Perfect Fit
Trish Dunell
Group One-winning mare Perfect Fit doesn't feature among the Hawke's Bay Triple Crown series entries, but it is omission by design.
"She's due back in the stable this week after we elected to give her a good, long spell when she came home from Brisbane," said part-owner Mark Chitty, of Haunui Farm.
"She was up for a large part of last season, although she had a few short breaks, and she's never been a spring horse."
Perfect Fit made outstanding progress for trainers Ken and Bev Kelso during her last preparation and went from a Rating 65 win to a Group One victory in the New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders' Stakes in the space of six starts.
The home-bred daughter of Elusive City and the multiple Group One winner Fayreform then crossed the Tasman, but she performed below par when out of the money in the Gr.2 QTC Cup at Eagle Farm.
"She had a tough run at Te Aroha and it was a long campaign so you take your medicine, but if she comes up well then we wouldn't be frightened to have another go," Chitty said.
"She has spelled well and put on a fair bit of weight and she looks a lot stronger."
The winner of six of her 12 starts and yet to finish out of the money in New Zealand, Perfect Fit is expected to be back on track by Christmas.
"She'll definitely be in for the summer racing and Ken had an idea that we could target the Telegraph with her, but we'll see how she comes up first," Chitty said. – NZ Racing Desk.
"She's due back in the stable this week after we elected to give her a good, long spell when she came home from Brisbane," said part-owner Mark Chitty, of Haunui Farm.
"She was up for a large part of last season, although she had a few short breaks, and she's never been a spring horse."
Perfect Fit made outstanding progress for trainers Ken and Bev Kelso during her last preparation and went from a Rating 65 win to a Group One victory in the New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders' Stakes in the space of six starts.
The home-bred daughter of Elusive City and the multiple Group One winner Fayreform then crossed the Tasman, but she performed below par when out of the money in the Gr.2 QTC Cup at Eagle Farm.
"She had a tough run at Te Aroha and it was a long campaign so you take your medicine, but if she comes up well then we wouldn't be frightened to have another go," Chitty said.
"She has spelled well and put on a fair bit of weight and she looks a lot stronger."
The winner of six of her 12 starts and yet to finish out of the money in New Zealand, Perfect Fit is expected to be back on track by Christmas.
"She'll definitely be in for the summer racing and Ken had an idea that we could target the Telegraph with her, but we'll see how she comes up first," Chitty said. – NZ Racing Desk.