes at Ascot.

Cappo d’Oro (Medaglia D’Oro x Deep Time by Kinjite) had finished second at his three previous starts including a G3 placing.

Medaglia d’Oro has left a last influence in Australia through his G1 winning sire sons Vancouver and Astern, among his 21 global G1 winners.

Cappo D’Oro is from the Kinjite mare Deep Time, dam of the G1 winner No Wine No Song.

Universal Ruler’s promising 3YO gelding The Velvet King became a multiple stakes winner with a strong all the way win in the Listed Sir Ernest Lee Steere Stakes at Doomben.

The Velvet King (Universal Ruler x Doubleblack Velvet by Show A Heart) is among five stakes winners by G1 winner Universal Ruler (Scenic).