Thurlow satisfied Glory Days up for the Auckland Cup challenge

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It might be another step up the ladder for both himself and his stable star, but Waverley horseman Bill Thurlow is confident that Glory Days is up for her big test in Saturday’s Gr. 1 Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Cup.
Thurlow reports that everything has gone to plan in the two weeks since Glory Days made such an impressive Ellerslie debut, coming from last to win the Gr. 2 Avondale Cup. He opted to stay close to home in the meantime and is satisfied that he made the right call to head to the Ellerslie two-miler without another race.
“She’s a mare that doesn’t need a lot of racing or work and I’m happy with her,” Thurlow told www.theinformant.co.nz this morning. “She went into the Avondale Cup with just that one run over a mile after a break and she’s gone forward, she’s very well.
“We took her through to Wanganui on Saturday morning for a decent hitout on the grass there, which they’re able to irrigate. I’m pretty happy with her, fitness-wise she’s where we want her, so now it’s a matter of counting sleeps I guess.”
The big query for Glory Days and most of her rivals heading into the Auckland Cup is the 3200-metre distance, but Thurlow is taking a positive approach.
“She can run the sectionals – her last 600s are pretty impressive – and I know it’s up to her whether she runs two miles, but as far as that goes I figure she’s got as much chance as any of them.
“The main thing is right now she’s very well, everything has gone to plan, so we’re looking forward to Saturday.”

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