Darryl Sherer
Caulfield trainer Henry Dwyer is targeting the Gr.1 Myer Classic (1600m) with his talented mare Swampland.
The daughter of Redwood followed a hat-trick of winter wins with luckless runner-up finishes behind Oregon's Day and Sword Of Light - the latter in Saturday's Gr.2 Let's Elope Stakes (1400m) - to announce herself as a legitimate spring contender in mares' grade.
"She came out of the [Let's Elope] run in great order,” Dwyer said.
Swampland, who has been in work for the best part of nine months, will now enjoy a brief freshen-up before a tilt at the Gr. 2 Tristarc Stakes (1400m) on October 21.
"We're lucky she's really clean-winded, we don't have to do much work between races. We can send her for a week in the paddock followed by two weeks on the water walker,” Dwyer said.
"If she runs alright in the Tristarc, you're two weeks into the Myer, step her up to a mile, which I think she's probably looking for, and you just have to have a crack with these mares that are in form."