Stephen Autridge and Jamie Richards
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Stephen Autridge and Jamie Richards will keep a Group One option open in the New Year for the well-bred Splurge.
The Matamata trainers produced the Thorndon Mile-nominated Savabeel gelding for an impressive first-up success at Hastings on Thursday with Fastnet Fire later completing a winning double for the stable.
"Splurge is a beautiful horse and he'll run next in a Rating 75 at Ellerslie on Boxing Day and we'll see what happens, we haven't ruled out the Thorndon," Richards said.
A $500,000 Karaka yearling, Splurge is a half-brother to the Australian Group Two winner Shopaholic and to the multiple Hong Kong winner and Group One placegetter Packing Pins.
"Fastnet Fire took a few starts to win her first one, but she looks like she can now make her mark in some better races as well," Richards said.
The Matamata trainers produced the Thorndon Mile-nominated Savabeel gelding for an impressive first-up success at Hastings on Thursday with Fastnet Fire later completing a winning double for the stable.
"Splurge is a beautiful horse and he'll run next in a Rating 75 at Ellerslie on Boxing Day and we'll see what happens, we haven't ruled out the Thorndon," Richards said.
A $500,000 Karaka yearling, Splurge is a half-brother to the Australian Group Two winner Shopaholic and to the multiple Hong Kong winner and Group One placegetter Packing Pins.
"Fastnet Fire took a few starts to win her first one, but she looks like she can now make her mark in some better races as well," Richards said.