The bloodlines might not be enough to get her home on Monday, but it's doubtful Towac Park has ever hosted a better bred filly on debut.
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Miss Baltimore has her first start in the $22,000 John Davis Motors Maiden Handicap (1280m) at Orange for the Warwick Farm stable of Joe Pride after two recent promising trials.
The three-year-old has shown enough to suggest she'll be hard to beat, but it's what might occur further down the track when that incredible genetic mix kicks in that will leave form buffs intrigued.
Miss Baltimore is a daughter of globe-trotting star Starspangledbanner who won both the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) and Group 1 Oakleigh Plate (1100m) before crossing the planet mid-2010 and landing the famed UK Group 1 Golden Jubilee and July Cup double.
If that isn't enough, Miss Baltimore's unraced dam is by powerhouse sprinter Iglesia, who broke the Flemington 1200m track record winning the Group 3 Standish in 2001, and is a full sister to prolific sprinting stallion Written Tycoon.
Of course, the greatest pedigree around is never a guarantee, but Miss Baltimore's price tag could explode if she produces quickly on the track.
Standing in her way, though, is rival Farm three-year-old Solva who resumes as a gelding in only his second start for the Bjorn Baker yard.
A smart son of 2015 Group 1 Golden Rose winner Exosphere, Solva has had one trial, although judiciously placed by the stable having been scratched from both Sunday meetings at Hawkesbury and Canberra.
Meanwhile, a battling six-year-old Canberra mare who hasn't won for more than a year can upset a good quality Class 2 Plate field over 1280m at Towac Park today.
Milamoo resumed with a plain effort in similar grade at Wagga, but she's always produced a much bigger second-up run, and wily trainer Mick Miladinovic saw fit to scratch her from a Benchmark 65 at her home track on Sunday in favour of heading to the Central West.
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