Rising stablemates earmarked for bigger prizes

A pair of talented three-year-old stablemates can take a big step towards black type action when they line up at Wednesday’s Kembla Grange meeting.

Lightly raced gelding Beauty Swift, and exciting filly Glastonbury Girl are on the rise for the Matthew Smith stable at Warwick Farm.

And with some good feature stand-alone Saturday meetings coming up, the duo are being earmarked for bigger prizes.

Beauty Swift, a son of generational Group 1 star Pierro, tackles a Benchmark 64 Hcp over 2000m in his fifth outing.

A fast-finishing country maiden winner late last spring before spelling, Beauty Swift has quickly signalled there’s plenty of good days to come.

After working home well late in a strong Class 1 first-up at Newcastle, he then hit the line hard to only miss by a neck in a handy BM 66 Hcp at Scone over 1700m.

That run 16 days ago has seen him open a $3.40 favourite at Kembla stepping up further in distance.

Beauty Swift has drawn to get cover back in the field, and will be ridden by experienced Kerrin McEvoy.

And if all goes to plan on a firming track, the stable could well set its sights on the Listed Gosford Gold Cup over 2100m on May 9.

Then in the final race, stablemate filly Glastonbury Girl looms as a big chance second-up also in a BM 64 battle over 1400m.

A powerful-finishing daughter of multiple Group 1 winner Churchill, she is gunning for a third win from five starts, and opened about $4.50 in early betting behind only Rosa Incanta ($3.20) which resumes from the inside draw for the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott yard.

Glastonbury Gal won consecutive races in Canberra late last spring to close out her first campaign.

She then returned behind three trials to flash home into a place in a fillies and mares’ BM 64 over 1400m at Hawkesbury.

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