Pencarrow Stud bred and owned Amaryllis recorded her third career win today, taking out the Clive and Barbara Thomson 1200 at Avondale.

Good enough to run a close fifth behind Group 1 performed fillies Juice and Daffodil in her classic year, Amaryllis proved superior in a tight finish to win by a nose ahead of Rough Odds for her jockey Leith Innes.

Her return to winning form this season came at her pet distance of 1200m, a journey she has raced over seven times and never finished further back than fifth.

The four-year-old daughter of Red Ransom is the first foal of Lafleur, a dual stakes winning daughter of Zabeel and from the famous Eight Carat family.

Lafleur’s second foal, a colt by Johar, sold for $240,000 at Karaka in 2008 and is now placed in Japan. Following this colt are two fillies by Redoute’s Choice that are to be retained by the Stud, a two-year-old called Papilio and a foal. Lafleur is in foal to O’Reilly in 2010.

A sister in blood to Amaryllis was born at the Stud this spring with Zygadene, a sister to Lafleur, foaling to Red Ransom.

Amaryllis has always shown class and will be given a chance to pick up black-type later in her preparation.