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protocols. He has always had an opinion of the daughter of Ocean Park and aimed high this autumn. ‘‘We decided after her spring campaign that we would only target group one races this autumn, Moroney said. ‘‘I told her owners she would get beaten in a few but I know she will win one.
‘‘This is a great result and we will put her away now and set her for The Everest in the spring."
Moroney operates stables on both sides of the Tasman but the All Aged signalled a first elite victory in combination with Bosson.
‘‘Opie has ridden on and off for me over the years back in New Zealand and even when we were winning premierships we didn’t have a lot of luck,’’ Moroney said.
Tofane was bred by Curraghmore principal Gordon Cunningham and did her initial education in Moroney’s Matamata barn under co-trainer Pam Gerard.
She won an 820m trial at Te Teko before Ballymore Stable clients purchased her from Cunningham and she was transferred to Moroney’s Melbourne barn.
She has subsequently won the Group III Bass Strait Beef Stakes (1200m) and Furphy Sprint (1100m) and was placed in the The Galaxy (1100m) and Euclase Stakes (1200m).
Also celebrating will be Kevin and Joanne Hickman’s Valachi Downs, who own Tofane’s dam Baggy Green, a half-sister to Group One winners Youngstar and Funstar, who is in foal to Tofane’s sire Ocean Park.
Leading Kiwi gallopers Quick Thinker and Not an Option finished out of the money in their respective three-and two-year-old races. Both finished in the first half of the field but made little impression on the frontrunners. NZ Racing Desk