Patience is paying dividends for Harquila, a lightly raced filly, who is beginning to put it all together after racing greenly in winning a Maiden Handicap at Bendigo back in July.

It was back to the drawing board after that first win for a refresher course, she has ticked all the boxes now as was shown at Caulfield on Saturday, in winning the Cotton On Group Christmas Handicap.

The ultimate aim with her is a mile, there are a lot of options at that distance and Black Type has to be seriously considered.

She raced kindly and has learnt a lot between both of her wins, beginning well she settled in behind Mother Grace until well into the straight before Dwayne Dunn called upon her.

Greg Eurell has shown a lot of patience with the filly believing she still has a lot to learn, “I liked the way she did it, she is coming along nicely,” he said.

“I thought the run was encouraging at 1400 metres, it should be ideal for her next start, that is the direction we will take, that will give us a good guide if we should continue racing her through the summer, or give her a let up and look for a race in the early autumn,” he added.

Harquila - A promising filly