Probabeel has recorded one of the great New Zealand racing victories of the last decade and opened up a world of possibilities with a stunning performance in the A$1 million Epsom at Randwick.
The Matamata mare overcame being camped three wide the entire race from barrier 16 to crush arch rival Funstar, with another Kiwi in Riodini third in one of Sydney's glamour mile races.
It capped Probabeel's ascendency from outstanding filly to top-class open galloper and sealed a remarkable day for young trainer Jamie Richards who had earlier quinealled the Group 1 race at Hastings.
But not only was the Epsom worth five times as much, Richards knows being competitive in Australia is the most important new frontier of his career and after the results of Probabeel, Te Akau Shark and Melody Belle in the last year alone Richards is now clearly one of Australasia's elite trainers.
In coming days he will need to make his next big decision, whether to stay in Sydney with Probabeel and target the A$7.5 million Golden Eagle there on October 31 or head south to Victoria for the prestige and historic honour of the Cox Plate at The Valley.