A 1-2-3 finish for the fillies in Saturday's $400,000 Group II Mirvac Queensland Guineas (1600m) at Eagle Farm as Tsaritsa made a seamless transition from benchmark races in Sydney to stakes class in Brisbane when the 'magic man,' Joao Moreira guided the 3yo daughter of Dane Shadow to victory.
It was the third consecutive win for the Chris Waller-trained filly and the fourth from her past five starts.
Moreira needed to weave a passage to set out after the Denman filly
Denmagic who only conceded the lead in the final 50 metres to go down by a neck. (photos Steve Hart).
The Kevin Kemp-trained Sold For Song (Collate) came with her patented flying finish from the tale of the field to finish one and a quarter length back in third to claim the trifecta for the fillies.
"She has a great turn of foot, her finish was amazing," Moreira said.
"I knew I was going to be strong to the finish and she was.
"She loved the track and it's playing beautifully. You can come from anywhere as long as you have the best horse, which I did today."
In advancing her overall record to 4 wins and 2 seconds from 7 starts, Tsaritsa takes her earnings to $407,100 and Waller said that a case can be made she should be unbeaten.
"She might not have won all her early starts but if you go back through her record, she's been extremely unlucky, she could be seven from seven," Waller said.
"But most importantly she's won her biggest race to date, a Group II.
"The track is in outstanding order, full credit to the club it just shows that if you put money into facilities and get things right for horses then the rest takes care of itself so I think we should take our hats off to the club."
Waller said he would consider the Group I Tattersall's Tiara (1400m) back at Eagle Farm in a fortnight for the daughter of Dane Shadow. "It's always tempting to go one more when you've got a race like the Tatt's Tiara, we'll give it some serious thought," he said.
"I always like to let the public tell you where they should be running. "If she's in the market then we'll have to think about running her."
Waller won the 2013 Tattersall's Tiara with another daughter of Dane Shadow, Red Tracer.
A $165,000 purchase by her trainer out of the Edinglassie Stud draft at the 2014 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling sale, Tsaritsa is a half-sister to Group II ATC Villiers Stakes winner Ninth Legion.
Her dam, the 3-time winner Xaar's Jewel (Xaar) is a half-sister to dual Listed stakes winner Kidlat (Snippets) and to the dam of Group 1 NZ Two Thousand Guineas winner Tell A Tale (Tale Of The Cat).
Xaar's Jewel has a 2yo colt and yearling filly by Foxwedge and a weanling filly by More Than Ready (USA). She was bred back to Deep Field last spring but missed.
Tsaritsa becomes the ninth stakes-winner for Kitchwin Hills foundation stallion Dane Shadow who looks excellent value at a fee of $6,600 this spring.
