NZ-bred filly Embrace Me sprouted wings in the final furlong for a stunning victory in the G3 Typhoon Tracy Stakes (1200m) on Friday evening at Moonee Valley.

Embrace Me’s first win at black-type level was something to behold.  The Danny O’Brien-trained filly was giving the leaders at least 8 lengths approaching the corner before bursting through a gap to win running away from Spanish Whisper.

“She was very fit from her last run at Caulfield when she wasn’t extended 100%,” jockey Brett Prebble said.  “She was always going to win from the 500m tonight but I didn’t know where I was going to get a run.  There’s plenty of upside to this filly.”

The Group 3 continued the great strike-rate for Blue Sky Bloodstock’s Julian Blaxland and his clients – it was their 9th win in the last fortnight.

Embrace Me (3f Shamexpress – Party Royal by King’s Chapel) was a $90,000 buy for Blue Sky Bloodstock (FBAA) from Henley Park on behalf of Emmanuel Bloodstock’s Mark Sowerby at the 2017 Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale.

Blaxland and Sowerby, a Racing Queensland Board Member, had combined to win the LR Alinghi Stakes at Caulfield earlier this season with From Within (Not A Single Doubt).

They also race Brisbane stakes winner Whypeeo (I Am Invincible).  “Mark has been a great supporter of Blue Sky since I kicked off 10 years ago,” Blaxland said.  “He organised a bunch of owners for Whypeeo.  They are all new to racing and are part of YPO (Young Presidents Group).”

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