A narrow but nevertheless convincing debut win by Elimbari has trainer Kris Lees looking to aim high with the well bred two-year-old.A three-quarter sister to brilliant juvenile Amelia's Dream whose career was cut short by injury, Elimbari fought out the finish of the Schweppes Mineral Water Handicap (1100m) at Rosehill with Celts.Lees was cautious before Saturday's race but punters sent the filly out as the $2.80 favourite ahead of Celts at $4.Elimbari edged ahead on the line to win by a long h

A narrow but nevertheless convincing debut win by Elimbari has trainer Kris Lees looking to aim high with the well bred two-year-old.

A three-quarter sister to brilliant juvenile Amelia's Dream whose career was cut short by injury, Elimbari fought out the finish of the Schweppes Mineral Water Handicap (1100m) at Rosehill with Celts.

Lees was cautious before Saturday's race but punters sent the filly out as the $2.80 favourite ahead of Celts at $4.

Elimbari edged ahead on the line to win by a long head with the Gai Waterhouse-trained Valour ($6) leading the rest of the field 4-1/2 lengths away.

"We had high expectations and we have always had a high opinion of her," Lees said.

"But it's hard to judge what they can do based on provincial barrier trials and trackwork.

"I thought she had more gate speed but she came out fairly slowly.

"I liked the way she picked up and that's something else we have learned about her."

Lees said Elimbari was among the entries for next month's Group One Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield with the Widden Stakes in Sydney also an option.

Earlier, the Lees-trained Testarhythm went down narrowly in the colts and geldings division when beaten a short neck by Top Drop.

However, his performance is enough to convince Lees to press on to next week's rich Inglis Classic at Randwick.

Lees is currently the colt's caretaker trainer while Darren Smith serves a disqualification.

"He is a nice horse but he will be going back to Darren and I'm sure he'll have a lot of success with him," Lees said.