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John Size saddles up Wunderbar and Stellar Express as he looks to claim Sha Tin’s Saturday feature, the Class One Pearce Memorial Challenge Cup (1,000m). The 12-time champion trainer, who heads into Saturday with a commanding nine-win lead over nearest rival David Hayes in this season’s premiership, will be chiefly relying on his winning machine Wunderbar to extend his buffer. The Rich Enuff galloper won four of his five starts as a three-year-old and kicked off this campaign with a pair of...View the full article -
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Simon and Katrina Alexander could be in for a healthy payday when they head to Ruakaka on Saturday with a couple of leading chances in the ITM/GIB Northern Winter Championship Finals. The husband-and-wife training duo have two warm favourites in Major Major and Acapelago, who will both be vying to secure the $60,000 purse on offer in their respective finals. Seven-year-old Pins gelding Major Major has won two of his last three starts and will meet a similar line-up in Saturday’s ITM/GIB Whangarei Gold Cup Stayers’ Final (2100m), for which he is currently a $2.60 favourite. “I am very pleased with the way this part of his preparation has tracked to date, he has delivered each time,” Katrina Alexander said. “I can’t fault the way he has trained on between runs, nothing has changed for him, he has just kept up his momentum. “I think he has well and truly settled into that distance now fitness-wise and it should be very comfortable for him to get around over the 2100m again.” Major Major has drawn barrier 11 and Alexander said they will most likely push forward from that gate. “He has proven now as he goes along that he is a lot more tractable than what he used to be, so having to go hard and get a lead, I think that will still potentially be our focus and get him into his rhythm where he is comfortable,” Alexander said. “Kelly (Myers, jockey) knows him well enough now to know what she can and can’t do with him. We will just have to see how the track plays throughout the day as to what our game plan may be closer to the race. I don’t think it will bother him too much, let’s just hope he doesn’t get stuck wide for too long.” Saturday’s run will likely be Major Major’s season swansong, with Alexander looking ahead to the spring with her charge. “If we can match a likewise performance as last time, I will be absolutely rapt and he can go out off the back of that for a little breather,” she said. “Then we can plan what the spring may look like for him.” The Alexanders also have a leading hope in the ITM/GIB 3YO Winter Championship Final (1600m) in the form of Acapelago. The three-year-old filly has been a model of consistency this preparation, winning one and placing in three of her four starts this time in. She will jump from barrier three on Saturday, with jockey Kelly Myers donning the silks of owner-breeder Haunui Farm. Alexander is confident of a bold showing, which is matched by TAB bookmakers, who currently have her sitting atop of the market as a $2.50 favourite. “She is a filly that just tries so hard,” Alexander said. “I am really keen to get her to this mile distance, I think it is probably where she is better suited going forward. “As she gets older and matures a bit more, I think it will be more likely the case than staying at the lower distances for too much longer. It’s just the fact that there have been the three-year-old races on offer that we have maintained her down a little bit further. “Her work suggests that she is ready to go up in distance now. It will be very interesting to see how she deals with that little bit of extra distance, but I think it will be within her range quite comfortably.” Acapelago will be joined in Saturday’s contest by stablemate Vadanova, who will jump from barrier two, with apprentice jockey Elen Nicholas aboard. “She really does prefer wider draws,” Alexander said. “I think that she has shown to me a few times now that when she gets shut down on the rail, like she did last time at Matamata, that she is not 100 percent comfortable there, she likes room to see where she is. “It is a shame Elen has to jump on her for the first time in that situation, but we will have a chat about that beforehand. It is a small field, so if she has to manoeuvre her a little bit, there are not a lot of horses that she has to deal with. “She may jump away nicely, she can do that, but I am more so wary of pushing her out of her comfort zone. She may not take advantage of that inside draw, but we will see how the racing plays out.” Alexander is looking forward to racing for the prizemoney on offer this weekend and said the Winter Championship Series is a great initiative over the colder months. “It is nice to have those stakes up for grabs in the winter,” she said. “Our winter horses are just as important. Just because they race on the wet doesn’t mean they are any lesser animal, it is just what they need to be comfortable. It’s great to have this series and having that sort of money up for grabs.” View the full article
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