Trainer Paul Murray is hopeful of targeting the $500,000 Inglis Nursery at Royal Randwick next month with two-year-old Miss Scorcher.
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The daughter of Fighting Sun will make her debut at Canterbury on Wednesday in the TAB.com.au Maiden (1100m) for two-year-old fillies.
Should Miss Scorcher progress through her maiden display unscathed, Murray plans to look towards the first race of this season’s Inglis Series on December 16.
“I will get her ready for that if she goes good enough on debut,” Murray told The Punt.
“After that she will have a little break and I will probably get her ready for the other one early next year.”
Miss Scorcher has drawn favourably in barrier three for her debut run, with Josh Parr booked to ride.
The filly has had one trial heading into her maiden event at the same track on November 3, where she finished third.
“She’s done well but like all babies this will be a good education day for her,” Murray said.
“She went up there for a trial and didn’t go too bad. I was happy with it.
“I expect she will come through with a bit of improvement on top of that trial, but it is all education for her at the moment. She seems to go alright. We will just have to wait and see.”
Miss Scorcher will be the first runner for new sire Fighting Sun.
Fighting Sun was unbeaten during his brief race career.
The son of Northern Meteor had two wins from two starts, including a success in the Listed Canonbury Stakes (1100m), before being retired to stud. Murray has liked what he has seen so far from the new sire.
“I don’t mind the breed,” he said.
“They seem to go pretty good. I think [Miss Scorcher] would be one of the first, if not the first runners by him to go around.”
Murray also has Chief In Command nominated for the Ranvet Benchmark 77 Handicap (1250m).
Chief In Command has been forced to lug big weights in two previous country runs earlier this preparation, but will carry 57kgs with Parr on-board on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Murray narrowly missed out on winning the race named in his honour on Tuesday at Moruya after Sacred Son was gunned down late by Matt Dale’s Rinviata in the Paul Murray Premier Trainer 2016-17 Class Two (1200m).