Trainer Greg McFarlane has Magic Millions riches in his sights with three-year-old Biggietupac who resumes at Canterbury on Wednesday.Biggietupac returns in the Grand Pavilion Handicap (1200m) with McFarlane using the midweek race as a stepping stone towards the $100,000 Magic Millions 3YO Stakes (1200m) at Wyong on December 5.The $1 million Magic Millions Guineas (1400m) on the Gold Coast in January is also on the radar for the daughter of Dubai Destination who will be chasing a first city win
Trainer Greg McFarlane has Magic Millions riches in his sights with three-year-old Biggietupac who resumes at Canterbury on Wednesday.
Biggietupac returns in the Grand Pavilion Handicap (1200m) with McFarlane using the midweek race as a stepping stone towards the $100,000 Magic Millions 3YO Stakes (1200m) at Wyong on December 5.
The $1 million Magic Millions Guineas (1400m) on the Gold Coast in January is also on the radar for the daughter of Dubai Destination who will be chasing a first city win on Wednesday.
The filly was put away after finishing down the track in the Group Three Silver Shadow Stakes (1200m), won by the Peter Snowden-trained Parables, at Warwick Farm on August 21.
McFarlane said Biggietupac had made significant progress in her recent spell and he was looking forward to the lightly-raced galloper's summer campaign.
"She's come back very well," McFarlane said.
"The target that we've got for her is the Magic Millions at Wyong in December.
"Tomorrow is just a stepping stone for that race, I haven't peaked her for tomorrow, she's still under some load and we'll freshen her up in about another week's time and bring her up for the Magic Millions race at Wyong.
"And then the second target will be the Magic Millions race up in Queensland in January."
A $70,000 yearling purchase at the Adelaide Magic Millions sale in 2009, Biggietupac has a win and two seconds from her five starts to date.
Her most recent preparation netted a first-up win in the Silver Goblet (1020m) at Dubbo before the filly finished a short neck second in the Rosebud Quality (1200m) at Rosehill on July 31.
McFarlane sent Biggietupac for a spell after she ran 11th of 12 in the Silver Shadow.
"She was unlucky with a lot of barriers last preparation and had to come wide, and she was just a young, physically immature horse that had some ability," the trainer said.
"You can definitely see a significant difference in her now, she's a much more mature horse.
"She's still got a little bit more maturing to go, but now she's going to start being a decent quality horse."
The Rosehill trainer was originally planning to run Biggietupac first-up at Wyong next week to give her some experience at the track ahead of next month's assignment, but he said the filly was forward enough to bring her return date forward to run at Canterbury.
Jon Grisedale rode Biggietupac in her first three starts and will be back aboard at Canterbury.