Striking her favoured track conditions, Northern mare Cork sailed to victory in the Stephanie Murray Mortgages Open Handicap (1800m) at Riccarton Park on Saturday for Pam Gerard.
“He is a horse we train out of the paddock and is not the prettiest, but he is athletic and sound and is a horse that was given a lot of time and not raced at three."
Matamata mare Cork is on her way home after a pleasing hit-and-run mission on Saturday’s Gr.3 Winter Cup (1600m) at Riccarton where she finished runner-up to Belardo Boy.
Cork continued her love affair with Tauranga on Saturday when extending her unbeaten streak to three on the Bay of Plenty track in the Punter Of The Year Now November 4th (1400m).
