She Will Reign Delights Portelli

She Will Reign (Aus) (Manhattan Rain {Aus}), early joint favourite for the G1 Golden Slipper next month delighted connections in a barrier trial at Warwick Farm on Monday morning. Not much new was learned about the unbeaten filly as she coasted home nine lengths clear of mainly unraced horses in the 800 trial. However her trainer Gary Portelli couldn't hide his enthusiasm for the juvenile and commented, “She is just so relaxed and she came through it well. We were planning and hoping to see something come out of the gates and put on a bit of tempo but they were all unraced things and she just jumped out and did her thing.” Speaking to Racing.com Portelli continued, “At some point there are going to be horses that will go with her early. I was hoping that we'd get an opportunity to do it under trial conditions rather than race day but looking at the way she went today, if something takes us on, they'll be doing it at their own peril.” She Will Reign impressed in two racecourse starts late last year, winning her maiden at Kembla Grange in December by eight lengths before following up in equally impressive fashion in the Inglis Nursery at Randwick a week later. Mapping out a plan of action for She Will Reign Portelli explained, “We go to the [G2] Silver Slipper in a couple of weeks' time and then we end up in the [G2] Riesling I hope and that should have her spot on for the Golden Slipper a fortnight later.”