Group One-winning mare Tofane (NZ) (Ocean Park) is nearing a raceday return after a bout with illness.

“She had a kidney infection,” trainer Michael Moroney told Racing.com.

“She had to go to Werribee (Vet Hospital) for a while. It was lucky we picked it up.

“She just got some sort of bug. She was just running a slight temperature, so we treated her for it and it came back down.

“And it was just our vet walked past one day and said her urine smelt funny. So we thought we better run a blood off her and we picked it up off her blood.

“It was really lucky.”

The daughter of Ocean Park pleased Moroney with her jumpout win at Flemington on Friday and now a trip north, including both Sydney and Brisbane, is on the cards.

“She hit the line without being moved on,” Moroney said. “Mark Zahra (jockey) rode her and was very happy with her.

“She looks particularly well and looks like she’s over the problems she has had.

“We might run on the last day (of The Championships in Sydney), the Listed 1200m race and then head up to Queensland, all going well.”