Might And Power, owned by Nick Moraitis, was a two-time Australian Horse of the Year and, as a four-year-old, became only the second horse to win both the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups as well as the Cox Plate.

Might And Power earned more than $5.2 million for Moraitis, who is still involved in the industry as an owner and breeder at 80 years old.

He has enjoyed success in other feature races such as the Australian Derby (2007) and The BMW (2009), but on Monday his latest victory came in the Jack Daniels Maiden Plate (1,200 metres) at Dubbo.

It was a four-year-old mare called Special Silk who saluted as the $2.90 favourite.

Special Silk is not the first Moraitis-owned runner that trainer Mirfin has had in his stable. He won a race for the former Sydney Turf Club committee member at Bathurst’s Tyers Park in October with Devil In A Dress.

“Another Bathurst trainer, Jeff Brasch, he decided to get out of training for a while and he had the mare [Devil In A Dress] in work, so she was transferred across to me to have a run,” Mirfin explained.

“I was fortunate enough to have a win with her and because of that, I was given another one [Special Silk] to train.

“I’ve had those colours in six runs for two wins and four placings – so far they’ve been lucky for me.”

Special Silk had her first run for Mirfin at Orange on November 20 and, after leading at both the 800m and 400m marks, ended up in second place, 1.5 lengths off the pace.

She produced a similar run at Orange on December 8, leading before finishing third, while in Bathurst on December 18, she came from fourth at the 800m mark to place second.

In those three races the only horses to beat her home came from Warwick Farm or Rosehill and that prompted Mirfin to head to Dubbo.

“She will reach her limit, but the only horses who have beaten her out here in the district thus far are from Sydney,” Mirfin said.

“So we went further west [on Monday] to avoid those Sydney horses and she won. She’s an honest little runner.”

With Anthony Cavallo in the saddle, Special Silk began well at Dubbo as the $2.90 favourite, quickly working forward after going from barrier six.

The four-year-old Henny Hughes x Lady’s Counsel mare soon took over front spot from Strangerinparadise ($5) and enjoyed a half length advantage over Edie’s Delight ($41) with 600m to go.

Edie’s Delight moved up to challenge the favourite into the straight, but she held her lead and went on to win by 13/4 lengths over Strangerinparadise. 

Edie’s Delight was a further half length back in third.

It was her first win in 10 starts – four of those under Mirfin’s guidance – and he hopes it could lead to more success for his stables in the future.

“I think I am doing a good job with his [Moraitis’] horses so far, so hopefully something can transpire from it, but it is just always nice for your stable to train for a high profile owner,” he said.

Mirfin also picked up a third placing at Dubbo for another well-known group of owners – the Baxter family of Macquarie Stud. 

Their runner Art ‘n’ Ollie ($6), making her debut for the Bathurst trainer, was beaten out by a half length by Cameron Crockett’s $3.40 favourite Exciteanation in the Class 2 Handicap (1,000m).