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The Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott-trained Autumn Wild added a second win to her career tally at Rotorua on Wednesday when taking out the ISCL 1230.
The three-year-old filly settled at the rear of the field for apprentice jockey Taiki Yanagida before he improved her four-wide at the top of the straight and ran away with the race, winning by two lengths over Atom Ant, with a further head back to Full of Talent.
“She still wants to overdo it a bit around the back there, but Lance was adamant that he wanted to teach her to relax, breath and quicken,” Scott said.
“It was good today that she did quicken the way we had hoped. If she can just continue to learn to relax and quicken like the way she did, there is still a future for her for sure.
“It’s good that she is coming on today.”
Scott believes she will be better suited to racing over the autumn months.
“She is only going to get stronger over the autumn months when there is a bit more give in the ground, but it was really encouraging today.”
Wild Autumn is out of dual Group One winner Regimental Gal, who went on to be crowned Champion Three-Year-Old Filly in Australia in 2003-04.