Cylinder (AUS)

Third foal; dam 7f-8.5f winner (inc Group 3; RPR 98), half-sister to 5.5f-7f winner Phemonoe out of 7f-1m1f winning half-sister to Group-placed 6.5f-1m winner Gergis; second, beaten a nose, in 4.5f conditions race at Newcastle in November 2022; second again in Listed race at Caulfield (5f) later the same month; took form to the next level on first start of 2023 when landing the Group 2 Silver Slipper Stakes; notched another Group 2 at Randwick (6f) in March and followed that with second place in Group 1 Golden Slipper (6f) at Rosehill later the same month; midfield in another Group 1 at Randwick (7f, heavy) in April; took advantage of drop to Group 3 company after 140-day break when winning 5.5f contest at Caulfield in August; followed up in Group 2 at Rosehill (6f) in September before a third in the Group 1 Golden Rose Stakes at the same venue over 7f; close fifth in valuable conditions race at Randwick (6f) after that but held over same trip at Flemington in November and again over 5f in February; back to form with a bang when cosy winner of Group 1 handicap over 6f at Flemington in March; last of ten in Group 1 at Moonee Valley later that month.