AS if further evidence of the better standard horse now being sent to Ado McGuinness was needed, the trainer was thinking in terms of a potential classic campaign for Maar, who got off the mark at the second attempt in the fillies’ maiden over an extended 10 furlongs.

This Phoenix Thoroughbreds-owned daughter of Kingman shaped up nicely on her debut over a mile here last month but that experience and the step up in trip brought about impressive progress from his relation to the St Leger third Michelangelo.