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Grande Gallo has competed among the best of the country’s three-year-olds this season, and the talented filly proved too strong when stepping out of stakes company at Tauranga on Saturday.

“She had a wee twist more improvement on her when she raced on Boxing Day, but now we think we’ve got her pretty close to the mark for Saturday.”

“Winning any race is exciting, but when you get into that Group company with a filly that you have bred is very exciting.”

Stakes targets could be in the offing for promising filly Grande Gallo following her eye-catching win in the Eagle Technology 1500 at Pukekohe on Monday.

Molly Bloom will return to chase Northern spoils in the Gr.2 Hallmark Stud Eight Carat Classic (1600m) on Boxing Day at Pukekohe.

Visits to Christchurch have been few and far between for Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott during their decade-long training partnership, but the Matamata pair have two strong reasons for venturing south this weekend.