Addictive Habit
Trish Dunell
A trip to the Sydney autumn carnival is the preferred option for the Group One winner Addictive Habit.
The connections of the six-year-old have made the second payment for the $A3 million Gr.1 Doncaster Handicap at Randwick on April 2 and the gelding also holds a nomination for the $A4 million Gr.1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes a week later.
"Sometimes they get rain there and as we all now Addictive Habit is a very good miler," trainer Lee Somervell said.
"It would obviously depend on whether he could get a start in the Doncaster, but if it looked like he would then that would be the ultimate plan.
"The other big plus is the weight – he's got 52kg and that would be wonderful for him."
Plan B with Addictive Habit is to target the Gr.1 Manco Easter Handicap at Ellerslie ahead of a return visit to the Queensland winter carnival where the son of Colombia was a Listed race winner last year.
Addictive Habit hasn't raced since he found the Trentham track too hard when unplaced in the Gr.1 Thorndon Mile, but showed he had bounced back with an easy trial win at Rotorua on Tuesday.
"There were only four in it over 1200 metres and he sat back, pulled out and won with plenty in hand," Somervell said.
Meanwhile, his promising three-year-old Pushtheboundaries has made an encouraging start to her career and will step out in the NZB Insurance Pearl Series Race at Avondale on Wednesday.
"She has showed a lot of potential," Somervell said. "She's well, but I'd like a bit of rain – she'll be best on a Dead 4."
By Pentire out of the Gr.1 Easter Handicap winner Honor Bound, Pushtheboundaries gave a good account of herself on debut last month when third at Te Aroha. – NZ Racing Desk.
The connections of the six-year-old have made the second payment for the $A3 million Gr.1 Doncaster Handicap at Randwick on April 2 and the gelding also holds a nomination for the $A4 million Gr.1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes a week later.
"Sometimes they get rain there and as we all now Addictive Habit is a very good miler," trainer Lee Somervell said.
"It would obviously depend on whether he could get a start in the Doncaster, but if it looked like he would then that would be the ultimate plan.
"The other big plus is the weight – he's got 52kg and that would be wonderful for him."
Plan B with Addictive Habit is to target the Gr.1 Manco Easter Handicap at Ellerslie ahead of a return visit to the Queensland winter carnival where the son of Colombia was a Listed race winner last year.
Addictive Habit hasn't raced since he found the Trentham track too hard when unplaced in the Gr.1 Thorndon Mile, but showed he had bounced back with an easy trial win at Rotorua on Tuesday.
"There were only four in it over 1200 metres and he sat back, pulled out and won with plenty in hand," Somervell said.
Meanwhile, his promising three-year-old Pushtheboundaries has made an encouraging start to her career and will step out in the NZB Insurance Pearl Series Race at Avondale on Wednesday.
"She has showed a lot of potential," Somervell said. "She's well, but I'd like a bit of rain – she'll be best on a Dead 4."
By Pentire out of the Gr.1 Easter Handicap winner Honor Bound, Pushtheboundaries gave a good account of herself on debut last month when third at Te Aroha. – NZ Racing Desk.
