There is a vast difference between horses competing at this time of the year and those waiting in their stables for the sunny days of spring when the big money races are about.

By the time that spring has come around the horses currently racing are either spelling or have moved on.

Of course there will always be exceptions, and that exception maybe Petits Filous, she could be the exception if Ciaron Maher can keep her up until the early races in the spring.

She made a one act affair of the Telstra Phonewords Handicap at Moonee Valley on Wednesday, winning by six lengths and running two seconds better than the colts in the following race over the same distance.

Ciaron Maher didn’t bother to try her early, he always had a high opinion of the filly, giving her that little additional time has payed off, she is a very exciting filly with a great future.

Damian Oliver had walked the track earlier, he was sure where he wanted to be with the rail out 7 metres, and with the wide draw he was not going to get caught napping, he quickly found the fence and the issue never in doubt thereafter.

Maher is in no hurry to try Petits Filous over further ground, the distances of her immediate future are likely to be over the shorter trips.

Petits Filous with Damian Oliver up