Shadow Fox has earned himself a crack at a black type race.
The seven-year-old will step up in grade after producing a courageous front-running performance to win the F & R Insulation Panels Ltd Handicap (1200m) at Awapuni on Thursday.
“He’s just tough, he doesn’t give up,” part-owner and trainer Steve Gulliver said. “We’ve taken our time with him, he doesn’t like wet tracks, and he can go to Otaki now for the Listed 1200m race.”
The target event for Shadow Fox is the Chainey’s Panasonic Levin Stakes on December 1.