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Gerard Moughan has bred his share of horses, but his experience with Exhibit will always be something special.

“She’s the first one we’ve delivered ourselves - my wife Vera was a midwife for 15 years so I had her to call on!” he said.

Exhibit made the perfect start to her racing career for the Havelock North couple last month when she coasted home over 1200 metres at Woodville. The David Goldsbury-trained filly will be tried at 1400m in Saturday’s gavelhouse.com 3YO Premier at Trentham.

“It’s early days yet and we don’t want to get carried away, but she does look quite exciting,” Moughan said.

“She’s much better on top of the ground and she’s got a lot of ability. We’ve had a couple of offers for her already.

“Like everybody in the central districts, we have been waiting for a good track.”

Moughan has tasted Group One success as co-breeder and part-owneer of the 1997 Gr.1 Railway Handicap winner Kailey. He is hoping Exhibit can add to that record should she line up in the Gr.1 Randwick Meats Levin Classic at Trentham in January.

“It’s a dream and you never know what can happen,” he said.

Exhibit’s dam Royal Show left the Gr.2 Autumn Classic winner Folding Gear, Exhibit’s brother Cactus Jack, who has won twice in Singapore, and the multiple winner Royal Success before Moughan became involved.

“We bought the mare at the late Jim Campin’s dispersal sale and she was in foal to Iffraaj at the time and that was Exhibit,” he said.

“We’ve got a Niagara yearling colt, who will probably go to the Ready to Run Sale, and she’s in foal to El Roca.”