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Trish Dunell
Rider Rosie Myers was feeling confident of a good performance from her mount Profile in the lead-up to her assignment in rating 75 company at Hastings on Saturday and she wasn't disappointed as the promising mare delivered in fine style in the penultimate race of the three-day Hawkes Bay carnival.
Myers has been aboard the lightly raced five-year-old in all of her six starts to date and isn't about to give up the association any time soon after the combination recorded their third victory when downing pacemaker Henree Winkler in the shadows of the winning post on Saturday.
"I think we probably got back a little further than I intended but she has such an amazing turn of foot I wasn't too concerned," she explained.
"She won her first two races and has only been out of the money once so she's done a good job as she's had a few problems as well.
"She is a very nice mare and I think we will be picking up some black-type in the near future."
Co-trainer Emma Haworth, who prepares the Volksraad mare with father David, admitted to some worries during the contest when her charge was near the rear in the early running.
"I was a little worried as she was well back early on but she is a class mare and we're pretty excited about her future," she said.
"She was a late starter who didn't do anything until she was a four-year-old. She hasn't got the best knees so we have to be careful where we place her.
"She was unlucky at Wanganui where she ran second in her first run this time in. We were a little nervous about the sticky track today but she's just so tough that she puts her head down and gives it her all every time.
"I'm not too sure where to from here but we'll get her home and see how she pulls up and make a plan from there." - NZ Racing Desk
Myers has been aboard the lightly raced five-year-old in all of her six starts to date and isn't about to give up the association any time soon after the combination recorded their third victory when downing pacemaker Henree Winkler in the shadows of the winning post on Saturday.
"I think we probably got back a little further than I intended but she has such an amazing turn of foot I wasn't too concerned," she explained.
"She won her first two races and has only been out of the money once so she's done a good job as she's had a few problems as well.
"She is a very nice mare and I think we will be picking up some black-type in the near future."
Co-trainer Emma Haworth, who prepares the Volksraad mare with father David, admitted to some worries during the contest when her charge was near the rear in the early running.
"I was a little worried as she was well back early on but she is a class mare and we're pretty excited about her future," she said.
"She was a late starter who didn't do anything until she was a four-year-old. She hasn't got the best knees so we have to be careful where we place her.
"She was unlucky at Wanganui where she ran second in her first run this time in. We were a little nervous about the sticky track today but she's just so tough that she puts her head down and gives it her all every time.
"I'm not too sure where to from here but we'll get her home and see how she pulls up and make a plan from there." - NZ Racing Desk