Exciting spring plans for promising youngster

[Wandering Eyes]

Close on the heels of a pleasing double at Arawa Park on Saturday, Byerley Park trainer Kylie Hoskin is looking forward to stepping out one of her exciting spring prospects at the Avondale trials on Tuesday.

Rising three-year-old colt Geneva showed plenty of ability as a juvenile, winning two trials before scoring on debut at Te Rapa in May, and now Hoskin has got stakes ambitions in the coming months for the Jomara Bloodstock bred and raced son of Time Test.

“He is a very smart horse,” Hoskin said. “He is uncomplicated, does everything easily and he just might be the real deal.

“I am really excited to kick him off again tomorrow. He will probably look at the Northland Breeders’ (Gr.3, 1200m) and the Guineas (Gr.1, 1600m) will be our main aim.”

Stablemate Fun Never Sets will also trial over 1000m, and the $1.5 million Karaka Millions (1600m) runner is also in line for some stakes targets in the coming months.

“She had a nice spell after the Karaka Millions and has strengthened up a lot, so I am excited about the spring with her,” Hoskin said.

“We will be looking to get some rating points and looking at some black-type for her.”

Looking back at the weekend, Hoskin was delighted to pick-up a winning double at Arawa Park on Saturday courtesy of Pure Gold in the House Of Elliot 1560m and Opera Belle in the Campbell Infrastructure 2200.

“It was a big thrill (to get the double),” Hoskin said.

“Pure Gold has been a tricky horse to figure out and we had to add a lot of gear to him at the start, but we have slowly been stripping it back and I think without the blinkers on he settled a bit more and he was able to save some up for the end.

“Opera Belle just enjoyed that track, and with the light weight she was able to skip away on them.”

The double brought Hoskin’s season tally to six wins, with earnings north of $330,000.

“I haven’t had so many wins, but I have so many placings and everyone has been doing their part,” she said.

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