Sweet Leader
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Below-par performances on the training track resulted in Sweet Leader's connections not chasing Saturday's Gr.1 Sothys NZ 2000 Guineas with the colt.
"His work wasn't as good as we'd hoped for so we'll bring him home to freshen up," said Andrew Scott, who trains the three-year-old with Lance O'Sullivan.
Sweet Leader won at Taupo and Te Rapa before he finished fifth in the Listed Barneswood Farm Stakes at Ashburton last month.
"The trip just didn't work out for him," said Scott, whose Guineas hopes will now rest on Cha Siu Bao.
"His work wasn't as good as we'd hoped for so we'll bring him home to freshen up," said Andrew Scott, who trains the three-year-old with Lance O'Sullivan.
Sweet Leader won at Taupo and Te Rapa before he finished fifth in the Listed Barneswood Farm Stakes at Ashburton last month.
"The trip just didn't work out for him," said Scott, whose Guineas hopes will now rest on Cha Siu Bao.