Trainer John Thompson has Another Prayer winging her way to Oaks When Patinack Farm had its clearance sale at the Magic Millions in June, trainer John Thompson had his eyes on a couple of horses he wanted to keep. One was well-bred filly Another Prayer, which he put his hand up for and forked out $140,000. "She hadn't done everything then but she was one that I always thought was one of the better fillies we had," Thompson said. I was given the chance to buy a couple back and she was near the top of the list. Nathan [Tinkler] had the ones he wanted to keep and that's how it happened. Reflectance and Aldous join Another Prayer on the Kensington track at Randwick on Saturday and were another couple that failed to change hands at the sale. Another Prayer has since had five runs, winning her past two, at 1850 metres and 1800m, verifying Thompson's judgment and leaving him thinking what might have been if she had been around a couple of months earlier. You look at that Oaks in Melbourne and to me it looked one of weakest I had seen. This filly always reminded me of her mother [Heavenly Glow], which won a Sydney Oaks and was placed in Brisbane, and she just needs to get over a trip. She has shown that in her past couple. Thompson will use the third race, an 1800m benchmark 75, against older horses, to help decide which Oaks the daughter of Encosta De Lago should target. "We will find out a bit about her on Saturday," he said. If she was to take care of them easily you would have to give her a short freshen-up and have a crack at the stronger Oaks in Sydney. The other option is a spell and go to Brisbane, where she can run in the Oaks and the Derby if she is good enough. Thompson also likes the chances of Reflectance after he drew gate two in the seventh.