AVONDALE TRIALS 17/02 (Good 4)
Heat 5 – 2YO – Catchweight – 1000m (59.25)
1st: 2y f LIGURIA (L Noble)
2nd: 2y c PERFECT POUR (S Marsh)
3rd: 2y c SHACKLES (P Pertab)
Summary: “Last start Group 3 winner LIGURIA sat back at the rear of the field and sprinted quickly off a modest speed in this 1000m trial to suggest she’s still on the up as she heads towards her target race the Manawatu Sires Produce Stakes next month.”
Horse To Follow: 2y f LIGURIA
Heat 6 – OPEN – Catchweight – 1000m (58.15)
1st: 5y g HAVE A CRACK (C Ormsby)
2nd: 4y m BRAZEN AFFAIR (Walker & Bergerson)
3rd: 5y m NEPHETI (Ritchie & Murray)
Summary: “On-speed runners dominated the quickest heat of the morning, worth acknowledging the effort of ELIUD, a 5YO gelding last seen 591 days ago after a failed Australian campaign. He held his ground behind the front pairing and understandably blew up late, handles all surfaces and sure to improve on this effort next time out.”
Horse To Follow: 5y g ELIUD
FOXTON TRIALS 19/02 (Good 4)
Heat 2 – OPEN – Catchweight – 850m (51.12)
1st: 3y f BONA SFORZA (S Finnegan)
2nd: 7y g KA YING LUCKY (S Gordon)
3rd: 3y f TOO SWEET (R Bergerson)
Summary: “BONA SFORZA had blinkers applied and the filly travelled sweetly in her 2nd trial of the campaign, last seen producing an outstanding effort in the Group 1/1000 Guineas behind star filly Well Written and recent Ellerslie winner Belle Cheval. Expect that form to hold up.”
Horse To Follow: 3y f BONA SFORZA
TAURANGA TRIALS 24/02 (Soft 5)
Heat 1 – OPEN – Catchweight – 1000m (58.77)
1st: 3y g YOKOZUNA (D Logan)
2nd: 6y m GOLDILUXE (D Greene)
3rd: 5y m PRIVY GARDEN (A Forsman)
Summary: “GOLDILUXE won two races last campaign and went to the paddock on a high winning at Ruakaka, like the rest of the horses in this stable, the mare may have improved further as she flashed home from the rear under Warren Kennedy to finish 2nd and will pay to keep safe when she steps out fresh.”
Horse To Follow: 6y m GOLDILUXE
Heat 3 – OPEN – Catchweight – 1000m (58.66)
1st: 4y m SISTA SUGAR (S & E Clotworthy)
2nd: 4y m TRIANNA (D Sweeney)
3rd: 3y g NEDELIN (A Forsman)
Summary: “All the action was up front, SISTA SUGAR and TRIANNA battled it out on speed and ran time together, GRANDE GALLO was scratched from Ellerslie on Saturday and had trialled strongly prior, just given a quiet time on the bridle at the rear in this heat as the stable like to do, she has a good fresh record and will be highly competitive wherever she runs.”
Horse To Follow: 5y m GRANDE GALLO
