Bella Gioia
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Stephen Marsh admits to reservations about the chances of Bella Gioia and Amastar at Pukekohe Park on Friday.
“It’s a shame Bella Gioia will have to carry topweight, she’s a smaller filly although she is pretty classy at her best and Amastar isn’t that well-weighted either,” the Cambridge trainer said. “Both horses are very well though.”
Runner-up in the 2016 Gr.1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas, Bella Gioia will have to shoulder 59kg in the Haunui Farm Handicap (1200m) while Amastar will carry 58kg.