Black type would be invaluable for Letsgetiton and her fragile nature will dictate a quiet path toward that goal.
She won for the fifth time in her relatively light career with an upset success when resuming at Otaki and, despite her 50-1 starting price on Saturday, trainer Mike Breslin wasn’t shocked.
“She’s never looked better and there’s no way it surprised me – I’ve seen her do that before.”
A sister to the Gr.1 Western Australian Derby runner-up Berlioz from the Eight Carat family, Letsgetiton will now be nursed toward a stakes target.“She’s a valuable mare and a stakes win would boost her value even more,” Breslin said. “There’s been nothing seriously wrong with her, she just gets sore knees after a couple of runs and doesn’t stride out that well.
“She ran fourth in the Wanganui Cup last year and that’s a likely target again for her. I’ll give some serious thought to not giving her another start before then. If she was 100 percent she can win it.“I’ll keep an open mind and she looks like she’s come through the Otaki race better than she normally does.”
Breslin enjoyed a winning inter-Island double at the weekend with the capable mare Heni again showing the benefit of a gear addition with her victory at the Ashburton meeting.“Putting the hood on has really focussed her,” he said. “She’s had three wins and a second in the blinkers.”
Heni will now head toward undercard events at Christchurch, where stablemate Brad Thorn has a nomination for the Gr.3 Christchurch Casino New Zealand Cup.He won the North Canterbury Cup two runs back, but was below par when unplaced at Ashburton where he drew an outside gate.
“He’s better suited at Riccarton and that track on Saturday was a bit shifty,” Breslin said.He will head south this week to put the finishing touches on Ringo, who will step out at Riccarton on Saturday to further his preparation for the Gr.2 Coupland’s Bakeries Mile on November 11.
