Warwick Farm debut sees Uncertain Glory potentially Brisbane-headed

At Warwick Farm, juvenile fillies Uncertain Glory and La Barrita posted contrasting results, though each has a chance of venturing to Queensland this winter.

A maiden for two-year-old fillies there might emerge as a vital guide for the Brisbane winter carnival, given that the winner and runner-up in third are set to chase richer prizes northward.

In the Ranvet Plate (1000m), Tommy Berry aboard the $3.90 favourite Uncertain Glory, prepared by Michael Freedman, held off Palmanova ($11) by a long neck, as La Barrita ($3 fav) closed powerfully for third, missing by a short half-head.

Uncertain Glory, a Zoustar filly on debut, impressed jockey Berry, who sees further potential with added ground.

"The biggest query today was the 1000 metres. She will be better at 1100 and 1200," Berry said.

"She was just a bit impatient in the gates. She was the same at the trials and she's not pinging the barriers, but she has got good speed after that.

She got a little bit lost at the furlong, but I loved that when Kerrin McEvoy's filly (La Barrita) came to her outside, she really knuckled down late."

Though Freedman skipped the meeting, his rep Sophie Johnson indicated interest in trialling the winner in Brisbane over the carnival period.

"He's got a couple of options and her owner is here and he's quite keen on the idea of going to Queensland," Johnson said.

La Barrita was transported north from Victoria by Tony and Calvin McEvoy, aiming for a win that could qualify her for Queensland riches.

The filly ran an eye-catching race despite settling rearward from a tricky gate and finishing with menace.

"She did everything but win," Calvin McEvoy said.

"She made a couple of mistakes and from a wide barrier, it was always going to be tough if she didn't fly the gates.

We wanted to come here as a bit of a fact finding mission, hoping she could win and get the prizemoney for the $1 million Magic Millions race. That's going to be a bit difficult now, but she is a filly that is going to love 1200 and 1400 metres.

It's all a bit open now, but we are going to go to Queensland."

Scheduled for May 18 at the Gold Coast is the Magic Millions National 2YO Classic (1000m), and the Spirit Of Boom Classic (1200m) precedes it by two days at Doomben.

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