Stealth Of Night may have the ability to make her mark beyond benchmark company, but Will Hayes is content to let the imported mare continue building through her grades.

The Night Of Thunder mare will line up in the $130,000 Benchmark 74 over 1400 metres on Saturday’s Flemington card.

Owned by Trilogy Racing, Stealth Of Night is chasing three straight wins following consecutive Benchmark 70 victories at Sandown in December, and Hayes, who trains in partnership with Ben and JD Hayes, is excited by the way she is trending.

“She’s a very exciting mare, she’s obviously had quite an intensive injury history previous to this preparation and it’s just taken time to get it back to where she needs to be,” Hayes said.

“She’s been very tough the way that she’s won at Sandown, doing all the work from wide gates and then lifting herself off the canvas and putting them away.

“The way that she’s been winning in the benchmark races suggests he has a very good ability to progress.”

After her most recent Sandown win with Craig Williams aboard, Stealth Of Night was elevated to a rating of 78, leaving her with 60kg, though Hayes said the team is weighing up using the 3kg claim of apprentice Jackson Radley.

Aside from those Sandown wins, Stealth Of Night finished a close second first-up at Cranbourne on Cup Day, while her two earlier runs in 2025 resulted in victories at Pakenham during the autumn.

Those efforts came after a 15-month injury-enforced absence following her debut, where she finished runner-up in a Geelong maiden in December 2023, and Hayes said it has been pleasing to finally see her race consistently.

Markets are open with leading online bookmakers for the Flemington Benchmark 74, offering punters plenty of choice ahead of Saturday’s race.

“Because she missed so much of her racing life being injured, we did go the conservative approach, to build her through the grades, but she has good ability and now she’s really coping with every challenge we give her,” he said.

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