Bloodstream
Trish Dunell
Tentative plans have been made to take one of New Zealand's most promising stayers across the Tasman.
Riccarton trainer Terri Rae is keen on next year's Queensland winter festival for Bloodstream, whose development may first be furthered with a trip to the North Island.
"He's just getting better and better," stable foreman Ryan Thistoll said. "Terri's got the Manawatu Cup in mind for him and maybe later on the Brisbane carnival."
Bloodstream stretched his winning sequence to five at Riccarton on Saturday, and his second for the meeting, when he thumped his Rating 85 rivals in The Recruitment Network Premier Handicap.
The five-year-old settled behind the pace on the fence and when an inside gap presented itself before the turn, the son of Duelled was off and gone.
"He took me into the race – I was going to be patient, but he said go!" rider Alysha Collett said.
Bloodstream strode to the front at the top of the straight and he powered clear to claim the 2500 metre event by a widening five lengths. Show MacCool finished second ahead of La Nouvelle Vague with Francis Drake the first northerner home.
Collett had ridden the horse in three of his previous wins with Danielle Johnson successfully pinch-hitting seven days earlier.
"With every start he just keeps improving and today it was very easy," Collett said. – NZ Racing Desk.
Riccarton trainer Terri Rae is keen on next year's Queensland winter festival for Bloodstream, whose development may first be furthered with a trip to the North Island.
"He's just getting better and better," stable foreman Ryan Thistoll said. "Terri's got the Manawatu Cup in mind for him and maybe later on the Brisbane carnival."
Bloodstream stretched his winning sequence to five at Riccarton on Saturday, and his second for the meeting, when he thumped his Rating 85 rivals in The Recruitment Network Premier Handicap.
The five-year-old settled behind the pace on the fence and when an inside gap presented itself before the turn, the son of Duelled was off and gone.
"He took me into the race – I was going to be patient, but he said go!" rider Alysha Collett said.
Bloodstream strode to the front at the top of the straight and he powered clear to claim the 2500 metre event by a widening five lengths. Show MacCool finished second ahead of La Nouvelle Vague with Francis Drake the first northerner home.
Collett had ridden the horse in three of his previous wins with Danielle Johnson successfully pinch-hitting seven days earlier.
"With every start he just keeps improving and today it was very easy," Collett said. – NZ Racing Desk.