Nymph Monte
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Nymph Monte has booked himself a return to stakes company after he barely raised a sweat at Tauherenikau on Saturday.
The promising four-year-old enjoyed further success on the course when he coasted home in the Kuripuni Sports Bar and TAB Masterton Cup after winning the Wairarapa Cup on the track just as easily three runs back.
In between times, Nymph Monte was unplaced in the Gr.1 Herbie Dyke Stakes at Te Rapa before he won at Hastings.
Trainer and part-owner Grant Nicholson now has next Saturday's Gr.2 Awapuni Gold Cup in his sights with the Tavistock gelding.
"That was always the plan to back him up, as long as he comes through this well, and going forward we needed him to win like that and the jockey hopped off and said he did it easily," he said.
Nymph Monte was opposed by only three rivals and he disposed of them in clinical fashion under apprentice Leah Hemi.
She let the son of Tavistock stride to the front 600 metres from home and he was untested to score by four lengths from Antonio.
"He's a very good horse and he's going to keep on improving," Nicholson said. "He still hasn't got to his best distance yet – I think he's a 2400 metre plus horse."
From the family of the dual Group One Sydney and Brisbane Cups winner Just A Dancer, Nymph Monte was purchased privately from Sir Patrick Hogan's Cambridge Stud and has now won five of his 21 starts. – NZ Racing Desk.
The promising four-year-old enjoyed further success on the course when he coasted home in the Kuripuni Sports Bar and TAB Masterton Cup after winning the Wairarapa Cup on the track just as easily three runs back.
In between times, Nymph Monte was unplaced in the Gr.1 Herbie Dyke Stakes at Te Rapa before he won at Hastings.
Trainer and part-owner Grant Nicholson now has next Saturday's Gr.2 Awapuni Gold Cup in his sights with the Tavistock gelding.
"That was always the plan to back him up, as long as he comes through this well, and going forward we needed him to win like that and the jockey hopped off and said he did it easily," he said.
Nymph Monte was opposed by only three rivals and he disposed of them in clinical fashion under apprentice Leah Hemi.
She let the son of Tavistock stride to the front 600 metres from home and he was untested to score by four lengths from Antonio.
"He's a very good horse and he's going to keep on improving," Nicholson said. "He still hasn't got to his best distance yet – I think he's a 2400 metre plus horse."
From the family of the dual Group One Sydney and Brisbane Cups winner Just A Dancer, Nymph Monte was purchased privately from Sir Patrick Hogan's Cambridge Stud and has now won five of his 21 starts. – NZ Racing Desk.