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Ballarat trainer Andrew Noblet never thought he might have a $1 million prize money earner when tough mare Foxy Frida first entered his stables a few years ago.
Fast forward to now and Foxy Frida will smash the magical barrier if she can win the $500,00 Magic Millions National Classic at Eagle Farm on Saturday.
The Magic Millions National Classic will be the third state Foxy Frida has travelled to this campaign.
The daughter of Foxwedge was a $50,000 buy as a yearling in Victoria and broke through for her first Group 3 win last start in the R A Lee Stakes over 1600 metres at Morphettville on May 20.
Foxy Frida – a Billy Egan mount - finished a close second at her previous start in the Group 2 Queen Of The South over 1600 metres in her first Morphettville appearance on May 6.
She had previously raced twice over 2000 metres when unplaced in the Listed Ballarat Cup and Group 2 Matriach Stakes at Flemington before claiming the Gold Bracelet over 1400 metres at Bendigo on April 1.
Noblet will weigh up after the Magic Millions National Classic whether to raise the bar with the rising six-year-old to the Group 1 Tattersall's Tiara over 1400 metres at Eagle Farm on June 24.
He believes her best range is between 1600 metres and 2000 metres and has the Listed Tattersall's Gold Crown over 2000 metres on Tatt's Tiara day as a back-up.
"She's going great but she's had a bit of travelling," Andrew Noblet said.
"She arrived up here in Queensland on Tuesday night and after I took her for a walk the next day, she was bright and she seems to have settled in well.
"If she copes with all the travelling, she's done she'll be right in the finish.
"In this grade I think 1600 metres is her best distance and I'll see how she pulls up after whether she runs in the Tatt's Tiara.
"It's not ideal to have to freshen her up for 1400 metres but if she looks like wanting a trip again, we'll aim her for the longer race on Tatt's Tiara day."
The 53-year-old Noblet has been training for more than two decades and has won at the highest level with Silent Sedition in the Group 1 William Reid at Moonee Valley in 2017.
"Foxy Frida was bought for $50,000 at the sales in Melbourne and when I first got her, I never thought she would go on to win the prize money she has," Noblet said.
"She never runs a bad race."
Noblet was last in Brisbane in 2018 when Super Cash finished second to Santa Ana Lane in the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap before going on to place behind Prompt Response in the Tatt's Tiara.
It was his first visit since his Group 2 winner Sistine Angel featured in the Doomben 10,000, Stradbroke Handicap and Tatt's Tiara in 2012.
