Ladies First
Trish Dunell
Ladies First added another victory to her near perfect winter campaign with a tenacious performance on her home track.
The Taranaki filly looked to be making hard work of it 500 metres from home, but she dug deep and rallied strongly for a comfortable win in the NZB Finance & Leasing 3YO at New Plymouth on Saturday.
Ladies First's only defeat came at her second appearance and that fourth placing at Te Rapa was also a run full of merit.
"It was against the big boys up north and she still went a very good race," said Lisa Allpress, who has ridden Ladies First in all of her starts.
At New Plymouth, the daughter of Dylan Thomas sat behind the pace before she came away from the fence across the top and then required aggressive riding to make ground on the front pair.
When Allpress switched the stick to her left hand in the straight, Ladies First responded and she pulled away from a game Bowie, who gave the winner four kilos, to score by two and three quarter lengths.
"She seems to eat mud and had a nice weight considering what she's done," trainer Allan Sharrock said.
"She put them away pretty easily in the end. She's quality and could end up a cups mare."
Sharrock has yet to discuss Ladies First's immediate future with the three-year-old's connections, but his first thought was to let her develop with a three month break. – NZ Racing Desk.
The Taranaki filly looked to be making hard work of it 500 metres from home, but she dug deep and rallied strongly for a comfortable win in the NZB Finance & Leasing 3YO at New Plymouth on Saturday.
Ladies First's only defeat came at her second appearance and that fourth placing at Te Rapa was also a run full of merit.
"It was against the big boys up north and she still went a very good race," said Lisa Allpress, who has ridden Ladies First in all of her starts.
At New Plymouth, the daughter of Dylan Thomas sat behind the pace before she came away from the fence across the top and then required aggressive riding to make ground on the front pair.
When Allpress switched the stick to her left hand in the straight, Ladies First responded and she pulled away from a game Bowie, who gave the winner four kilos, to score by two and three quarter lengths.
"She seems to eat mud and had a nice weight considering what she's done," trainer Allan Sharrock said.
"She put them away pretty easily in the end. She's quality and could end up a cups mare."
Sharrock has yet to discuss Ladies First's immediate future with the three-year-old's connections, but his first thought was to let her develop with a three month break. – NZ Racing Desk.
