Soubrettes simply blew away her rivals in the 1200m dash down the chute, leaving her trainers, jockey and rivals amazed by her turn of speed.
The 4yr-old is still a rookie in the racing world, having started just four times before yesterday.
Three of those starts produced wins, including two comfortable victories at Riccarton in this campaign.
Ngapuke trainers Mandy and Matt Brown generally have a good horse floating around the stable, but the High Chaparral mare could be better than ''good''.
''To be fair, Mandy's always had a big rap on the horse,'' Matt Brown said.''
She had a few problems when she had her first trip away [to Wingatui on March 8]. We put her out for a good spell and she came back better for it.
''We've had to be patient with her - she's not an easy filly to handle and we've spent a lot of time with her and she's really come to it now.''
David Walsh has partnered Soubrettes for all of her starts, and had backed up Mandy Brown's summation of the mare.
''David has always had an opinion of her - after the last start, he said she was something special and he's hit the nail right on the head, she's something special.''
A check around the 650m mark was not enough to slow Soubrettes, who settled midfield before surging forward with 400m to go.
''In the old days, she would have only had to carry 48 or 49kg, so she's not that well off carrying 53kg - but to win that impressive, she's pretty special, isn't she,'' Walsh said.
The Wingatui contingent could only sit back and be impressed by Soubrettes and her winning time of 1.08.68.
Natuzzi (3rd) was the first Wingatui runner home, and trainer Paul Richards was proud of his stable star in his last start as a Wingatui trainer.
''I guess when they run that sort of time, and you've got 59kg, that makes it a bit tougher,'' he said.
''Chris [Johnson] said at the junction the winner was outside him, and when he let it go, it just put three lengths on him in no time.''
When asked if he was pleased to sign off from Wingatui with a third in a group 3 race, Richards quickly replied with: ''It's better than fourth.''
Natuzzi led home Valiant (4th) and The Diamond One (5th).
Valiant's co-trainer Shane Anderton was rapt with Valiant's effort in stakes company.
''He went a really good race and the winner's a smart animal,'' he said.
''The Diamond One came up and had a go at us, which didn't help - that's racing. But he fought on well - there were pretty smart horses in front of him.''
The Diamond One's trainer, Steven Anderton, said the mare stuck on well but needed more cover.
''She's a better horse with a bit of cover and not doing the donkey work - she just did it at the wrong end,'' he said.
''The winner was far too good - nothing would have beaten it on the day anyway.''
