Pin Up Sheila earns spring black-type shot

A black-type race at the back end of the spring carnival is on the table for Pin Up Sheila after the youngster made it two wins from as many starts at Warwick Farm.

By versatile sire Pinatubo, the filly followed a determined on-speed victory at Canterbury last month with another impressive display on Wednesday, wearing down the leaders to take out the Hyland Race Colours Handicap (1100m).

Winning trainer Tom Charlton was happy to see Pin Up Sheila ($2.50 fav) show another string to her bow, the filly digging deep to win despite racing greenly.

“She will learn a lot. She did a bit wrong in her trial the other day, and even up the running today she is climbing a bit in her action and not quite flattening out yet,” Charlton said.

“Hopefully, that will do her the world of good going forward.”

“We will probably turn her out now. I’ll have a chat with (owners) the Esplin family, who have obviously got a nice filly on their hands.”

“I’d say we’ll give her a breather and look after her, and perhaps she can look at something a little later in the spring.”

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Charlton isn’t sure what distance Pin Up Sheila can stretch to, but says there is a degree of stamina in her pedigree and races like the Reginald Allen Quality (1400m) could be considered, along with targets in Melbourne.

“She will definitely stay further than today. She has a very stout female line, but she’s not slow,” he said.

“The stallion is quite a mixed bag. He can get a bit of everything, so we’ll have to work that out.”

Chris Waller produced $850,000 yearling Omalong for a dashing debut win in the Asahi Super Dry Handicap (1100m), the Extreme Choice colt overcoming a tardy start to stamp his class.

Bred by Gerry Harvey, the leviathan businessman has stayed in the ownership alongside Yulong Investments and Waller’s assistant trainer, Charlie Duckworth, believes it’s an astute decision.

“Gerry Harvey kept a little share in him as well. He did the same with (Group 1 winner) Campione D’Italia, so hopefully he’s just as lucky,” Duckworth said.

“He’s obviously got a very good future. They don’t win like that unless they do.”

Omalong ($1.70 fav) led home a stable trifecta, downing Sanctum ($17) by 1-3/4 lengths with Letters Patent ($12) another long head away third.