Victorious on debut, Natural Fling is headed to Queensland targeting a lucrative juvenile event following her success at Caulfield.
The filly prepared by Tony and Calvin McEvoy attracted strong backing to claim the Sportsbet Feed Handicap (1100m), where she dictated terms from the front in a dominant performance.
Ridden by Harry Coffey as the $2.10 market elect, Natural Fling triumphed by three lengths ahead of Jarbardar ($6), while Shooting Brake ($6.50) finished a further 1-½ lengths back in third position.
Tony and Calvin McEvoy have their sights set on the $1 million Magic Millions National 2YO Classic (1000m) scheduled for the Gold Coast on May 22 with the filly.
The father-son training partnership captured that event in 2024 courtesy of Arabian Summer when it was run at Doomben.
“She’s going to be looking to kick on up to Queensland,” Calvin McEvoy said.
“There’s a $1 million race up there to consider.
“She’s very fast and the 1000 or 1100 metres, I don’t think it matters, but I was so impressed with her attitude today and she handled it all very well and that will take her a long way.”
Natural Fling carries the colours of Sunlight, a previous Magic Millions victor, and has owners linked to dual Cups winner Half Yours; she is by freshman sire Home Affairs.
Sunlight and Home Affairs both secured the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) at Flemington during the early stages of the Melbourne Cup Carnival.
“She’s been very natural all the way along with a terrific attitude,” McEvoy said.
“Home Affairs is doing a pretty good job and it’s a really good ownership group, some of our biggest supporters, some from Sunlight and some from Half Yours.
“She’s a filly that we have always loved, and we came here very confident, but the track was something that came up as a little bit of a query.
“She’s fast, had shown good ability in her jump-outs, but they all had to get through it.
“Harry had to use her a little bit, but she was quite dominant in the end.”
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