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“She has always had a great action, a great brain and it was really a matter of getting her here in one piece."

Champion trainer Peter Moody has confirmed that stable star I Wish I Win will be targeted towards the 2024 Everest.

Pride will be an over-riding emotion for Mark Chittick when I Wish I Win goes to the post for Saturday’s A$20 million The TAB Everest (1200m) at Randwick.

Despite the last-minute defection of Skew Wiff, New Zealand maintained a strong influence on Saturday’s A$300,000 Gr.2 Furphy Rose of Kingston Stakes (1400m) at Flemington thanks to a determined victory by Kiwi-bred mare Life Lessons.

Four-year-old gelding Hennessy Lad continues to prove a model of consistency, claiming his fourth career victory from nine starts when successful in the Spring Dining On Sale Handicap (1600m) at The Valley on Saturday.

Waikato Stud’s I Wish I Win has thrown his hat into the ring as a potential big-race contender during the Melbourne spring carnival.