‘She keeps surprising me’: Payne says best yet to come from Proxima Dea

The Sydney Morning Herald - Oct 24, 2026

Veteran trainer David Payne called on the staying powers of immature filly Proxima Dea to give him a third Spring Champion Stakes.

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