When apprentice hoop Sophie Wilcock was informed she had been selected to represent Queensland in this year’s National Apprentice Race Series, she had her fingers crossed for what track she was going to be riding at.

Former Northern Territory galloper Savatoxl has shown his class with a first-up win at Caulfield.

Savatoxl outgrew racing in the Northern Territory and is now a Group 1 winner of The Goodwood at Morphettville.