Signify
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Ashburton trainer Alex Cowan has a work in progress on his hands with the capable but green sprinter Signify.
"His racing manners don't help and he needs to switch off mid-race and then he needs a hard run race with some cover," he said.
Signify's raw talent has seen him win five of his 18 starts and he has got home strongly for consecutive placings at Wingatui in his last two appearances.
"David Walsh and Darryl Bradley have ridden him and they have said that he is still learning," Cowan said.
Signify's development will continue at Riccarton on Saturday when he runs in the NZB South Island Sale April 15 Handicap.
"He's back to the 1000 metres and it will be another coaching episode – hopefully with Gunnadoo in it they will go quickly and that will suit him," Cowan said.
The booking of two kilo claiming apprentice Jacob Lowry will also assist Signify, who has risen quickly to a Rating 92 standing.
Win, lose or draw, Cowan intends to give the four-year-old son of Perfectly Ready a break and bring him back for an autumn-winter preparation.
"He's won on wet ground before so that shouldn't be a problem," he said.
"I might look at the Great Easter Stakes at Riccarton in May for him – that's a $50,000 race over 1400 metres and work backwards from that. There's quite a few sprints around leading up to it." – NZ Racing Desk.
"His racing manners don't help and he needs to switch off mid-race and then he needs a hard run race with some cover," he said.
Signify's raw talent has seen him win five of his 18 starts and he has got home strongly for consecutive placings at Wingatui in his last two appearances.
"David Walsh and Darryl Bradley have ridden him and they have said that he is still learning," Cowan said.
Signify's development will continue at Riccarton on Saturday when he runs in the NZB South Island Sale April 15 Handicap.
"He's back to the 1000 metres and it will be another coaching episode – hopefully with Gunnadoo in it they will go quickly and that will suit him," Cowan said.
The booking of two kilo claiming apprentice Jacob Lowry will also assist Signify, who has risen quickly to a Rating 92 standing.
Win, lose or draw, Cowan intends to give the four-year-old son of Perfectly Ready a break and bring him back for an autumn-winter preparation.
"He's won on wet ground before so that shouldn't be a problem," he said.
"I might look at the Great Easter Stakes at Riccarton in May for him – that's a $50,000 race over 1400 metres and work backwards from that. There's quite a few sprints around leading up to it." – NZ Racing Desk.