Singleton's Aleacia Bennett hopes former Godolphin galloper Malahat proves as easy to win with as he is to train.
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Bennett will race the four-year-old, a winner three times from 19 starts, for the first time on Saturday in the July Sprint (1100 metres) at Rosehill.
The Exceed And Excel gelding, which beat Kementari as a two-year-old, last raced in March when fourth at Bendigo. He was then sent to the Magic Millions sales in June where Bennett's parents, Phil and Leanne Moore, bought him for $80,000.
Malahat, which has prizemoney of $241,525, won a 900m trial at Newcastle on July 16 and Bennett "can't wait for Saturday".
"You don't get to pick up horses that have already put their runs on the board very often," Bennett said.
"He was in perfect condition and he is a lovely, lovely horse. He's beautiful to do anything with, as you would expect coming from an astute stable like that.
"He's fit enough, he's had the work. We've done what we can, the rest is up to him on Saturday, and that will give us an indication of where we are at."
Malahat ($14) drew well in three and will have Rachel King aboard. He will meet former Country Championship winner Artlee ($34), which will race for the first time for Williamtown trainer Rebecca Dunn. Delectation Girl ($5) and Bon Amis ($2.70), for Newcastle trainers Kris Lees and Jason Deamer respectively, opened as the top TAB picks.
Bennett has just Malahat, Art D'Amour and recent Cessnock winner Ellofarock in work and she hopes Malahat will give her a second city winner. Buddy Honest gave her a first two years ago.
"It's great that they put these horses up for sale, it gives you a good opportunity," she said.
"I just work and feed him, he's pretty no fuss. I just keep him happy.
"He's a really lovely horse to have around and he just slotted straight in at home. It's nice to have such an easy horse, but I guess we'll see how easy he is on Saturday.
"It's exciting for us. You don't get to go to Saturday meetings in town often when you're only a small trainer with a handful of horses, so it's a great opportunity.
"It's great to have a horse you know you can go down there and be competitive with. You don't want to be just making up the numbers."
Bennett and her parents went to the sales to chase a different horse but they could not go past Malahat.
"We happened to look at his form page and I said to Dad that this is a really handy horse, if you can get him for the right money, we can have a lot of fun with him," she said.
"He's just a genuine, honest horse. He just goes about his work, he doesn't bludge.
"I just love him, and he's teaching me. When they come from a stable like that, he's teaching me stuff, too."