Emerging staying talent Seventeen Seventy will be on trial at Te Rapa on Saturday for a shot at the big time.
The four-year-old won a Rating 85 distance event at Tauranga two runs back before he finished runner-up to Rose Of Virginia in the Karaka Stayers' Cup.
"He's going well," co-trainer Michael Rogers said. "He's a long-striding horse who likes good ground and as long as he runs well he'll carry on to the Avondale Cup."
The four-year-old won a Rating 85 distance event at Tauranga two runs back before he finished runner-up to Rose Of Virginia in the Karaka Stayers' Cup.
"He's going well," co-trainer Michael Rogers said. "He's a long-striding horse who likes good ground and as long as he runs well he'll carry on to the Avondale Cup."