“She is a powerful horse that loves the wet conditions. The sprint distance is definitely suitable for her. I am looking forward to kicking her off there.”
“However, she may come up over there and have a bit of a spring campaign (in Australia) and then really target what we really wanted to go for (this year) like the Doomben Cup (Gr.1, 2000m) later in the season."
Dual Group One winner La Crique has certainly been a test of patience for trainers Simon and Katrina Alexander, with the couple faced with their sternest test with the mare in the last couple of weeks.
Group One winner La Crique will make her return to racing this Saturday on New Zealand racing’s biggest stage, the TAB Karaka Millions twilight meeting.
Spring hasn’t been kind to La Crique in New Zealand and punters might get their last glimpse of her racing during the fickle season in her homeland at Matamata on Saturday.
Katrina and Simon Alexander will be following a tried and true approach with their stable star La Crique when she resumes in Saturday’s Gr.1 Thorndon Mile (1600m) at Trentham.
