Canberra trainer Nick Olive admits he didn't think he would ever win a group 1 race and it still hasn't sunk in that he has.
And if all goes well this week then he will have a shot at winning his second group 1 race in the space of a fortnight, with Single Gaze likely to run in the $1 million Australian Oaks (2400 metres) at Randwick on   April 9.
Olive headed down the coast to spend what was left of Easter with his family and wanted to allow his head to clear and the chocolate to settle before he made a definite call on where his stable star would race next. 
He said she had pulled up well after winning the group 1 Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill on Saturday and if that continued the Oaks seemed the likely target.
Olive said winning a group 1 race had always been his goal, but given he was based in Canberra he was never really confident he would.
But along came Single Gaze and the three-year-old filly almost won him his first Black Opal Stakes -  Canberra's biggest race - before developing into a promising stayer.
Jockey Kathy O'Hara said the daughter of Not A Single Doubt was "worth her weight in gold" following the Vinery and that weight currently adds up to almost $1.2 million in prizemoney - and growing.
Single Gaze has three wins and five places from her 13 starts, with her last a gutsy &frac34;-length victory from Valley Girl that gave Olive the group 1 he thought might never come.
"You sort of don't think it will happen, you just hope you get a horse good enough that you'll get there," he said on Sunday.
"We were pretty confident going into the race yesterday, as confident as you could be, it was just good to see the filly do her bit and get the result."
Olive said Single Gaze "knew she went around", but 30 minutes later she was "bright as a button".
She had pulled up well on Sunday morning, but Olive wanted to monitor her throughout the week before making a final decision.
Single Gaze is nominated for the Oaks, the $4 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) - where she would come up against Australia's best horse, Winx - and the group 1 Legacy Stakes (1600m).
The Oaks loomed as the likely target, where a big run could bring races such as the Caulfield Cup (2400m) into calculations for the spring.
"If everything's right, we'll probably most likely head to the Oaks. I want to get home and spend a few days with the filly before I make the decision," Olive said.
"She'll have a couple of quiet days before we ride her again and then make a decision on how she pulls up.
"We won't know until she races. If she's 100 per cent healthy and thriving still, like she has in the previous weeks, then I'd say we most likely will go to the Oaks."
While there is a question mark about whether she can run the 2400m, there was a similar question mark about whether she could handle 2000m - a test she passed with flying colours.
Olive said O'Hara was confident she could handle the trip, with the hoop already putting her hand up for the Oaks.
O'Hara has developed a special relationship with the horse and Olive -  she has ridden seven of Olive's nine stakes wins and has ridden all three of Single Gaze's wins.
"[O'Hara's] keen for her to go to the Oaks, she's keen. If she got a nice, soft run she'd run it," he said.