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Jordan Grob opened his winning account in New Zealand on Wednesday with success aboard the Tony Pike-trained Sacredvista at Te Teko.
The visiting Victorian apprentice, who is enjoying a spell with Michael Moroney and Pam Gerard’s Matamata stable, made the running aboard the daughter of Fastnet Rock, who kicked strongly in the run home to break her maiden in the Ash & Oak Arborists 3YO 1200m.
“It’s good to get the first one, it’s taken a while,” Grob said. “She’s a nice filly going places and she’s in the right yard.”
Pike said Sacredvista, a sister to Long Leaf and from the family of Terravista and Tiger Tees, had trialled well after a freshen-up since last racing.
“She’s strengthening and she’s always showed plenty of ability. Jordan has been coming over to ride trackwork a couple of times a week and he was rewarded with the ride.”