Treasurethe Moment announced herself as the mare to beat this spring with a dominant first-up victory in the Group 1 Memsie Stakes (1400m), surging through a gap at the top of the straight and powering clear of Mr Brightside, with Buckaroo flashing home for third.
The race was set up by last year’s winner Pinstriped, who rolled at a strong clip. Parked soft on the rail behind the speed, Damian Lane bided his time before threading between Pinstriped and Here To Shock.
Once Treasurethe Moment saw daylight, she changed gears instantly and put the result to bed, underscoring a nine-race winning streak that now includes three straight Group 1s.
For trainer Matt Laurie, the performance crystallises a spring program that has long been sketched in pencil.
The likely path is the Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m) on September 13 into the Turnbull Stakes (2000m) on October 4, before the big call: Cox Plate at 2040m, or Caulfield Cup at 2400m.
Laurie has often suggested 2000m is her sweet spot, though she has stayed beyond that trip successfully; the final decision may also factor in Yulong’s other headline mare, Via Sistina, to avoid a clash.
The depth of the beaten brigade adds weight to the statement.
Mr Brightside, himself a multiple Group 1 winner and a Memsie hero of 2023, chased bravely in second, while Buckaroo produced a booming return to nail third and stamp his own spring credentials.
Fangirl was close-up, and Pinstriped’s fast early work framed the race’s unforgiving tempo.
Context only heightens the merit: this was Treasurethe Moment’s first run since completing a rare Oaks double in the autumn, and she treated a star-studded field with disdain.
Connections will take confidence not just from the win, but from how she did it — settling, accelerating when asked, and sustaining the sprint through the line — the very traits that travel from Caulfield to Moonee Valley in late October.
Early markets with horse racing bookmakers reacted in kind, firming her for the Cox Plate on the back of a display that looked every inch the spring launchpad. On evidence, the road to the majors runs straight through Treasurethe Moment.
2025 Group 1 Memsie Stakes Replay – Treasurethe Moment
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