Group target on smart mare’s radar

The bar is likely to be lifted next time out for Exceedance’s daughter Dance To The Boom.

The Bjorn Baker-trained four-year-old has carried our colours to consecutive wins over 1400 metres to bring a mares’ feature at Flemington into play.

Dance To The Boom was successful on the Kensington track at Randwick earlier this month and followed up in style with another victory at Warwick Farm in the hands of Kerrin McEvoy.

“There’s a Group Three over 1400 metres on Cup Day for her, Kerrin said if we could sneak her into a black-type race it would certainly be worth a crack,” Baker’s Assistant Trainer Luke Hilton said, referring to the HKJC Stakes.

In her latest outing, last season’s Listed Gosford Guineas winner sat in second spot to the turn and rallied strongly in the run home to continue her hot run of form.

“She’s pretty straight forward and she’s won five from eight now so she can’t do much more, we were pretty confident with her, and it was good to see her get the job done again,” Hilton said.

We purchased Dance To The Boom out of breeder Rosemont Stud’s draft at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale for A$250,000.

She is the first foal of the unraced I Am Invincible mare Bim Bam Boom, who is a half-sister to the G1 Easter Handicap winner Albany Reunion and the Listed Champagne Stakes winner and top-flight placegetter Fast Dragon.

The family also features stakes Royal Discretion, Sun City, Roulettes, Parlophone and Vezalay.

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