Williams well-represented at Oamaru meeting

[Wandering Eyes]

Krystal Williams will head south to Oamaru’s meeting on Thursday with a quintet of runners and she is hoping to return home with a couple of winners cheques.

“There are a few nice ones,” she said. “The Roaring Tiger is having his first run back and the others have had 10 days off and are coming back to racing.”

On The Rivet (NZ) (Sweet Orange) will be fresh-up in the Opie Bosson 65 & Jmps (2200m) after winning and finishing runner-up in his prior two starts.

The son of Sweet Orange is looking forward to getting his toe in the ground on what was rated a Heavy9 track on Tuesday morning.

“He loves the mud and that is what we are going to Oamaru for, he has got to get on those grass tracks,” said Williams, who trains in partnership with her father Kenny Rae.

“He is probably my favourite one to ride at the moment, he has been working well and I would like to see a good run from him.”

Stablemate Blood Diamond (NZ) (Makfi) has finished runner-up in her last two outings and jockey Yogesh Atchamah is determined to go one better in the Harold Pateman 65 (1600m).

“Blood Diamond is really looking for that win,” Williams said. “Yogesh is excited to try and do that, he loves to ride her and is determined to stay on her. She should go well and give another honest run and is another one that loves a wet track.”

Sunset Express (NZ) (War Decree) has also placed in his last two outings and will make his stable debut in the Russell Mcara Maiden (1600m), while Berbizier (Foxwedge) will be looking for redemption in the Paul Richards 65 (1600m) after dislodging jockey Warren Kennedy shortly after the start at Riccarton last week.

“Sunset Express hasn’t been with us that long,” Williams said. “We are training him for Peter Rudkin and he has come to us in the last month. He ran third last start at Invercargill.

“He is doing well in our stable environment and has been looking very good. For a small horse he seems to gallop quite nicely so it will be interesting to see how he goes.

“Berbizier tripped over coming out of the gates the other day, so we have had to back him up again. The owners don’t want him to go on too Heavy of a track, but we are so limited with what we have go, so we will see what happens there.”

Looking ahead to the weekend, Williams is set to head to Riccarton with a couple of juveniles.

“I have got two two-year-olds lining up at Riccarton,” she said.

“Bax Factor won his three-horse trial the other day at Timaru. He won quite nicely, which surprised us all because he wasn’t a horse we thought could win like that. He has improved since that trial and it will be interesting to see how he goes.

“I have got The Rustler having another start. He didn’t go that well at Wingatui but we have got to see a bit of improvement in him before we turn him out.”

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