Cassie Anne
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Talented mare Cassie Anne will step out at Waverley on Friday ahead of a return to stakes racing.
The six-year-old has overcome a recent setback and she should welcome a drop in class when she runs in the Clarendon Hotel Rating 85.
"I was looking forward to the Tauranga Classic, but she got a stone bruise," New Plymouth trainer Tina Egan said.
The sparingly-raced winner of four of her 29 starts, Cassie Anne's autumn campaign was all about black type with four consecutive appearances at the higher level.
Major reward eluded her, but she did acquit herself well with fourth placings in the Listed Rangitikei Gold Cup and the Listed Flying Handicap, a fifth in the Listed Manawatu Anzac Mile and a last-start seventh in the Listed Ag Challenge Stakes.
"She'll have this run on Friday and then we'll look to go back to black type," Egan said. "We might have a go at the Opunake Cup."
The former leading jumps rider has, however, ruled out a trip to Christchurch for the Gr.3 eStar Winter Cup.
"We took her down there last year and she didn't eat that well at all," Egan said.
Meanwhile, stablemate and Waverley race rival Better Keeper is racing on borrowed time.
"She's probably going to the broodmare paddock – she'll have one or two more runs before we make that call," Egan said.
The winner of six races, Better Keeper has black type to her credit having finished third in the Gr.3 Thompson Handicap at Trentham and she also filled a similar placing in the Listed Tauranga Classic. – NZ Racing Desk.
The six-year-old has overcome a recent setback and she should welcome a drop in class when she runs in the Clarendon Hotel Rating 85.
"I was looking forward to the Tauranga Classic, but she got a stone bruise," New Plymouth trainer Tina Egan said.
The sparingly-raced winner of four of her 29 starts, Cassie Anne's autumn campaign was all about black type with four consecutive appearances at the higher level.
Major reward eluded her, but she did acquit herself well with fourth placings in the Listed Rangitikei Gold Cup and the Listed Flying Handicap, a fifth in the Listed Manawatu Anzac Mile and a last-start seventh in the Listed Ag Challenge Stakes.
"She'll have this run on Friday and then we'll look to go back to black type," Egan said. "We might have a go at the Opunake Cup."
The former leading jumps rider has, however, ruled out a trip to Christchurch for the Gr.3 eStar Winter Cup.
"We took her down there last year and she didn't eat that well at all," Egan said.
Meanwhile, stablemate and Waverley race rival Better Keeper is racing on borrowed time.
"She's probably going to the broodmare paddock – she'll have one or two more runs before we make that call," Egan said.
The winner of six races, Better Keeper has black type to her credit having finished third in the Gr.3 Thompson Handicap at Trentham and she also filled a similar placing in the Listed Tauranga Classic. – NZ Racing Desk.
