Let Me Roar did much more than keep her unbeaten record in the right place with her Te Rapa win on Saturday.
She displayed more talent than in any of her three previous victories.
Perhaps talent is the wrong word. The Cambridge filly showed something more important than mere ability - ticker.
Horses can win with sheer ability, but a much lesser number win when the chips are down. The great Jack Dempsey said it best: "The champion is the one who, when he can't get up, gets up." Let Me Roar didn't earn the champ tag on Saturday, but don't underestimate a filly that wins four from four on all types of footing and in the last of them carries 59kg against older horses.
At least twice the filly looked beaten on Saturday, but rallied each time under her big weight and was totally defiant in the closing stages. Perhaps missed by some is the fact afterwards she was the last horse to pull up down the back straight. "That shows us she should run a middle distance next time in," said co-trainer Andrew Forsman.