After a brief let-up, Hareeba was tried in Black Type company for the first time and finished a close second to Lady Jakeo in the 1994 Australia Made Stakes.
While defeated, he had finished in front of the multiple Group One winners Primacy and Schillaci, but, in a foretaste of what would be ongoing issues over the next three years, was injured and had to be spelled.
In the new year, he resumed with an 'amazing display of sheer speed and power'[1] in the 1995 Australia Made Stakes, which was run down the straight at Flemington (with Moonee Valley closed for renovations).
At his next start, he raced below his best when unplaced behind Mahogany in the Lightning Stakes, and carried topweight of 58.5 kilograms when runner-up to All Our Mob in the Newmarket Handicap.
Following another let-up, he finished second to Mamzelle Pedrille in a Flying on the Gold Coast and scored a course record-breaking win in the QTC Cup, under topweight of 60 kilograms.