“David Payne has now won this race three times, and he did it with a filly who doesn't know yet what her own legs are for.”
3 sources: ground.news, news.com.au, racingpost.com. David Payne’s win with Proxima Dea on October 24, 2026, was his third Spring Champion Stakes victory, after Ace High (2017) and Montefilia (2020). The filly’s inexperience is a colorful characterization, not a verifiable fact.
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