Ron Quinton was adamant the form of M'Lady Pedrille was better than it looked and the filly proved it with a dominant first-up win at Randwick.The daughter of Al Maher hadn't raced since finishing eighth in a midweeker at Warwick Farm in March but produced a powerful finish down the outside of the Kensington track to win Wednesday's Nash Rawiller Handicap (1150m) by 3-1/4 lengths.M'Lady Pedrille is a half-sister to multiple stakeswinner Madame Pedrille.Her dam Damzelle Pedrille is a sister to th

Ron Quinton was adamant the form of M'Lady Pedrille was better than it looked and the filly proved it with a dominant first-up win at Randwick.

The daughter of Al Maher hadn't raced since finishing eighth in a midweeker at Warwick Farm in March but produced a powerful finish down the outside of the Kensington track to win Wednesday's Nash Rawiller Handicap (1150m) by 3-1/4 lengths.

M'Lady Pedrille is a half-sister to multiple stakeswinner Madame Pedrille.

Her dam Damzelle Pedrille is a sister to the former Quinton-trained top quality mare Mamzelle Pedrille.

"She won really well and as fourth emergency you don't often get a run," Quinton said.

"She's always shown me a bit of ability, her trials have been good and her form is better than it looks.

"At her last start before she went for a spell she actually fell over out of the barrier, I don't know how the jockey stayed on, but her run was still sound that day."

The filly hadn't won in three starts before her victory on Wednesday but jockey Tim Clark had seen enough to chase the ride when he learned his original mount in the race had been scratched.

"That was most impressive," Clark said.

"I didn't ride her in her trial but I thought she trialled extremely well and I made sure Ron knew I was available to ride if she got a start once I knew my horse was scratched.

"Luckily enough she gained a start and I think she's got better wins in her."

The Randwick meeting also saw Joe Pride produce former New Zealander Khemosabi who led all the way to win the New Season Handicap (1400m) at his first Australian start.

Pride said he didn't have a great opinion of the son of Commands until he was impressive when winning a barrier trial over the Gai Waterhouse-trained pair of Joku and More Strawberries at Warwick Farm eight days ago.

"I was told he was a pretty sort of ordinary-going horse but when you put a bit of pressure on him he gives you something," Pride said.

"When he trialled the other day he trialled really good which gave us the confidence here."

Pride pinpointed a 1500m race at Rosehill on Saturday week for Khemosabi's next race.

Earlier, in the Peter Snowden Handicap (1000m), the older brigade showed their rivals how it's done when 10-year-old Stately Dash defeated nine-year-old Savage Sevens by a long head.