Sandpaper (AUS)

First foal; dam unraced sister to 6f-1m Group 1 winner Pierro, half-sister to 1m2f Group 2 winner Ambience out of French 1m 2yo/Australian 1m4f winning half-sister to 1m1f/1m4f Group 1 winner Laverock; won 6f maiden plate at Canterbury Park on debut in January 2022 and beaten a head in 5.5f conditions race on second start at Randwick in February; held in Group 2s at same venue (6f) later the same month and at Eagle Farm (6f) when next seen in May; also held in a Listed race (7.5f) at latter track in June; close fifth after a break at Moonee Valley (6f) in September and built on that by winning 7f Listed race at Caulfield in October; well held when upped to a Group 3 after at Flemington but not beaten too far over same C&D in Listed handicap after that; held in Group 2 over 1m at Caulfield in November; also held in 7f Kensington handicap on first start of 2023 in March but bounced back to form when winning a 6.5f handicap at Warwick Farm in April; close second in 6.5f conditions race at Doomben in May and also ran well in two Group 3s over 7f/1m at Eagle Farm on next two starts before disappointing runs in handicaps (6f/6.5f) on next four starts; back to form on next three starts with figures of 234.