Grande Gallo has competed among the best of the country’s three-year-olds this season, and the talented filly proved too strong when stepping out of stakes company at Tauranga on Saturday.
Progressive galloper Uderzo made the best possible start to a new campaign at Tauranga claiming a comfortable victory in the Tauranga Hardware Plumbing Handicap (1200m).
Ruakaka trainers reaped the rewards of a journey down to Tauranga, with Chris Gibbs enjoying a comfortable stable quinella with Cakebytheocean and Chevron.