Quality LA homebred Prima Bella made her first visit to Flemington a memorable one when she shared top honours in a thrilling finish down the straight course.
The Matthew Smith-trained daughter of Per Incanto had finished third at her previous outing at Randwick and justified her trip to Melbourne in style when dead-heating for first over 10900 metres.
Prima Bella realised A$320,000 at the Inglis Classic Sale when sold on LA’s behalf by Sledmere Stud and the patiently handled five-year-old now has six wins from 13 appearances.
She is a daughter of the Darci Brahma mare Brah Spring, who was successful on seven occasions up to 1600 metres, and from the potent Group-winning family of late stud resident Nadeem, Evaporate, Belluci Babe, Philosophe.