Aide Memoire
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Aide Memoire coped admirably with a sharp rise in class to strike the first stakes-winning blow of her fledgling career.
The four-year-old took on open company for the first time in the Listed James Bull Rangitikei Gold Cup and she passed the test with flying colours for the fifth win of her 11-start career.
"It was a big step up for her, but she only had the 53kg," Marton trainer Fraser Auret said.
Aide Memoire had won her previous start at Otaki where she carried five and a half kilos more to a runaway victory against Rating 75 company.
The Remind mare has only once failed to earn a cheque with that unplaced effort on a heavy Awapuni track last winter.
"She didn't handle it then, but she is much bigger and stronger now," Auret said.
Ridden by Robert Hannam, Aide Memoire raced in second place to the turn before she took control on straightening.
"It was first time at a mile, but she has been very good to the line over 1400 metres so I didn't think it would be much of a concern," Auret said.
Anniesstar pinched ground inside runners from the 800 metre mark and she finished off bravely for second with Endure coming from the back to claim the third prize from Cassie Anne.
The disappointment of the race was Spoke To Carlo, who settled at the tail of the field and failed to make any impression in the run home. – NZ Racing Desk.
The four-year-old took on open company for the first time in the Listed James Bull Rangitikei Gold Cup and she passed the test with flying colours for the fifth win of her 11-start career.
"It was a big step up for her, but she only had the 53kg," Marton trainer Fraser Auret said.
Aide Memoire had won her previous start at Otaki where she carried five and a half kilos more to a runaway victory against Rating 75 company.
The Remind mare has only once failed to earn a cheque with that unplaced effort on a heavy Awapuni track last winter.
"She didn't handle it then, but she is much bigger and stronger now," Auret said.
Ridden by Robert Hannam, Aide Memoire raced in second place to the turn before she took control on straightening.
"It was first time at a mile, but she has been very good to the line over 1400 metres so I didn't think it would be much of a concern," Auret said.
Anniesstar pinched ground inside runners from the 800 metre mark and she finished off bravely for second with Endure coming from the back to claim the third prize from Cassie Anne.
The disappointment of the race was Spoke To Carlo, who settled at the tail of the field and failed to make any impression in the run home. – NZ Racing Desk.