It was a long-overdue victory for the Mick Sell-trained four-year-old, who could conceivably have won all four of her previous starts this campaign, but had just two seconds and a pair of fourths to show for it.

Stable representative Mel Sell is adamant they have never had an unluckier horse.

"Without a word of a lie, she could have won every start this preparation," she said.

"She just got pipped at Kyneton, then had nothing but bad luck her next start at Kyneton and her last start at Echuca she got caught deep the whole way and had no luck, so we were rapt to finally get the breakthrough on Sunday.

"I don't think we've had one unluckier than her. We've had a few that have run a lot of placings and have genuinely been beaten by one better on the day, but we have never quite had one like her who should have won before Sunday and as often.

"Pleasingly, she looked good in winning - and she's still learning. She is still doing little things wrong, nothing too much. But she is real hard work.

Sell said the bulk of the credit for the win certainly went to trainer Mick.

Sell said the bulk of the credit for the win certainly went to trainer Mick, who had developed a strong affinity with the often unpredictable galloper.

"You can't touch her, she's got a few mannerism problems," she said.

"(She's) very temperamental, nobody touches her except Mick.

"None of the rest of us do much, the most we'll do is put her on the walker and off the walker, but even then it's planned to a tee and she's the first one off.

"Other than that, we're not touching her. She certainly respects Mick, the rest of us run and duck."

A short-priced favourite, Boho Miss ($1.65), by Redente out of Kicha, showed more than a glimpse of potential in kicking clear in the final stages under the urgings of Daniel Stackhouse.

Sell said the stable had long been convinced in the mare's ability.

"You wouldn't keep persisting if you didn't think the ability was there," she said.

"She's shown it from the get-go, but she's one you've got to let her do it in her own time.

"You couldn't have asked too much too soon with her, it was always going to take time, but we feel she is improving every time she steps out."

Sell said plenty of thanks with Boho Miss was due to jockey Craig Robertson, who rode the mare in her previous five starts for three placings, before his early year move to the Sunshine Coast.

"It would have been nice for him to get a win on her before he left - he was very stiff to miss out," she said.

Second behind Boho Miss was the Brent Stanley-trained Mongolian Flame, the fur-year-old mare having her third race start, and showing a maiden win should be too far away.

The Sells, who picked up a second with Hugo Loves Vegas last week at Ararat, and a third with Lovin' Laughs the previous week at Stawell will head to Moe on Tuesday with a definite winning hope in Magnum Bullet.

The Sells, who picked up a second with Hugo Loves Vegas last week at Ararat, and a third with Lovin' Laughs the previous week at Stawell will head to Moe on Tuesday with a definite winning hope in Magnum Bullet.

On Wednesday they will head to Sandown with Lovin' Laughs, one of the outsiders of the field in the benchmark 64 over 1200m.

A good day for the Kyneton training ranks at Benalla included a second for Sue Naylor with Danali, which followed her win the previous weekend with Paris Gem.

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