Speedy Warrnambool filly Cavalry Girl gave her value as a future broodmare a huge boost by winning the listed Lightning Stakes at Morphettville last Saturday.
Cavalry Girl ($2.60 favourite) ran her rivals ragged under Todd Pannell, defeating fellow three-year-old filly Yuuki by 4½ lengths in the 1050-metre feature for two- and three-year-olds.
Multiple Group 1-winning trainer Tom Dabernig was excited by the victory.
“It’s wonderful to get some black type next to her name,” he said. 
“It’s very rewarding for the stable, as we set her for this race, and it’s wonderful for her owners.”
Dabernig said Cavalry Girl’s next assignment would probaby be a $150,000 benchmark 100 over 1000 metres at the Caulfield Heath on Saturday week, August 8.
Meanwhile, Dabernig’s stable stars Shadhavar and Oliveanotherday are not far away from resuming.
Shadhavar caught the eye winning the listed Matrice Stakes at Morphettville in March. The lightly raced mare has won five of her 14 starts.
“I’m really happy with how she’s progressing,” Dabernig said. “She had a good break. 
“She’s trialled up well and seems to be more mature this campaign. 
“I’m really not sure what the end goal is with her this preparation. We’ll just take her along slowly and see where she finishes up. 
Shadhavar is likely to resume in the $175,000 listed Regal Roller (1200m) at Caulfield on Saturday August 15.
Exciting sprinter Oliveanotherday, an effortless winner in Warrnambool’s Wangoom Handicap in May before being sent to the spelling paddock, is destined for feature spring sprint races. 
The rising four-year-old has been back in work at Dabernig’s Warrnambool stables for six weeks.
“I can’t fault him,” Dabernig said. “The horse is in great order. 
“There’s a lot of options open to us over the spring in Melbourne and Sydney. We’ll just take it one run at a time. 
“The (Group 3) Heath 1100 (Caulfield, August 29) looks an ideal starting point. The Bobbie Lewis down the Flemington straight (September 12) may be his second-up run but as I said we’ll just take it one run at a time.”
Oliveanotherday has won five of his seven starts.
In other stable news, Dabernig’s talented apprentice Jordyn Weatherley has had her papers transferred to Adelaide trainer Will Clarken for three months.
Weatherley has been on the sidelines since breaking her arm at Oakbank in April.
Dabernig said the apprentice hoop would be a bonus for the Clarken stable.
“I’m sure Jordyn’s three-kilo city claim will be a big advantage for Will’s stable and other trainers that book her,” he said. 
Weatherley’s partner, fellow jockey Harry Grace, moved to Adelaide in autumn. He’s ridden 28 winners since.
“We’re really going to miss her at our Warrnambool stable but she was always going to move once Harry made the move to Adelaide.”
Weatherley has ridden 74 winners.
Soreness sidelines Ferago
Budding Warrnambool jumping star Ferago is in the spelling paddock and will miss this Sunday’s $250,000 Grand National Hurdle at Sandown. 
 Ferago, who has won three of his five hurdle starts, pulled up with muscle soreness after running third in an open hurdle at Coleraine on Sunday July 19.
“It’s disappointing,” said trainer Patrick Ryan. “I thought he was a real chance but that’s racing. 
“He’s sore in his shoulder region and back after he nearly came down at the second-last at Coleraine. 
“He managed to get back up and ran on strongly but Split was just too good for him over the concluding stages. 
“I knew when he came back to scale that he looked sore. 
“He’ll have a good break and we’ll set him for next year’s features.”
Black-booker
I’mnodrummerboy: Huge effort to run third in maiden company over 2000 metres at Warrnambool last week, at his second start for local trainer Amy Small. He travelled wide in the run before finishing the race off strongly. 
The gelding, who turns four on Saturday, is bred to be good over that sort of trip, by 2013 Cox Plate winner Shamus Award out of 2011 Vinery Stud Stakes winner Mirjulisa Lass.