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New Plymouth trainer Allan Sharrock will escape New Zealand’s winter chill for a couple of weeks as he heads to North America for a well-deserved break, and he is looking forward to welcoming back some of his stable stars on his return.

Smart stayer Ladies Man will back up in consecutive weeks in his attempt to win the Gr.2 Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Cup (3200m) at Ellerslie on March 11.

Allan Sharrock is going to be travelling up and down the North Island in the next couple of weeks as he gets ready for some big events.

Progressive galloper Ladies Man cemented his claims to start favourite in the Gr.3 NZ Campus for Innovation & Sport Wellington Cup.

For all of Allan Sharrock’s three runners at Hastings on Saturday, potential black-type targets are looming large on the horizon.

Promising two-year-old Sophmaze could tackle the Listed John Turkington Forestry Ltd Castletown Stakes at Wanganui next month.