Pride confident Godolphin filly can deliver at Rosehill

Trainer Joe Pride isn’t wasting any time testing out what the future may hold for promising Godolphin filly Taxation by skipping a number of grades with her at Rosehill on Wednesday.

Pride, fresh from his first Group 1 win for Godolphin with Attica in the Spring Champion Stakes, is adamant Taxation has a good share of ability and will use the Calerie Life Sprint (1100m) to shore up his thoughts.

Leading Sydney trainer Joe Pride.Credit: Getty Images

The three-year-old made an impressive debut when winning a maiden at Hawkesbury as favourite earlier this month and Pride elected to come straight to a Benchmark 72 in town.

“I’ve never minded doing that when I’ve got horses that have the quality,” he said.

“If you think a horse is on a trajectory to being a black type horse it’s a bit different. I don’t mind chancing my arm and finding out, you can always come back.

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“For this filly I would have thought the autumn would be good for her and we need to find out how good she is now and get her benchmark up.”

It’s a pointer to his opinion that he scratched the filly from a Class 1 at Hawkesbury on Tuesday to run in a Benchmark 72 against some seasoned rivals.

Taxation is the first foal of Group 3 winner Amercement. Pride said when he was looking over the horses Godolphin sent to his stable she was one that stood out.

“She’s the best filly they’ve given me. She’s a really nice filly, quality, she’s got so much going for her it’s not funny,” he said.

“You shouldn’t get carried away, she’s had one start, but she’s got some serious potential this filly.”

A shower or two in the lead up to the meeting would see Pride’s confidence soar that Just Glamorous can show her true form with a drop in grade into the Calerie Life Handicap (1400m).

The mare was well-supported when making her debut for Pride two weeks ago but she beat one home in a 1200m dash where she didn’t get into the race at all.

“I want some rain for her, she’s going to be much better suited on wet ground,″⁣ he said.

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