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Night Raid chalked up seven length victory Tatura.
The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained Night Raid (3 f Vancouver - Raid by Pins) ran an emphatic winner of the Kevin Hicks Real Estate Maiden Plate (1100m) at Tatura on Saturday.
The daughter of Coolmore sire Vancouver (Medaglia d'Oro) was fourth, beaten a little over a length, at her only previous start at Flemington behind subsequent stakes-winner A Beautiful Night (Night Of Thunder) in January.
After leading for the whole contest on Saturday, Night Raid pulled well clear of her rivals, eventually beating Javelina (Animal Kingdom) by an impressive seven and a quarter lengths, with another length and a quarter back to Javelina (Equanio) in third.
Purchased by Sheamus Mills and Mick Price Racing for $160,000 at the 2019 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, the filly is out of Listed winner Raid (Pins), making her a half-sister to Group 3-placed Mujallad (Redoute's Choice) and Listed-placed Tarismo (Testa Rossa).
Raid herself is a sister to Purely Spectacular - the dam of dual Group 1 winner and now Widden Stud-based sire Stratum Star (Stratum) and dual Group 3 winner Prague (Redoute's Choice), who finished second behind King's Legacy (Redoute's Choice) in the Sires' Produce Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) last season.
After slipping to Exceed And Excel (Danehill) and missing to Not A Single Doubt (Redoute's Choice), Raid has most recently been served by Darley-based sire Shooting To Win (Northern Meteor).
The Coolmore-based son of Medaglia d'Oro's (El Prado) first crop includes South African Grade 2 winner Mount Pleasant and he finished last season in Australia with 11 winners. Vancouver will stand the 2020 season at Coolmore Stud for $30,250 (inc GST), having stood the 2019 term for $44,000 (inc GST).