Pride of Jenni back in Spring to Target Mile Races.

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Spring on Jenni's agenda?

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Owner Tony Ottobre has hinted star mare Pride Of Jenni is likely to continue her racing career in the spring and will stick to races over a mile.

The seven-year-old was last seen in the Doomben Cup (G1, 2000m) where she finished towards the back of the field, but Ottobre says he was still delighted with the front runner’s campaign and says there is no reason why she shouldn't keep racing.

“She’s got a 50 per cent winning strike rate from her last prep, why would you retire her?” Ottobre said on SENTrack.

“You only retire a horse when they’ve had enough or they don’t want to run anymore.

“We’re in it for racing, we’re not in it for anything else other than racing and also making sure the horse is fine.”

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Pride Of Jenni will shortly commence her float trip back to Ottobre’s farm from where a decision on what happens next will be made.

“Once we get her here we’ll assess where she’s at and how she’s going and go from there,” he said.

“At the moment her future is fine and rosy, her campaign was two wins from four starts.

“I think she’s still fantastic… I know she’s really good at 1600m.”

Ottobre said Pride Of Jenni would likely only have two or three runs in a spring campaign of which the mile would be her most likely trip. 

“If you’re going to something like the King Charles, she has to be in great order and she has to be in a mood to want to race, if she’s that way… at this stage nothing’s off the deck, nothing at all,” he said.