Sarookh
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Pam Robson is making the most of the opportunities she has been given with Sarookh.
The Riccarton trainer's hospitality during the spring carnival at Riccarton resulted in the son of Battle Paint transferring to her yard and the four-year-old has made a success of the move.
"Mark Fraser-Campin and Tim Carter kept their horses at our stable during Cup Week so I got to know them and later on I rang Mark to see if he had anything to send down here," Robson said.
Sarookh duly arrived and was a first-up winner at Kumara before he was put aside and he was back in action at the recent Marlborough meeting where he followed an opening day third with a victory two days later.
"He was in on the fence on the first day and then drew out on the second day so he had plenty of room to work into it," Robson said.
"He's a recycled northerner and if he had clean x-rays he would probably have been off to Hong Kong – I've been around the traps long enough to not get carried away, but he is a nice, genuine horse."
Sarookh will have the opportunity to improve on his southern record in the Oamaru Licensing Trust 1400 on Friday when he will have the added benefit of apprentice Jacob Lowry's two kilo claim.
Robson will also be represented at the meeting by fresh runners Rarooney (Oamaru Scaffolding 1200) and St Malo (My Skin & Beauty 2200).
"Rarooney has had problems with his feet so I've been waiting with him, he favours wet ground and he's won a couple of trials," Robson said.
"St Malo is a St Reims and they take time. He's only had a handful of runs and he goes all right." – NZ Racing Desk.
The Riccarton trainer's hospitality during the spring carnival at Riccarton resulted in the son of Battle Paint transferring to her yard and the four-year-old has made a success of the move.
"Mark Fraser-Campin and Tim Carter kept their horses at our stable during Cup Week so I got to know them and later on I rang Mark to see if he had anything to send down here," Robson said.
Sarookh duly arrived and was a first-up winner at Kumara before he was put aside and he was back in action at the recent Marlborough meeting where he followed an opening day third with a victory two days later.
"He was in on the fence on the first day and then drew out on the second day so he had plenty of room to work into it," Robson said.
"He's a recycled northerner and if he had clean x-rays he would probably have been off to Hong Kong – I've been around the traps long enough to not get carried away, but he is a nice, genuine horse."
Sarookh will have the opportunity to improve on his southern record in the Oamaru Licensing Trust 1400 on Friday when he will have the added benefit of apprentice Jacob Lowry's two kilo claim.
Robson will also be represented at the meeting by fresh runners Rarooney (Oamaru Scaffolding 1200) and St Malo (My Skin & Beauty 2200).
"Rarooney has had problems with his feet so I've been waiting with him, he favours wet ground and he's won a couple of trials," Robson said.
"St Malo is a St Reims and they take time. He's only had a handful of runs and he goes all right." – NZ Racing Desk.